Heihachirō Ōkawa

Born: 1905-09-09

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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Destroy All Monsters

as Engineer
Released: 1968-08-01

At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on...

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as Captain Kanematsu
Released: 1957-10-11

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of...

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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

as Astronomer (uncredited)
Released: 1964-12-20

After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla...

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Floating Clouds

as uncredited
Released: 1955-01-15

A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young...

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A Woman's Sorrows

as uncredited
Released: 1937-01-21

Japanese domestic drama.

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The Mysterians

as Person at Board Meeting
Released: 1957-12-28

In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an...

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47 Ronin

as uncredited
Released: 1962-11-03

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await...

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Learn from Experience, Part Two

as uncredited
Released: 1937-12-18

Part 2 of a 2-part romance (fist part - Kafuku zempen) based on a story by noted author Kikuchi...

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Eagle of the Pacific

as (uncredited)
Released: 1953-10-21

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his...

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Sky of Hope

as Okada
Released: 1942-01-14

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited...

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Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

as Aoyama
Released: 1935-03-01

Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means...

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Tokyo File 212

as uncredited
Released: 1951-01-26

A Communist spy ring in Japan is hard at work trying to sabotage the American war effort during...

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The Girl in the Rumor

as Shintaro
Released: 1935-12-22

A story of two sisters, the older being more traditional, the younger a "moga" ("modern girl")....

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The Wind Cannot Read

as Lieutenant Nakamura
Released: 1958-06-10

A British officer falls in love with his Japanese instructor at a military language school. They...

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The Dawn of Freedom

as Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
Released: 1944-02-10

This film was made by the Japanese occupation authorities in the Philippines as a propaganda...

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Geisha Girl

as uncredited
Released: 1952-05-02

Two American G.I.s visiting Tokyo find themselves mixed up with espionage, a pretty flight...

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The Man Who Waited

as uncredited
Released: 1942-04-23

A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa)...

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Three Stripes in the Sun

as Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
Released: 1955-11-23

A racist sergeant stationed in post-war Japan finds himself softening towards the children and...

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Bouquet of the South Seas

as Harada, pilot
Released: 1942-05-21

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A Ripple in a Morning

as uncredited
Released: 1952-05-01

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in...

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Wings of Victory

as uncredited
Released: 1942-10-15

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Ghost Man

as uncredited
Released: 1954-10-13

A ghost man with his face hidden entirely by bandages is killing beautiful nude models....

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Marines, Let's Go

as Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
Released: 1961-08-15

Following combat duty in Korea, a group of United States Marines (Tom Tryon, David Hedison and...

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Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

as uncredited
Released: 1962-07-07

1962 Japanese movie

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One of Those Things

as Kawasaki
Released: 1971-01-22

A successful auto executive Vinther becomes entwined with a young nubile girl, following an...

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Dancing Girl

as Kayama
Released: 1951-08-17

The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved...

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Numazu Officer School

as uncredited
Released: 1939-02-21

Japanese war movie

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Easy Alley

as uncredited
Released: 1939-09-19

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Wife! Be Like a Rose!

as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
Released: 1935-08-15

Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing...

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Blizzard Ronin

as uncredited
Released: 1939-01-11

The film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.

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Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

as Matsuzaki
Released: 1938-09-29

Drama about a couple and how they found themselves related with music, their egos and each other.

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The Road I Travel with You

as Asaji Amanuma
Released: 1936-09-11

The otherwise promising young man Asaji (Heihachirô Ôkawa) and his younger brother Yuji (Hideo...

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Shanghai Moon

as uncredited
Released: 1941-07-01

This movie is presumed to be lost.

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The Big Wave

as Yukio's Father
Released: 1961-04-02

Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically...

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Learn from Experience, Part One

as uncredited
Released: 1937-10-01

Part 1 of a 2-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. The central character...

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Drifting

as Sankichi
Released: 1935-06-01

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

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Five Men in a Circus

as Kokichi
Released: 1935-10-21

The main focus is on the 5 member band of a small circus as it runs into problems while touring...

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Morning's Tree-Lined Street

as Ogawa
Released: 1936-11-01

As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of...

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Tipsy Life

as uncredited
Released: 1933-05-04

The film generally regarded as Japan’s first true musical was also the first film made entirely...

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Hikari to kage (Zenpen)

as uncredited
Released: 1940-01-18

Part one of two.

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Keshô yuki

as uncredited
Released: 1940-02-14

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Romantic and Crazy

as Count
Released: 1934-05-03

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Brother and Sister

as uncredited
Released: 1936-06-21

Ino tries to control Mon’s every move, but she becomes a fallen woman, having an affair with a...

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Mother of the Red Hands

as uncredited
Released: 1941-09-03

The title might sound shocking, but the red hands mean, the hands which drag fishnets. Ohama, 15...

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