Eiji Okada
Acting·June 13, 1920·† September 14, 1995 — 75 years old·Choshi, Chiba, Japan
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.
Known For
Hiroshima Mon Amour
1959·7.7
Woman in the Dunes
1964·8.2
Lady Snowblood
1973·7.5
The Face of Another
1966·7.8
The Yakuza
1974·7.1
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
1973·7.2
Antarctica
1983·7.2
Samurai Spy
1965·6.4
The X from Outer Space
1967·5.2
This Transient Life
1970·7.4
Silence
1971·7.2
Assassination
1964·7.1
Filmography · 143
1995Secret Liaisons1995The Stairway to the Distant PastWhite Man1991Traffic Jam1991Heat WaveMasakichi Ono1991Summer of the Lion Kings1989Onihei HankachōTV1988Green Requiem1987Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa IemitsuTV1985Spring BellHachiro Ishimoto1984Agi, the Fury of EvilOmi-no-kami1984不倫 この愛が裁けますか1983AntarcticaOzawa Taicho1983Praying MantisTaichi Dôjima1982Lady on 6th Street: Taste of HoneyKozo Hisamatsu1982Cliff of Death1981Kamikaze, the Adventurer1981Don't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer1981Crazed FruitTôno, Chika's step father(東野保彦)1980The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail1980Magnitude 7.9Professor Watanabe1980A Woman Embraced by a Ghost: Departures from the Dead1980Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.11979Dog of FortuneShuhei Agata1979The StranglingYoshio Morikawa1978Blood Type: Blue1978The Beauty of the Black Narcissus1978August Without EmperorAssistant General Tokunaga1978Take Me Away!Ryunosuke Tamaru1978The Glacier FoxNarrator (voice)1978Love and FaithAnkokuji1978Lost LoveProfessor Kamiyama1977Utamaro's WorldTanuma1977Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzuTV1977Japanese Humanity and Justice1977The Young1977Yokomizo Seishi SeriesTV1977The Gate of Youth Part 21977The Alaska StoryAmaohka1976Love in the North1976Stars and Storms1976Permanent Blue1976Cobra 2Kudo1976Lullaby of the EarthEvangelist1976Frozen River1976Manhunt1975Oretachi no TabiTV1975Kyukei no Koya1975I Am a CatBunmei1975Hadashi no seishun1974ESPYSalabad1974The YakuzaTono1974ScalpelKokubo1974My WayLawyer1973Lady SnowbloodGishirō Tsukamoto1973Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of DemonsShogen Wakita1973Zatoichi's ConspiracyShinbei1973The Killing Game1972Red TargetMike Tachibana1971SilenceInoue Chikugonokami1971Evil Spirits in the Darkness1971The Earth is Born AgainMitsuo Iwashita1971Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple(voice)1970This Transient LifeMori1970Records of BloodshedSeiichiro Machida1970Rebel Against Glory1969VixenNobuyuki Ishido1969Bullet Wound1969夕陽の恋人1968Secret InformationToru Kijima1968Devil in My Flesh1968Tattooed Temptress1968The Sands of Kurobe1968Gambler's FarewellRiichirô Maejima1967The Will to Live1967Portrait of ChiekoTsubaki1967The Rose Colored TwoDirector Iwamoto1967The X from Outer SpaceDr. Kato1967Rebellion of Japan1966The Face of AnotherThe Boss1966Pretty Devil YokoAsai1966Japan's Most ChivalrousShuji Onoda1965Samurai SpyTatewaki Koriyama1965Sanshiro SugataGennosuke / Tesshin1965Haigo no hitoMasaaki Izumida1964The Scarlet CamelliaGenjirô Maruume1964AssassinationLord Matsudaira1964The Scent of IncenseNozawa1964Woman in the DunesEntomologist Niki Jumpei1963She and HeEiichi Ishikawa1963The Ugly AmericanDeong1963Rififi in TokyoDanny Riquet1961Restoration FireYamanami Keisuke1961Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku196120 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 21961A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji1961Festival of SwordsmenKamio Shume1961An Edo Magistrate1961Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen1960Shinran, Part II1960The PiratesShinzo Murakami1960Shinran1960Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy1960Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 41960Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 31960Return of the One-Armed Swordsman1959Hiroshima Mon AmourLui1959Hawk of the North1959Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 21958Fearless Opposition1957The Eleventh HourShimano1957The Story of Pure Love1957Showdown in Blood1957The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron FiendKogoro Akechi1957Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no YokiKogoro Akechi1956恐怖の空中殺人里見1956The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty FacesKogoro Akechi1956The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor PhantomKogoro Akechi1956The Chop Professor1956Avalanche1956Five Paths to RevengeJun Mitani1955Christ in BronzeHagiwara Yusa1955Hirado Pirates1955Here Is a Spring1955The Sacrifice of the Human TorpedoesEnsign Asakura1954A BillionaireMonta1954Hana to hatō1954The End of a DayLeutnant Guni Hanata1953HiroshimaKitagawa1953At the End of the Clouds1953Tower of LiliesTeacher Tamai1952Vacuum Zone1952Violence1952MotherShinjiro Hirai1952A Ripple in a Morning1952The Yamabiko School1952August 15, 1945, New Dawn For JapanReporter Saeki1951Karate Sanshiro1951The Stormy Era of Twenty Years1951The Love Letter Trial1951Weeping DollRyuji1950White Beast1950Till We Meet AgainSaburo Tajima1949A Woman's Face