Eiji Okada
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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 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.
Choshi, Chiba
is a city located on the Pacific Ocean coast of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is the easternmost city in the Greater Tokyo Area. The easternmost point in the Greater Tokyo Area is Cape Inubō....
, Japan
Japan
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– 14 September 1995 Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
) was a Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
film actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. Okada served in the Japanese army during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, 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
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Hiroshima mon amour is an acclaimed 1959 drama film directed by French film director Alain Resnais, with a screenplay by Marguerite Duras. It is the documentation of an intensely personal conversation between a French-Japanese couple about memory and forgetfulness...
(1959), directed by Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais is a French film director whose career has extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Nuit et Brouillard , an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.He began...
, and the entomologist Niki Junpei in Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes
Woman in the Dunes
is a film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara and based on the novel of the same name by Kōbō Abe. The novel was published in 1962, and the film was released in 1964. Kōbō Abe also wrote the screenplay for the film version....
(1964), an adaptation of Kōbō Abe
Kobo Abe
, pseudonym of was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor. Abe has been often compared to Franz Kafka and Alberto Moravia for his surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society and his modernist sensibilities....
'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.
Filmography
- Nankyoku monogatariNankyoku Monogatariis a 1983 Japanese film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and starring Ken Takakura. Its plot centers on the 1958 ill-fated Japanese scientific expedition to the South Pole, its dramatic rescue from the impossible weather conditions on the return journey, the relationship between the scientists and...
(1983) - Crazy FruitCrazy Fruitis a 1981 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Kichitaro Negishi. Both this film and the earlier version by Nikkatsu, Crazed Fruit, were based on the novel by Shintarō Ishihara.-Synopsis:...
(1981) - The Gate of YouthThe Gate of Youthis a 1981 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku and Koreyoshi Kurahara.It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70...
(1981) - Blue ChristmasBlue Christmas (film), also known as Blood Type: Blue or The Blue Stigma, is a 1978 Japanese science fiction film by director Kihachi Okamoto. It deals with prejudice against UFO witnesses whose blood is turned blue by the encounter. The close encounters occur on Christmas, hence the title....
(1978) - Kimi yo fundo no kawa o watare (1976)
- I am a catI Am a Catis a satirical novel written in 1905–1906 by Natsume Sōseki, about Japanese society during the Meiji Period; particularly, the uneasy mix of Western culture and Japanese traditions, and the aping of Western customs....
(1975) - ESPYESPY (film)is a 1974 film based on the novel of the same name by Sakyo Komatsu. The film was directed by Jun Fukuda from a screenplay by Ei Ogawa. It stars Masao Kusakari, Kaoru Yumi, Tomisaburo Wakayama, and Eiji Okada. The film was released to U.S...
(1974) - Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of DemonsLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of DemonsLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Land of Demons is the fifth in a series of six Japanese martial arts films based on the long-running Lone Wolf and Cub manga series about Ogami Ittō, a wandering assassin for hire who is accompanied by his young son,...
(1973) - Lady SnowbloodLady Snowbloodis a manga written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Kazuo Kamimura, and serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Playboy. It was translated into English and published in four volumes by Dark Horse Comics between 2005 and 2006....
(1973) - The X from Outer SpaceThe X from Outer Spaceis a 1967 Kaiju film released by the studio Shochiku. It is the first kaiju film released by Shochiku who would later go on to release a number of Kaiju films in the future....
(1967) - Woman in the DunesWoman in the Dunesis a film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara and based on the novel of the same name by Kōbō Abe. The novel was published in 1962, and the film was released in 1964. Kōbō Abe also wrote the screenplay for the film version....
(1964) - Kanojo to kareKanojo to kareKanojo to kare is a 1963 Japanese drama film directed by Susumu Hani. It was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival where Sachiko Hidari won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award.-Cast:* Sachiko Hidari - Naoko Ishikawa...
(1963) - "The Ugly American" (1963)
- Hiroshima mon amourHiroshima Mon AmourHiroshima mon amour is an acclaimed 1959 drama film directed by French film director Alain Resnais, with a screenplay by Marguerite Duras. It is the documentation of an intensely personal conversation between a French-Japanese couple about memory and forgetfulness...
(1959) - Jun'ai monogatariJun'ai monogatariJun'ai monogatari is a 1957 Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival where Imai won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Shinjiro Ebara* Hitomi Nakahara* Eiji Okada* Isao Kimura...
(1957) - Christ in BronzeChrist in Bronzeis a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Minoru Shibuya. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Eiji Okada* Kazuko Okada* Osamu Takizawa* Shinobu Araki* Akira Ishihama* Kyōko Kagawa* Kinzo Shin* Isuzu Yamada...
(1956) - Kurama tengu, shirouma no misshi (1956)
- Kenjuu tai kenjuu (1956)
- Bōryoku no MachiBoryoku no Machiis a 1950 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto.- Cast :* Ryō Ikebe * Akitake Kouno * Hajime Izu * Miki Sanjou * Yasumi Hara * Hatae Kishi * Eitarō Ozawa * Takashi Shimura...
(1955) - Hana no yukue (1955)
- Koko ni izumi ari (1955)
- (人間魚雷回天 Ningen gyorai kaitenNingen gyorai kaitenis a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Shūe Matsubayashi....
) (1955) - Hana to hatou (1954)
- Wakaki hi no takuboku kumo wa tensai dearu (1954)
- Miseraretaru tamashii (1953)
- HiroshimaHiroshimais the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...
(1953) - Himeyuri no tou (1953)
- Yamabiko gakkou (1952)
- Haha wo kou uta (1952)
- Okaasan (1952)
- Shinkuu chitai (1952)
- Fuusetsu nijuu nen (1951)
- Kenjuu no mae ni tatsu haha (1950)
- Until We Meet AgainUntil We Meet AgainUntil We Meet Again may refer to:*"Until We Meet Again", a song by Diana Ross from her 1999 album Every Day is a New Day*"Until We Meet Again", a song by Seldom from their 1999 album Romance*Until We Meet Again, a 1950 Japanese film by Tadashi Imai...
(1950) - Hana no sugao (1949)
- Onna no kao (1949)