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). (Wikkipedia)
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of...
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Destroy All Monsters
as EngineerAt the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on...
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Astronomer (uncredited)After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla...
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47 Ronin
as uncreditedAfter their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await...
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Floating Clouds
as uncreditedA married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young...
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The Mysterians
as Person at Board MeetingIn Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an...
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Blizzard Ronin
as uncreditedThe film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.
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Wife! Be Like a Rose!
as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing...
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The Eagle of the Pacific
as (uncredited)Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his...
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The Wind Cannot Read
as Lieutenant NakamuraA British officer falls in love with his Japanese instructor at a military language school. They...
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Ghost Man
as uncreditedA ghost man with his face hidden entirely by bandages is killing beautiful nude models....
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Five Men in a Circus
as KokichiThe main focus is on the 5 member band of a small circus as it runs into problems while touring...
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The Road I Travel with You
as Asaji AmanumaThe otherwise promising young man Asaji (Heihachirô Ôkawa) and his younger brother Yuji (Hideo...
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Sky of Hope
as OkadaWhat is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited...
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A Ripple in a Morning
as uncreditedAtsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in...
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The Man Who Waited
as uncreditedA bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa)...
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Dancing Girl
as KayamaThe troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved...
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Learn from Experience, Part One
as uncreditedPart 1 of a 2-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. The central character...
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The Dawn of Freedom
as Sub Corporal Ikema IshiharaThis film was made by the Japanese occupation authorities in the Philippines as a propaganda...
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Three Stripes in the Sun
as Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)A racist sergeant stationed in post-war Japan finds himself softening towards the children and...
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Marines, Let's Go
as Yoshida (Hotel Manager)Following combat duty in Korea, a group of United States Marines (Tom Tryon, David Hedison and...
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Learn from Experience, Part Two
as uncreditedPart 2 of a 2-part romance (fist part - Kafuku zempen) based on a story by noted author Kikuchi...
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Tipsy Life
as uncreditedThe film generally regarded as Japan’s first true musical was also the first film made entirely...
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Tokyo File 212
as uncreditedA Communist spy ring in Japan is hard at work trying to sabotage the American war effort during...
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Geisha Girl
as uncreditedTwo American G.I.s visiting Tokyo find themselves mixed up with espionage, a pretty flight...
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The Girl in the Rumor
as ShintaroA story of two sisters, the older being more traditional, the younger a "moga" ("modern girl")....
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Morning's Tree-Lined Street
as OgawaAs suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of...
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Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as MatsuzakiDrama about a couple and how they found themselves related with music, their egos and each other.
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One of Those Things
as KawasakiA successful auto executive Vinther becomes entwined with a young nubile girl, following an...
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Brother and Sister
as uncreditedIno tries to control Mon’s every move, but she becomes a fallen woman, having an affair with a...
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The Big Wave
as Yukio's FatherYukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically...
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Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
as AoyamaThree sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means...
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Mother of the Red Hands
as uncreditedThe title might sound shocking, but the red hands mean, the hands which drag fishnets. Ohama, 15...
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