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Heihachirō Ōkawa

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 09, 1905
Died May 27, 1971 (65)
Birthplace Sōka, Saitama, Japan
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 05, 2024
Entry Date Apr 27, 2024
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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). (Wikkipedia)

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Filmography

The Big Wave

The Big Wave

1961

as Yukio's Father

Marines, Let's Go

Marines, Let's Go

1961

as Yoshida (Hotel Manager)

The Wind Cannot Read

The Wind Cannot Read

1958

as Lieutenant Nakamura

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

as Captain Kanematsu

Three Stripes in the Sun

Three Stripes in the Sun

1955

as Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)

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