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