Biography
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).
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Filmography
Cast Credits
One of Those Things
Character: Kawasaki
MOVIE • 1971
Destroy All Monsters
Character: Engineer
MOVIE • 1968
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Character: Astronomer (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1964
Interpol Code 8
Character: Quyen
MOVIE • 1963
Chûshingura
Character:
MOVIE • 1962
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
Character:
MOVIE • 1962
Marines, Let's Go
Character: Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
MOVIE • 1961
The Big Wave
Character: Yukio's Father
MOVIE • 1961
The Wind Cannot Read
Character: Lieutenant Nakamura
MOVIE • 1958
The Mysterians
Character: Person at Board Meeting
MOVIE • 1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Character: Captain Kanematsu
MOVIE • 1957
Three Stripes in the Sun
Character: Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
MOVIE • 1955
Floating Clouds
Character:
MOVIE • 1955
Ghost Man
Character:
MOVIE • 1954
土曜日の天使
Character:
MOVIE • 1954
All of Myself
Character: Kadokura
MOVIE • 1954
The Eagle of the Pacific
Character: (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1953
Geisha Girl
Character:
MOVIE • 1952
A Ripple in a Morning
Character:
MOVIE • 1952
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Character: Takada
MOVIE • 1952
Crew
