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