As Actor
Destroy All Monsters
1968
6.9
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Acting
Born
September 9, 1905
Place of Birth
Sōka, Saitama, Japan
Deceased
May 27, 1971
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)
The Filmography
As Actor
Marines, Let's Go
1961
6.0
As Actor
The Wind Cannot Read
1958
6.2
As Actor
Floating Clouds
1955
7.7
As Actor
Dancing Girl
1951
6.3
As Actor
Tokyo File 212
1951
4.5
As Actor
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938
6.3
As Actor
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937
6.2
As Actor
Learn from Experience, Part One
1937
6.0
As Actor
A Woman's Sorrows
1937
6.7
As Actor
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
1936
6.7
As Actor
The Road I Travel with You
1936
6.3
As Actor
Brother and Sister
1936
6.0
As Actor
The Girl in the Rumor
1935
5.9
As Actor
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
1935
7.0
As Actor
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
1935
6.4