Eiji Okada Photo

Eiji Okada

Acting

1.6 Popularity Jun 13, 1920 (75 years old) Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

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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...

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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Filmography 131

1995
1991
1991
Heat Wave Movie

as Masakichi Ono

1988
1985
Spring Bell Movie

as Hachiro Ishimoto

1984
Agi, the Fury of Evil Movie

as Omi-no-kami

1983
Antarctica Movie

as Ozawa Taicho

1983
Praying Mantis Movie

as Taichi Dôjima

1982
1981
Crazed Fruit Movie

as Tôno, Chika's step father(東野保彦)

1980
Magnitude 7.9 Movie

as Professor Watanabe

Photos 2

Eiji Okada Photo
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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Male
Birthday June 13, 1920 (75 years old)
Died September 14, 1995
Place of Birth Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As Okada Eiji, Эйдзи Окада
Years Active 1949 - 1995
Popularity 1.6
Career Stats
131 Total Credits
126 Movie Roles
5 TV Roles
2 Photos