Eiji Okada
Known for Acting · 140 credits
- Born
- 1920-06-13
- Died
- 1995-09-14
- Place of birth
- Choshi, Chiba, Japan
- Also known as
- Okada Eiji · Эйдзи Окада
Biography
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (135)
Lady Snowblood
1973
as Gishirō Tsukamoto
Woman in the Dunes
1964
as Entomologist Niki Jumpei
Spring Bell
1985
as Hachiro Ishimoto
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955
as Ensign Asakura
Hiroshima Mon Amour
1959
as Lui
The Face of Another
1966
as The Boss
The Yakuza
1974
as Tono
Crazed Fruit
1981
as Tôno, Chika's step father(東野保彦)
Tattooed Temptress
1968
The Sands of Kurobe
1968
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
1973
as Shogen Wakita
The Gate of Youth Part 2
1977
Magnitude 7.9
1980
as Professor Watanabe
Antarctica
1983
as Ozawa Taicho
The Scarlet Camellia
1964
as Genjirô Maruume
Lullaby of the Earth
1976
as Evangelist
Praying Mantis
1983
as Taichi Dôjima
Heat Wave
1991
as Masakichi Ono
August Without Emperor
1978
as Assistant General Tokunaga
I Am a Cat
1975
as Bunmei
Assassination
1964
as Lord Matsudaira
Manhunt
1976
Sanshiro Sugata
1965
as Gennosuke / Tesshin
Samurai Spy
1965
as Tatewaki Koriyama
Silence
1971
as Inoue Chikugonokami
Mother
1952
as Shinjiro Hirai
Portrait of Chieko
1967
as Tsubaki
ESPY
1974
as Salabad
The Eleventh Hour
1957
as Shimano
Vixen
1969
as Nobuyuki Ishido
Secret Information
1968
as Toru Kijima
Dog of Fortune
1979
as Shuhei Agata
Blood Type: Blue
1978
The Scent of Incense
1964
as Nozawa
A Billionaire
1954
as Monta
Pretty Devil Yoko
1966
as Asai
The Ugly American
1963
as Deong
This Transient Life
1970
as Mori
Lost Love
1978
as Professor Kamiyama
Festival of Swordsmen
1961
as Kamio Shume
The Strangling
1979
as Yoshio Morikawa
The Chop Professor
1956
Summer of the Lion Kings
1991
Take Me Away!
1978
as Ryunosuke Tamaru
The Story of Pure Love
1957
Frozen River
1976
The X from Outer Space
1967
as Dr. Kato
Utamaro's World
1977
as Tanuma
Hawk of the North
1959
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1973
as Shinbei
Kamikaze, the Adventurer
1981
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
Till We Meet Again
1950
as Saburo Tajima
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1961
Avalanche
1956
Vacuum Zone
1952
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
1978
Fearless Opposition
1958
My Way
1974
as Lawyer
The Stormy Era of Twenty Years
1951
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
1960
Weeping Doll
1951
as Ryuji
Permanent Blue
1976
Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey
1982
as Kozo Hisamatsu
Love and Faith
1978
as Ankokuji
Hiroshima
1953
as Kitagawa
Restoration Fire
1961
as Yamanami Keisuke
The Glacier Fox
1978
as Narrator (voice)
Tower of Lilies
1953
as Teacher Tamai
The Yamabiko School
1952
Here Is a Spring
1955
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961
Gambler's Farewell
1968
as Riichirô Maejima
White Beast
1950
Shinran
1960
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
Devil in My Flesh
1968
Traffic Jam
1991
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3
1960
The End of a Day
1954
as Leutnant Guni Hanata
Kyukei no Koya
1975
Christ in Bronze
1955
as Hagiwara Yusa
Rebellion of Japan
1967
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
as White Man
Cliff of Death
1982
The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom
1956
as Kogoro Akechi
The Pirates
1960
as Shinzo Murakami
The Will to Live
1967
Japan's Most Chivalrous
1966
as Shuji Onoda
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
1971
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961
Rebel Against Glory
1970
Rififi in Tokyo
1963
as Danny Riquet
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
1960
Shinran, Part II
1960
Green Requiem
1988
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960
Violence
1952
Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki
1957
as Kogoro Akechi
At the End of the Clouds
1953
An Edo Magistrate
1961
Cobra 2
1976
as Kudo
Five Paths to Revenge
1956
as Jun Mitani
Records of Bloodshed
1970
as Seiichiro Machida
Karate Sanshiro
1951
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
1980
Secret Liaisons
1995
The Killing Game
1973
Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen
1961
She and He
1963
as Eiichi Ishikawa
Red Target
1972
as Mike Tachibana
A Woman's Face
1949
Showdown in Blood
1957
Bullet Wound
1969
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980
The Earth is Born Again
1971
as Mitsuo Iwashita
The Rose Colored Two
1967
as Director Iwamoto
Hirado Pirates
1955
The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces
1956
as Kogoro Akechi
About Eiji Okada
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 Was… With 140 credits spanning from 1949 to 1995, Eiji Okada has appeared in 135 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Eiji Okada Movies
- Lady Snowblood (1973) — as Gishirō Tsukamoto
- Woman in the Dunes (1964) — as Entomologist Niki Jumpei
- Spring Bell (1985) — as Hachiro Ishimoto
- The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes (1955) — as Ensign Asakura
- Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) — as Lui
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