Eiji Okada
Eiji Okada was a Japanese film actor from Chōshi, Chiba. Okada served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and was a miner and traveling salesman before becoming an actor.
Internationally, his best-remembered roles include Lui in the 1959 film Hiroshima mon amour, directed by Alain Resnais. In this film, Eiji Okada had to learn the screenplay phonetically because he did not speak French. He is also known for playing the entomologist Niki Junpei in Hiroshi Teshigahara's 1964 film Woman in the Dunes, an adaptation of Kōbō Abe's novel. He was also second billed under Marlon Brando in the 1963 political thriller The Ugly American.
Okada was married to Aiko Wasa, with whom he ran a theatre company in Japan. He died on 14 September 1995 of heart failure, at the age of 75.
Selected filmography
Onna no Kao Hana no Sugao Until [We Meet Again (1950 film)|Until We Meet Again] – Tajima SaburoShiroi yajû – IwasakiGozen reiji no shutugoku Kenjū no Mae ni Tatsu Haha Nakinureta ningyô – RyûjiFūsetsu Nijūnen Kaze ni soyogu asi – Mitsujiro HiroseYamabiko Gakkō Asa no hamon – KajigoroMother – ShinjiroBoryoku Shinkū Chitai – OkamotoHaha wo Kou Uta Reimei hachigatsu jugo-nichi Himeyuri no Tō – Teacher TamaiHiroshima – KitagawaMiseraretaru Tamashii Wakaki Hi no Takuboku Kumo wa Tensai De Aru – Takuboku IshikawaOkuman choja – MontaHana to Hatō Ningen Gyorai Kaiten Koko ni Izumi Ari Hana no Yukue – Hiroshi HamamuraGokumonchô – San'nosuke TsuzukiChrist in Bronze Bōryokugai Kao no nai otoko – Masahiko Arisaka / YamadaKenjû tai kenjû Choppu sensei Shonen tanteidan: Nijumenso no akuma – Kogoro AkechiShonen tanteidan: Daiichibu yokaihakushi Kurama Tengu, Shirouma no Misshi Jun'ai Monogatari – ShitayamaDotanba Shonen tanteidan: Tetto no kaijin – Kogoro AkechiShonen tanteidan: Kabutomushi no yoki Shingo juban-shobu – Shozaburo MasakiHiroshima mon amour – LuiShingo jûban shôbu: dai-ni-bu Shinran – Shiro AmagiÔzora no muhômono Kaizoku bahansen Restoration Fire – Yamanami KeisukeKengo tengu matsuri Rififi in Tokyo – Danny RiquetThe Ugly American – DeongKanojo to kare – Eiichi IshikawaWoman in the Dunes – Entomologist Niki JumpeiThe Scent of Incense – NozawaAnsatsu – Lord MatsudairaThe Scarlet Camellia – Genjirô MaruumeHaigo no hito – Masaaki IzumidaSanshiro Sugata – Gennosuke / TesshinSamurai Spy – Tatewaki KoriyamaNihon daikyôkaku – Shuji OnodaHikô shôjo Yôko – AsaiThe Face of Another – The BossBosû wa ore no kenjû de The X from Outer Space – Dr. KatoPortrait of Chieko – TsubakiUtage – AdachiThe Sands of Kurobe – YoshinoIrezumi muzan Shin irezumi muzan tekka no jingi Showa no inochi Tarekomi – Toru KijimaDankon – George KitabayashiNyotai – Nobuyuki IshidôJotai – Nobuyuki IshidoMujo Senketsu no kiroku Yomigaeru daichi – Mitsuo iwashitaYami no naka no chimimoryo – IkezoeSilence – Inoue ChikugonokamiTsuji-ga-hana Bara no hyôteki -Tachibana MikeZatoichi's Conspiracy – Shinbei of HitachiyaLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons – WakitaLady Snowblood – Gishirô TsukamotoWaga michi – LawyerMesu – KokuboThe Yakuza – TonoESPY – SalabadI am a cat – BunmeiKimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare Lullaby of the Earth – EvangelistUtareru mae-ni ute! – President KudoPermanent Blue: Manatsu no koi – Boy's fatherArasuka monogatari – AmaohkaSeishun no mon: Jiritsu hen – Minoru YukiUtamaro: Yume to shiriseba – TanumaWakai hito – Mr. OkajimaNihon no jingi – Yohei InadaGenshiryoku sensô – Professor KamiyamaOgin-sama – AnkokujiFurimukeba Ai – Ryunosuke TamaruThe Glacier Fox – NarratorKôtei no inai hachigatsu – TokunagaBlue Christmas Ôgon no inu – Shuhei AgataThe Strangling – Yoshio MorikawaJishin rettô Kofukugo shuppan The [Gate of Youth (1981 film)|The Gate of Youth] – Tôno, Chika's step fatherCrazy Fruit – Yuzo DojimaNankyoku Monogatari – Chief OzawaAkujo kamakiri – Taichi DôjimaHaru no Kane – Hachiro IshimotoÔidippsu no katana – Shunsuke's uncleOedipus no yaiba – Shunsuke's uncleGuriin rekuiemu – Zenichiro OkadaShishiohtachi no natsu – Kazumichi SakagamiKagerô – Masakichi OnoJutai – Ichimatsu, GrandfatherHarukana jidai no kaidan o – White manHitodenashi no koi –