Eiji Okada
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 13, 1920
- Died
- September 14, 1995
- Birthplace
- Choshi, Chiba, Japan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eiji Okada (13 June 1920 Chōshi, Chiba, Japan – 14 September 1995 Japan) was a Japanese film actor. Okada served in the Japanese army during World War II, and was a miner and traveling salesman before becoming an actor. Internationally, his best-remembered roles include Lui ("him," in French) in the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959), directed by Alain Resnais, and the entomologist Niki Junpei in Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes (1964), an adaptation of Kōbō Abe's novel. Okada was married to Aiko Wasa, with whom he ran a theatre company in Japan. He died on September 14, 1995 of heart failure, at the age of 75. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eiji Okada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Secret Liaisons 1995
Actor
The Stairway to the Distant Past 1995
as White Man
Traffic Jam 1991
Actor
Heat Wave 1991
as Masakichi Ono
Summer of the Lion Kings 1991
Actor
Green Requiem 1988
Actor
Spring Bell 1985
as Hachiro Ishimoto
Agi, the Fury of Evil 1984
as Omi-no-kami
- 不倫 この愛が裁けますか
不倫 この愛が裁けますか 1984
Actor
Antarctica 1983
as Ozawa Taicho
Praying Mantis 1983
as Taichi Dôjima
Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey 1982
as Kozo Hisamatsu
Cliff of Death 1982
Actor
Kamikaze, the Adventurer 1981
Actor
- Don't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer
Don't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer 1981
Actor
Crazed Fruit 1981
as Tôno, Chika's step father(東野保彦)
- The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail 1980
Actor
Magnitude 7.9 1980
as Professor Watanabe
- A Woman Embraced by a Ghost: Departures from the Dead
A Woman Embraced by a Ghost: Departures from the Dead 1980
Actor
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1 1980
Actor
The Strangling 1979
as Yoshio Morikawa
Dog of Fortune 1979
as Shuhei Agata
Blood Type: Blue 1978
as Dr. Hyodo
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus 1978
Actor
August Without Emperor 1978
as Assistant General Tokunaga
Take Me Away! 1978
as Ryunosuke Tamaru
The Glacier Fox 1978
as Narrator (voice)
Love and Faith 1978
as Ankokuji
Lost Love 1978
as Professor Kamiyama
Utamaro's World 1977
as Tanuma
Japanese Humanity and Justice 1977
Actor
The Young 1977
Actor
The Gate of Youth Part 2 1977
Actor
The Alaska Story 1977
as Amaohka
Love in the North 1976
Actor
Stars and Storms 1976
Actor
Permanent Blue 1976
Actor
Cobra 2 1976
as Kudo
Lullaby of the Earth 1976
as Evangelist
Frozen River 1976
Actor
Manhunt 1976
Actor
Kyukei no Koya 1975
Actor
I Am a Cat 1975
as Bunmei
Hadashi no seishun 1975
Actor
ESPY 1974
as Salabad
The Yakuza 1974
as Tono
Scalpel 1974
as Kokubo
My Way 1974
as Lawyer
Lady Snowblood 1973
as Gishirō Tsukamoto
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons 1973
as Shogen Wakita
Zatoichi's Conspiracy 1973
as Shinbei
The Killing Game 1973
Actor
Red Target 1972
as Mike Tachibana
Silence 1971
as Inoue Chikugonokami
Evil Spirits in the Darkness 1971
Actor
The Earth is Born Again 1971
as Mitsuo Iwashita
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple 1971
as (voice)
This Transient Life 1970
as Mori
Records of Bloodshed 1970
as Seiichiro Machida
Rebel Against Glory 1970
Actor
Vixen 1969
as Nobuyuki Ishido
Bullet Wound 1969
Actor
夕陽の恋人 1969
Actor
Secret Information 1968
as Toru Kijima
Devil in My Flesh 1968
Actor
- Tattooed Temptress
Tattooed Temptress 1968
Actor
The Sands of Kurobe 1968
Actor
Gambler's Farewell 1968
as Riichirô Maejima
The Will to Live 1967
Actor
Portrait of Chieko 1967
as Tsubaki
The Rose Colored Two 1967
as Director Iwamoto
The X from Outer Space 1967
as Dr. Kato
Rebellion of Japan 1967
Actor
The Face of Another 1966
as The Boss
A Sky Full of Tears 1966
as Nagai
Japan's Most Chivalrous 1966
as Shuji Onoda
Pretty Devil Yoko 1966
as Asai
Samurai Spy 1965
as Tatewaki Koriyama
Sanshiro Sugata 1965
as Gennosuke / Tesshin
Haigo no hito 1965
as Masaaki Izumida
The Scarlet Camellia 1964
as Genjirô Maruume
My Lover 1964
as Emi Terunobu
Assassination 1964
as Lord Matsudaira
The Scent of Incense 1964
as Nozawa
Woman in the Dunes 1964
as Entomologist Niki Jumpei
She and He 1963
as Eiichi Ishikawa
The Ugly American 1963
as Deong
Rififi in Tokyo 1963
as Danny Riquet
Restoration Fire 1961
as Yamanami Keisuke
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku 1961
Actor
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2 1961
Actor
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji 1961
Actor
Festival of Swordsmen 1961
as Kamio Shume
An Edo Magistrate 1961
Actor
Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen 1961
Actor
Shinran, Part II 1960
Actor
The Pirates 1960
as Shinzo Murakami
Shinran 1960
Actor
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy 1960
Actor
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4 1960
Actor
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3 1960
Actor
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman 1960
Actor
Hiroshima Mon Amour 1959
as Lui
Hawk of the North 1959
Actor
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2 1959
Actor
The Nameless Man 1958
Actor
Fearless Opposition 1958
Actor
The Eleventh Hour 1957
as Shimano
The Story of Pure Love 1957
Actor
Showdown in Blood 1957
Actor
The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend 1957
as Kogoro Akechi
Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki 1957
as Kogoro Akechi
恐怖の空中殺人 1956
as 里見
- The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces
The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces 1956
as Kogoro Akechi
- The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom
The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom 1956
as Kogoro Akechi
The Chop Professor 1956
Actor
Avalanche 1956
Actor
Five Paths to Revenge 1956
as Jun Mitani
Christ in Bronze 1955
as Hagiwara Yusa
Hirado Pirates 1955
Actor
Here Is a Spring 1955
Actor
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes 1955
as Ensign Asakura
A Billionaire 1954
as Monta
Hana to hatō 1954
Actor
The End of a Day 1954
as Leutnant Guni Hanata
Hiroshima 1953
as Kitagawa
At the End of the Clouds 1953
Actor
Tower of Lilies 1953
as Teacher Tamai
Vacuum Zone 1952
as Second Lieutenant Okamoto
Violence 1952
Actor
Mother 1952
as Shinjiro Hirai
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan 1952
as Reporter Saeki
The Yamabiko School 1952
Actor
A Ripple in a Morning 1952
Actor
Karate Sanshiro 1951
Actor
The Stormy Era of Twenty Years 1951
Actor
Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai 1951
Actor
The Love Letter Trial 1951
Actor
Weeping Doll 1951
as Ryuji
Escape Between Midnight and Dawn 1950
Actor
- Kenjū no mae ni tatsu haha
Kenjū no mae ni tatsu haha 1950
Actor
White Beast 1950
Actor
Till We Meet Again 1950
as Saburo Tajima
A Woman's Face 1949
Actor
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