Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/13/1920
Place of Birth
Choshi, Chiba, Japan
Also Known As
Okada EijiЭйдзи 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. ...
Known For
Spring Bell
as Hachiro Ishimoto
Silence
as Inoue Chikugonokami
Woman in the Dunes
as Entomologist Niki Jumpei
The Yakuza
as Tono
Lady Snowblood
as Gishirō Tsukamoto
Crazed Fruit
as Tôno, Chika's step father(東野保彦)
The Face of Another
as The Boss
Assassination
as Lord Matsudaira
ESPY
as Salabad
Love in the North
Unknown Role
Japanese Humanity and Justice
Unknown Role
Hiroshima
as Kitagawa
Heat Wave
as Masakichi Ono
This Transient Life
as Mori
At the End of the Clouds
Unknown Role
Tower of Lilies
as Teacher Tamai
The Glacier Fox
as Narrator (voice)
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
Unknown Role
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
Unknown Role
The Scarlet Camellia
as Genjirô Maruume
Career Timeline
1991
1980
1978
1977
1976
1975
1973
1971
1970
1968
1967
1966
1964
1963
1961
Restoration Fire
as Yamanami Keisuke
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
Role unknown
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
Role unknown
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
Role unknown
Festival of Swordsmen
as Kamio Shume
An Edo Magistrate
Role unknown
Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen
Role unknown