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Heihachirō Ōkawa

1905 - 1971 (age 65) • Acting

Heihachiro Okawa (Japanese: 大川 平八郎 Hepburn: Ōkawa Heihachirō, 9 September 1905 – 27 May 1971), also sometimes credited as Henry Okawa (ヘンリー大川), was a Japanese film actor active from the 1930s to 1971. With hopes of starting a business, he traveled to the United States in 1923 and studied at Columbia University. He also studied at the Paramount Studios acting school and eventually began working in Hollywood, appearing in films by Howard Hawks and William Wellman. He returned to Japan in 1933 and co-starred in the Photo Chemical Laboratories (PCL) film Horoyoi jinsei. He later appeared in foreign films under the name Henry Okawa.

Known For

King Kong Escapes

61%

Translator

1967

Frankenstein Conquers the World

67%

Translator

1965

Wife! Be Like a Rose!

72%

Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)

1935

Dancing Girl

64%

Kayama

1951

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

66%

Matsuzaki

1938

The Road I Travel with You

67%

Asaji Amanuma

1936

The Girl in the Rumor

62%

Shintaro

1935

Tokyo File 212

51%
1951

One of Those Things

90%

Kawasaki

1971

Destroy All Monsters

69%

Engineer

1968

King Kong Escapes

61%

Translator

1967

Frankenstein Conquers the World

67%

Translator

1965

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

70%

Astronomer

1964

Interpol Code 8

75%

Quyen

1963

Chûshingura

71%
1962

Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

1962

Marines, Let's Go

70%

Yoshida (Hotel Manager)

1961

The Big Wave

100%

Yukio's Father

1961

The Wind Cannot Read

64%

Lieutenant Nakamura

1958

The Mysterians

63%

Person at Board Meeting

1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai

78%

Captain Kanematsu

1957

Three Stripes in the Sun

70%

Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)

1955

Floating Clouds

77%
1955

Ghost Man

67%
1954

Husband Comes Home Every Suturday

100%
1954

All of Myself

Kadokura

1954

The Eagle of the Pacific

78%

(uncredited)

1953

Geisha Girl

65%
1952

A Ripple in a Morning

70%
1952

Lil's Return from Shanghai

75%

Takada

1952

Dancing Girl

64%

Kayama

1951

Tokyo File 212

51%
1951

The Dawn of Freedom

Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara

1944

Wings of Victory

68%
1942

Bouquet of the South Seas

63%

Harada, pilot

1942

The Man Who Waited

80%
1942

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