65
Age
51
Movies
7.2
Rating
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.
65
Died at
51
Movies
7.2
Avg Rating
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.
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
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.
He is best known for Moyuru ōzora (1940), Dawn of Freedom (1944) Tokyo File 212 (1951), Floating Clouds (1955) and The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).
(Wikkipedia)
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 9, 1905
Died
May 27, 1971
Birthplace
Soka, Saitama, Japan
Also Known As
Interpol Code 8
1963
Five Men in a Circus
1935
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
Floating Clouds
1955
Geisha Girl
1952
Destroy All Monsters
1968
Easy Alley
1939
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964
One of Those Things
1971
Chûshingura
1962
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
1936
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937
The Mysterians
1957
Brother and Sister
1936
土曜日の天使
1954
Dancing Girl
1951
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
1962
Wings of Victory
1942
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
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