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Eiji Okada

Eiji Okada

Acting

Born: June 13, 1920Choshi, 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.​

Known For
Filmography

Secret Liaisons

1995
The Stairway to the Distant Past

The Stairway to the Distant Past

White Man

1995
Traffic Jam

Traffic Jam

1991
Heat Wave

Heat Wave

Masakichi Ono

1991
Summer of the Lion Kings

Summer of the Lion Kings

1991
Green Requiem

Green Requiem

1988
Spring Bell

Spring Bell

Hachiro Ishimoto

1985
Agi, the Fury of Evil

Agi, the Fury of Evil

Omi-no-kami

1984

不倫 この愛が裁けますか

1984
Antarctica

Antarctica

Ozawa Taicho

1983
Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis

Taichi Dôjima

1983
Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey

Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey

Kozo Hisamatsu

1982
Shi no dangai

Shi no dangai

1982
Kamikaze, the Adventurer

Kamikaze, the Adventurer

1981

Don't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer

1981
Crazed Fruit

Crazed Fruit

Tôno, Chika's step father(東野保彦)

1981

The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

1980
Magnitude 7.9

Magnitude 7.9

Professor Watanabe

1980

A Woman Embraced by a Ghost: Departures from the Dead

1980
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

1980
The Strangling

The Strangling

Yoshio Morikawa

1979
Dog of Fortune

Dog of Fortune

Shuhei Agata

1979
Blood Type: Blue

Blood Type: Blue

1978
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus

The Beauty of the Black Narcissus

1978
August Without Emperor

August Without Emperor

Assistant General Tokunaga

1978
Take Me Away!

Take Me Away!

Ryunosuke Tamaru

1978
The Glacier Fox

The Glacier Fox

Narrator (voice)

1978
Love and Faith

Love and Faith

Ankokuji

1978
Lost Love

Lost Love

Professor Kamiyama

1978
Utamaro's World

Utamaro's World

Tanuma

1977
Japanese Humanity and Justice

Japanese Humanity and Justice

1977
The Young

The Young

1977
The Gate of Youth Part 2

The Gate of Youth Part 2

1977
The Alaska Story

The Alaska Story

Amaohka

1977
Love in the North

Love in the North

1976
Permanent Blue

Permanent Blue

1976
Cobra 2

Cobra 2

Kudo

1976
Lullaby of the Earth

Lullaby of the Earth

Evangelist

1976
Frozen River

Frozen River

1976
Manhunt

Manhunt

1976
Kyukei no Koya

Kyukei no Koya

1975
I Am a Cat

I Am a Cat

Bunmei

1975
Hadashi no seishun

Hadashi no seishun

1975
ESPY

ESPY

Salabad

1974
The Yakuza

The Yakuza

Tono

1974
Scalpel

Scalpel

Kokubo

1974
My Way

My Way

Lawyer

1974
Lady Snowblood

Lady Snowblood

Gishirō Tsukamoto

1973
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Shogen Wakita

1973
Zatoichi's Conspiracy

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

Shinbei

1973
The Killing Game

The Killing Game

1973
Red Target

Red Target

Mike Tachibana

1972
Silence

Silence

Inoue Chikugonokami

1971
Evil Spirits in the Darkness

Evil Spirits in the Darkness

1971
The Earth is Born Again

The Earth is Born Again

Mitsuo Iwashita

1971
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple

Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple

(voice)

1971
This Transient Life

This Transient Life

Mori

1970
Records of Bloodshed

Records of Bloodshed

Seiichiro Machida

1970
Rebel Against Glory

Rebel Against Glory

1970
Vixen

Vixen

Nobuyuki Ishido

1969
Bullet Wound

Bullet Wound

1969
夕陽の恋人

夕陽の恋人

1969
Secret Information

Secret Information

Toru Kijima

1968
Devil in My Flesh

Devil in My Flesh

1968

Tattooed Temptress

1968
The Sands of Kurobe

The Sands of Kurobe

1968
Gambler's Farewell

Gambler's Farewell

Riichirô Maejima

1968
The Will to Live

The Will to Live

1967
Portrait of Chieko

Portrait of Chieko

Tsubaki

1967
The Rose Colored Two

The Rose Colored Two

Director Iwamoto

1967
The X from Outer Space

The X from Outer Space

Dr. Kato

1967
Rebellion of Japan

Rebellion of Japan

1967
The Face of Another

The Face of Another

The Boss

1966
Japan's Most Chivalrous

Japan's Most Chivalrous

Shuji Onoda

1966
Pretty Devil Yoko

Pretty Devil Yoko

Asai

1966
Samurai Spy

Samurai Spy

Tatewaki Koriyama

1965
Sanshiro Sugata

Sanshiro Sugata

Gennosuke / Tesshin

1965
The Scarlet Camellia

The Scarlet Camellia

Genjirô Maruume

1964
Assassination

Assassination

Lord Matsudaira

1964
The Scent of Incense

The Scent of Incense

Nozawa

1964
Woman in the Dunes

Woman in the Dunes

Entomologist Niki Jumpei

1964
She and He

She and He

Eiichi Ishikawa

1963
The Ugly American

The Ugly American

Deong

1963
Rififi in Tokyo

Rififi in Tokyo

Danny Riquet

1963
Restoration Fire

Restoration Fire

Yamanami Keisuke

1961
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku

Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku

1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2

20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2

1961
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji

A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji

1961
Festival of Swordsmen

Festival of Swordsmen

Kamio Shume

1961
An Edo Magistrate

An Edo Magistrate

1961
Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen

Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen

1961
Shinran, Part II

Shinran, Part II

1960
The Pirates

The Pirates

Shinzo Murakami

1960
Shinran

Shinran

1960
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

1960
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4

1960
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3

1960
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

1960
Hiroshima Mon Amour

Hiroshima Mon Amour

Lui

1959
Hawk of the North

Hawk of the North

1959
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

1959
Fearless Opposition

Fearless Opposition

1958
The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour

Shimano

1957
The Story of Pure Love

The Story of Pure Love

1957
Showdown in Blood

Showdown in Blood

1957
The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend

The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend

Kogoro Akechi

1957
Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki

Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki

Kogoro Akechi

1957
恐怖の空中殺人

恐怖の空中殺人

里見

1956

The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces

Kogoro Akechi

1956

The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom

Kogoro Akechi

1956
The Chop Professor

The Chop Professor

1956
Avalanche

Avalanche

1956
Five Paths to Revenge

Five Paths to Revenge

Jun Mitani

1956
Christ in Bronze

Christ in Bronze

Hagiwara Yusa

1955
Hirado Pirates

Hirado Pirates

1955
Here Is a Spring

Here Is a Spring

1955
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

Ensign Asakura

1955
A Billionaire

A Billionaire

Monta

1954
The End of a Day

The End of a Day

Leutnant Guni Hanata

1954
Hiroshima

Hiroshima

Kitagawa

1953
At the End of the Clouds

At the End of the Clouds

1953
Tower of Lilies

Tower of Lilies

Teacher Tamai

1953
Vacuum Zone

Vacuum Zone

1952
Violence

Violence

1952
Mother

Mother

Shinjiro Hirai

1952
The Yamabiko School

The Yamabiko School

1952
A Ripple in a Morning

A Ripple in a Morning

1952
Karate Sanshiro

Karate Sanshiro

1951
The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

1951
Weeping Doll

Weeping Doll

Ryuji

1951
White Beast

White Beast

1950
Till We Meet Again

Till We Meet Again

Saburo Tajima

1950
A Woman's Face

A Woman's Face

1949