Heihachirō Ōkawa
ActingHeihachiro 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)
Known For
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Captain Kanematsu
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Astronomer
Chûshingura
Destroy All Monsters
Engineer
The Mysterians
Person at Board Meeting
Floating Clouds
The Eagle of the Pacific
(uncredited)
Interpol Code 8
Quyen
Sky of Hope
Okada
Dancing Girl
Kayama
Filmography — Acting
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Captain Kanematsu
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Astronomer
Chûshingura
Destroy All Monsters
Engineer
The Mysterians
Person at Board Meeting
Floating Clouds
The Eagle of the Pacific
(uncredited)
Interpol Code 8
Quyen
Sky of Hope
Okada
Dancing Girl
Kayama
Wings of Victory
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Matsuzaki
The Girl in the Rumor
Shintaro
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
Ogawa
A Ripple in a Morning
The Man Who Waited
Learn from Experience, Part Two
All of Myself
Kadokura
Drifting
Sankichi
Wedding Day
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Takada
Ghost Man
The Dawn of Freedom
Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
Ichiyo Higuchi
土曜日の天使
Brother and Sister
Shanghai Moon
Easy Alley
Bouquet of the South Seas
Harada, pilot
Numazu Officer School
Mother of the Red Hands
Blizzard Ronin
Tipsy Life
A Woman's Sorrows
Romantic and Crazy
Count
Tokyo File 212
Keshô yuki
The Sisters' Agreement
Hideo Nogami
The Road I Travel with You
Asaji Amanuma
The Wind Cannot Read
Lieutenant Nakamura
Three Stripes in the Sun
Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Aoyama
Marines, Let's Go
Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
Geisha Girl
Learn from Experience, Part One
Five Men in a Circus
Kokichi
The Big Wave
Yukio's Father
One of Those Things
Kawasaki