Heihachirō Ōkawa
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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Acting
Movie
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Captain Kanematsu
1957
Movie
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Astronomer
1964
Movie
Destroy All Monsters
as Engineer
1968
Movie
Floating Clouds
1955
Movie
The Mysterians
as Person at Board Meeting
1957
Movie
Chûshingura
1962
Movie
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
1935
Movie
The Wind Cannot Read
as Lieutenant Nakamura
1958
Movie
Dancing Girl
as Kayama
1951
Movie
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as Matsuzaki
1938
Movie
The Eagle of the Pacific
as (uncredited)
1953
Movie
The Road I Travel with You
as Asaji Amanuma
1936
Movie
The Girl in the Rumor
as Shintaro
1935
Movie
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
as Aoyama
1935
Movie
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
as Ogawa
1936
Movie
Tokyo File 212
1951
Movie
A Woman's Sorrows
1937
Movie
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937
Movie
Learn from Experience, Part One
1937
Movie
Five Men in a Circus
as Kokichi
1935
Movie
Wings of Victory
1942
Movie
Bouquet of the South Seas
as Harada, pilot
1942
Movie
Three Stripes in the Sun
as Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
1955
Movie
Ghost Man
1954
