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 ("him" in French) 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 (1949) Hana no Sugao (1949) Until We Meet Again (1950) – Tajima Saburo Shiroi yajû (1950) – Iwasaki Gozen reiji no shutugoku (1950) Kenjū no Mae ni Tatsu Haha (1950) Nakinureta ningyô (1951) – Ryûji Fūsetsu Nijūnen (1951) Kaze ni soyogu asi (Kouhen) (1951) – Mitsujiro Hirose Yamabiko Gakkō (1952) Asa no hamon (1952) – Kajigoro Mother (1952) – Shinjiro Boryoku (1952) Shinkū Chitai (1952) – Okamoto Haha wo Kou Uta (1952) Reimei hachigatsu jugo-nichi (1952) Himeyuri no Tō (1953) – Teacher Tamai Hiroshima (1953) – Kitagawa Miseraretaru Tamashii (1953) Wakaki Hi no Takuboku Kumo wa Tensai De Aru (1954) – Takuboku Ishikawa Okuman choja (1954) – Monta Hana to Hatō (1954) Ningen Gyorai Kaiten (1955) Koko ni Izumi Ari (1955) Hana no Yukue (1955) – Hiroshi Hamamura Gokumonchô (1955) – San'nosuke Tsuzuki Christ in Bronze (1955) Bōryokugai (1955) Kao no nai otoko (1955) – Masahiko Arisaka / Yamada Kenjû tai kenjû (1955) Choppu sensei (1956) Shonen tanteidan: Nijumenso no akuma (1956) – Kogoro Akechi Shonen tanteidan: Daiichibu yokaihakushi (1956) Kurama Tengu, Shirouma no Misshi (1956) Jun'ai Monogatari (1957) – Shitayama Dotanba (1957) Shonen tanteidan: Tetto no kaijin (1957) – Kogoro Akechi Shonen tanteidan: Kabutomushi no yoki (1957) Shingo juban-shobu (1959) – Shozaburo Masaki Hiroshima mon amour (1959) – Lui Shingo jûban shôbu: dai-ni-bu (1959) Shinran (1960) – Shiro Amagi Ôzora no muhômono (1960) Kaizoku bahansen (1960) Restoration Fire (1961) – Yamanami Keisuke Kengo tengu matsuri (1961) Rififi in Tokyo (1963) – Danny Riquet The Ugly American (1963) – Deong Kanojo to kare (1963) – Eiichi Ishikawa Woman in the Dunes (1964) – Entomologist Niki Jumpei The Scent of Incense (Kôge - Nibu: Mitsumata no shô/Ichibu: Waremokô no shô) (1964) – Nozawa Ansatsu (1964) – Lord Matsudaira The Scarlet Camellia (1964) – Genjirô Maruume Haigo no hito (1965) – Masaaki Izumida Sanshiro Sugata (1965) – Gennosuke / Tesshin Samurai Spy (1965) – Tatewaki Koriyama Nihon daikyôkaku (1966) – Shuji Onoda Hikô shôjo Yôko (1966) – Asai The Face of Another (1966) – The Boss Bosû wa ore no kenjû de (1966) The X from Outer Space (1967) – Dr. Kato Portrait of Chieko (1967) – Tsubaki Utage (1967) – Adachi The Sands of Kurobe (1968) – Yoshino Irezumi muzan (1968) Shin irezumi muzan tekka no jingi (1968) Showa no inochi (1968) Tarekomi (1969) – Toru Kijima Dankon (1969) – George Kitabayashi Nyotai (1969) – Nobuyuki Ishidô Jotai (1969) – Nobuyuki Ishido Mujo (1970) Senketsu no kiroku (1970) Yomigaeru daichi (1971) – Mitsuo iwashita Yami no naka no chimimoryo (1971) – Ikezoe Silence (1971) – Inoue Chikugonokami Tsuji-ga-hana (1972) Bara no hyôteki (1972) -Tachibana Mike Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973) – Shinbei of Hitachiya Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) – Wakita Lady Snowblood (1973) – Gishirô Tsukamoto Waga michi (1974) – Lawyer Mesu (1974) – Kokubo The Yakuza (1974) – Tono ESPY (1974) – Salabad I am a cat (1975) – Bunmei Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare (1976) Lullaby of the Earth (1976) – Evangelist Utareru mae-ni ute! (1976) – President Kudo Permanent Blue: Manatsu no koi (1976) – Boy's father Arasuka monogatari (1977) – Amaohka Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen (1977) – Minoru Yuki Utamaro: Yume to shiriseba (1977) – Tanuma Wakai hito (1977) – Mr. Okajima Nihon no jingi (1977) – Yohei Inada Genshiryoku sensô (1978) – Professor Kamiyama Ogin-sama (1978) – Ankokuji Furimukeba Ai (1978) – Ryunosuke Tamaru The Glacier Fox (1978) – Narrator Kôtei no inai hachigatsu (1978) – Tokunaga Blue Christmas (1978) Ôgon no inu (1979) – Shuhei Agata The Strangling (1979) – Yoshio Morikawa Jishin rettô (1980) Kofukugo shuppan (1980) The Gate of Youth (1981) – Tôno, Chika's step father Crazy Fruit (1981) – Yuzo Dojima Nankyoku Monogatari (1983) – Chief Ozawa Akujo kamakiri (1983) – Taichi Dôjima Haru no Kane (1985) – Hachiro Ishimoto Ôidippsu no katana (1986) – Shunsuke's uncle Oedipus no yaiba (1986) – Shunsuke's uncle Guriin rekuiemu (1988) – Zenichiro Okada Shishiohtachi no natsu (1991) – Kazumichi Sakagami Kagerô (1991) – Masakichi Ono Jutai (1991) – Ichimatsu, Grandfather Harukana jidai no kaidan o (1995) – White man Hitodenashi no koi (1995) – (final film role)
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