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
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One of Those Things (1971)
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
47 Ronin (1962)
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1 (1962)
Marines, Let's Go (1961)
The Big Wave (1961)
The Wind Cannot Read (1958)
The Mysterians (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Three Stripes in the Sun (1955)
Floating Clouds (1955)
Ghost Man (1954)
Eagle of the Pacific (1953)
Geisha Girl (1952)
A Ripple in a Morning (1952)
Lil's Return from Shanghai (1952)
Dancing Girl (1951)
Tokyo File 212 (1951)
The Dawn of Freedom (1944)
Wings of Victory (1942)
Bouquet of the South Seas (1942)
The Man Who Waited (1942)
Sky of Hope (1942)
Mother of the Red Hands (1941)
Shanghai Moon (1941)
Wedding Day (1940)
Keshô yuki (1940)
Hikari to kage (Zenpen) (1940)
Easy Alley (1939)
Ichiyo Higuchi (1939)
Numazu Officer School (1939)
Blizzard Ronin (1939)
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro (1938)
Learn from Experience, Part Two (1937)
Learn from Experience, Part One (1937)
A Woman's Sorrows (1937)
Morning's Tree-Lined Street (1936)
The Road I Travel with You (1936)
Brother and Sister (1936)
The Girl in the Rumor (1935)
Five Men in a Circus (1935)
Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935)
Drifting (1935)
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935)
Romantic and Crazy (1934)
Tipsy Life (1933)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1905-09-09
Deathday1971-05-27 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceSoka, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsHenry Okawa, 大川平八郎, Ōkawa Heihachirō, ヘンリー大川, Heihachirô 'Henry' Ôkawa, Heihachirō Ōkawa, Хэйхатиро Окава, Хэйхатироо Оокава
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