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Heihachirō Ōkawa
Soka, Saitama, Japan
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 fr…
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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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1971
One of Those Things
Movie Kawasaki
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1968
Destroy All Monsters
Movie Engineer
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1967
King Kong Escapes
Movie Translator
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1966
King of the Raccoon Dogs
Movie
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1965
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Movie Translator
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1964
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Movie Astronomer
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1963
Interpol Code 8
Movie Quyen
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1962
Chûshingura
Movie
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1962
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
Movie
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1961
Marines, Let's Go
Movie Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
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1961
The Big Wave
Movie Yukio's Father
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1958
The Wind Cannot Read
Movie Lieutenant Nakamura
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1957
The Mysterians
Movie Person at Board Meeting
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1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Movie Captain Kanematsu
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1955
Three Stripes in the Sun
Movie Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
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1955
The History of Love
Movie
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1955
Floating Clouds
Movie
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1954
Ghost Man
Movie
- 1954
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1954
Love Express
Movie
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1954
All of Myself
Movie Kadokura
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1953
The Eagle of the Pacific
Movie (uncredited)
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1952
Geisha Girl
Movie
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1952
A Ripple in a Morning
Movie
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1952
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Movie Takada
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1951
Dancing Girl
Movie Kayama
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1951
Tokyo File 212
Movie
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1944
The Dawn of Freedom
Movie Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
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1942
Wings of Victory
Movie
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1942
Bouquet of the South Seas
Movie Harada, pilot
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1942
The Man Who Waited
Movie
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1942
Sky of Hope
Movie Okada
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1941
Mother of the Red Hands
Movie
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1941
Shanghai Moon
Movie
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1940
The Sisters' Agreement
Movie Hideo Nogami
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1940
Wedding Day
Movie
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1940
Keshô yuki
Movie
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1940
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
Movie
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1939
Easy Alley
Movie
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1939
Ichiyo Higuchi
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