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Eiji Okada

Eiji Okada

Known For Acting
Birthday Jun 13, 1920
Died Sep 14, 1995 (75)
Birthplace Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Jun 15, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eiji Okada (13 June 1920 Chōshi, Chiba, Japan – 14 September 1995 Japan) was a Japanese film actor. Okada served in the Japanese army during World War II, and was a miner and traveling salesman before becoming an actor. Internationally, his best-remembered ro ... les include Lui ("him," in French) in the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959), directed by Alain Resnais, and the entomologist Niki Junpei in Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes (1964), an adaptation of Kōbō Abe's novel. Okada was married to Aiko Wasa, with whom he ran a theatre company in Japan. He died on September 14, 1995 of heart failure, at the age of 75. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eiji Okada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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The Yakuza

The Yakuza

1974

as Tono

Scalpel

Scalpel

1974

as Kokubo

Lady Snowblood

Lady Snowblood

1973

as Gishirō Tsukamoto

The Ugly American

The Ugly American

1963

as Deong

Hiroshima Mon Amour

Hiroshima Mon Amour

1959

as Lui

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Organization Category Movie
Venice Film Festival Best Supporting Actor Hiroshima Mon Amour Nominated
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Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jan 02, 1987

Oretachi no Tabi

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 05, 1975

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 20, 1977

Onihei Hankachō

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 12, 1989

Yokomizo Seishi Series

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 02, 1977

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