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Eiji Okada

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

June 13, 1920

Died

September 14, 1995 (age 75)

Place of Birth

Choshi, Chiba, Japan

Also Known As

Okada Eiji

Эйдзи Окада

Eiji Okada

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eiji Okada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1995FilmSecret Liaisons 1995FilmThe Stairway to the Distant Pastas White Man 1991FilmTraffic Jam 1991FilmHeat Waveas Masakichi Ono 1991FilmSummer of the Lion Kings 1989TVOnihei Hankachō 1988FilmGreen Requiem 1987TVCrisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu 1985FilmSpring Bellas Hachiro Ishimoto 1984FilmAgi, the Fury of Evilas Omi-no-kami 1984Film不倫　この愛が裁けますか 1983FilmAntarcticaas Ozawa Taicho 1983FilmPraying Mantisas Taichi Dôjima 1982FilmLady on 6th Street: Taste of Honeyas Kozo Hisamatsu 1982FilmShi no dangai 1981FilmKamikaze, the Adventurer 1981FilmDon't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer 1981FilmCrazed Fruitas Tôno, Chika's step father(東野保彦)1980FilmThe S.S. Happiness Sets Sail 1980FilmMagnitude 7.9as Professor Watanabe 1980FilmA Woman Embraced by a Ghost: Departures from the Dead 1980FilmTokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1 1979FilmDog of Fortuneas Shuhei Agata 1979FilmThe Stranglingas Yoshio Morikawa 1978FilmBlood Type: Blue 1978FilmThe Beauty of the Black Narcissus 1978FilmAugust Without Emperoras Assistant General Tokunaga 1978FilmTake Me Away!as Ryunosuke Tamaru 1978FilmThe Glacier Foxas Narrator (voice)1978FilmLove and Faithas Ankokuji 1978FilmLost Loveas Professor Kamiyama 1977FilmUtamaro's Worldas Tanuma 1977TVEdogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu 1977FilmJapanese Humanity and Justice 1977FilmThe Young 1977TVYokomizo Seishi Series 1977FilmThe Gate of Youth Part 2 1977FilmThe Alaska Storyas Amaohka 1976FilmLove in the North 1976FilmPermanent Blue 1976FilmCobra 2as Kudo 1976FilmLullaby of the Earthas Evangelist 1976FilmFrozen River 1976FilmManhunt 1975TVOretachi no Tabi 1975FilmKyukei no Koya 1975FilmI Am a Catas Bunmei 1975FilmHadashi no seishun 1974FilmESPYas Salabad 1974FilmThe Yakuzaas Tono 1974FilmScalpelas Kokubo 1974FilmMy Wayas Lawyer 1973FilmLady Snowbloodas Gishirō Tsukamoto 1973FilmLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demonsas Shogen Wakita 1973FilmZatoichi's Conspiracyas Shinbei 1973FilmThe Killing Game 1972FilmRed Targetas Mike Tachibana 1971FilmSilenceas Inoue Chikugonokami 1971FilmEvil Spirits in the Darkness 1971FilmThe Earth is Born Againas Mitsuo Iwashita 1971FilmDedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Templeas (voice)1970FilmThis Transient Lifeas Mori 1970FilmRecords of Bloodshedas Seiichiro Machida 1970FilmRebel Against Glory 1969FilmVixenas Nobuyuki Ishido 1969FilmBullet Wound 1969Film夕陽の恋人 1968FilmSecret Informationas Toru Kijima 1968FilmDevil in My Flesh 1968FilmTattooed Temptress 1968FilmThe Sands of Kurobe 1968FilmGambler's Farewellas Riichirô Maejima 1967FilmThe Will to Live 1967FilmPortrait of Chiekoas Tsubaki 1967FilmThe Rose Colored Twoas Director Iwamoto 1967FilmThe X from Outer Spaceas Dr. Kato 1967FilmRebellion of Japan 1966FilmThe Face of Anotheras The Boss 1966FilmPretty Devil Yokoas Asai 1966FilmJapan's Most Chivalrousas Shuji Onoda 1965FilmSamurai Spyas Tatewaki Koriyama 1965FilmSanshiro Sugataas Gennosuke / Tesshin 1964FilmThe Scarlet Camelliaas Genjirô Maruume 1964FilmAssassinationas Lord Matsudaira 1964FilmThe Scent of Incenseas Nozawa 1964FilmWoman in the Dunesas Entomologist Niki Jumpei 1963FilmShe and Heas Eiichi Ishikawa 1963FilmThe Ugly Americanas Deong 1963FilmRififi in Tokyoas Danny Riquet 1961FilmRestoration Fireas Yamanami Keisuke 1961FilmLord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku 1961Film20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2 1961FilmA Young Warrior on Mount Fuji 1961FilmFestival of Swordsmenas Kamio Shume 1961FilmAn Edo Magistrate 1961FilmNaruto hijō kanketsu-hen 1960FilmShinran, Part II 1960FilmThe Piratesas Shinzo Murakami 1960FilmShinran 1960FilmOutlaw Under a Blue Canopy 1960FilmShingo's Original Challenge, Part 4 1960FilmShingo's Original Challenge, Part 3 1960FilmReturn of the One-Armed Swordsman 1959FilmHiroshima Mon Amouras Lui 1959FilmHawk of the North 1959FilmShingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2 1958FilmFearless Opposition 1957FilmThe Eleventh Houras Shimano 1957FilmThe Story of Pure Love 1957FilmShowdown in Blood 1957FilmThe Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiendas Kogoro Akechi 1957FilmShonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yokias Kogoro Akechi 1956Film恐怖の空中殺人as 里見 1956FilmThe Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Facesas Kogoro Akechi 1956FilmThe Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantomas Kogoro Akechi 1956FilmThe Chop Professor 1956FilmAvalanche 1956FilmFive Paths to Revengeas Jun Mitani 1955FilmChrist in Bronzeas Hagiwara Yusa 1955FilmHirado Pirates 1955FilmHere Is a Spring 1955FilmThe Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoesas Ensign Asakura 1954FilmA Billionaireas Monta 1954FilmThe End of a Dayas Leutnant Guni Hanata 1953FilmHiroshimaas Kitagawa 1953FilmAt the End of the Clouds 1953FilmTower of Liliesas Teacher Tamai 1952FilmVacuum Zone 1952FilmViolence 1952FilmMotheras Shinjiro Hirai 1952FilmA Ripple in a Morning 1952FilmThe Yamabiko School 1951FilmKarate Sanshiro 1951FilmThe Stormy Era of Twenty Years 1951FilmWeeping Dollas Ryuji 1950FilmWhite Beast 1950FilmTill We Meet Againas Saburo Tajima 1949FilmA Woman's Face