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Eiji Okada
Eiji Okada
75 years (Jun 13, 1920 – Sep 14, 1995)
Choshi, Chiba, Japan
70 Movies

Eiji Okada

Known for
Woman in the Dunes
Entomologist Niki Jumpei
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Lui
The Yakuza
Tono
The Face of Another
The Boss
Eiji Okada is a durable Japanese actor who has kept working through several turns of the industry. Drama keeps coming back on the credit list. The filmography runs to some 70 credits between film and television. his Lui in 'Hiroshima Mon Amour' is the best-remembered role on the list. 'Woman in the Dunes' rounds out the better-known part of the filmography. The career opened quietly, the way most long ones do.
Eiji Okada is a durable Japanese actor who has kept working through several turns of the industry. Drama keeps coming back on the credit list. The filmography runs to some 70 credits between film and television. his Lui in 'Hiroshima Mon Amour' is the best-remembered role on the list. 'Woman in the Dunes' rounds out the better-known part of the filmography. The career opened quietly, the way most long ones do.
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
Entomologist Niki Jumpei
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Lui
The Yakuza
Tono
The Face of Another
The Boss
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The Stairway to the Distant Past
White Man
★ 7.2
1995
Film
Heat Wave
Masakichi Ono
★ 5.9
1991
Film
Spring Bell
Hachiro Ishimoto
★ 7.3
1985
Film
Agi, the Fury of Evil
Omi-no-kami
★ 8.5
1984
Film
Antarctica
Ozawa Taicho
★ 7.2
1983
Film
Praying Mantis
Taichi Dôjima
★ 5.0
1983
Film
Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey
Kozo Hisamatsu
★ 2.0
1982
Film
Crazed Fruit
Tôno, Chika's step father(東野保彦)
★ 5.7
1981
Film
Magnitude 7.9
Professor Watanabe
★ 5.8
1980
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Eiji Okada still alive?
Eiji Okada passed away on September 14, 1995 at age 75.
What are the most famous roles of Eiji Okada?
Eiji Okada is best known for roles in Hiroshima Mon Amour, Woman in the Dunes, Lady Snowblood.
How many movies has Eiji Okada been in?
Over a 46-year career (since 1949), Eiji Okada has appeared in 70 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Eiji Okada's first movie?
The career of Eiji Okada began with A Woman's Face (1949).
What is Eiji Okada's most recent movie or series?
Eiji Okada's most recent release is Secret Liaisons, which premiered on October 28, 1995.
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Eiji Okada
Eiji Okada
1920-06-13 · Choshi, Chiba, Japan

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.Eiji Okada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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