Eiji Okada

I came to Eiji Okada the way a lot of people outside Japan probably did, through "Hiroshima mon amour," and honestly that quiet, wounded presence of his never left me. There's something disarming about him: he doesn't perform intensity at you, he just lets it sit behind the eyes, and you lean in. A 1920 kid from Choshi by the sea who made it through Keio and the war years and still chose acting feels like its own little epic to me. I love that he also worked as a film editor, because you can sense that craftsman's patience in how he holds a scene. He carries that old-cinema dignity that modern screens rarely manage. He passed in 1995, but watching him, I just want to sit still and pay attention.

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Eiji Okada was a Japanese actor and film editor born on June 13, 1920, in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture. He graduated from Keio University and pursued a career that spanned acting and the technical craft of film editing, making him a distinctive figure in Japanese cinema. He passed away on September 14, 1995.

Name (English)

Eiji Okada

Name (Japanese)

岡田英次

Reading

おかだ えいじ

Born

June 13, 1920 – September 14, 1995

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Monkey

Origin

Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Actor / Film Editor / Film Actor

University

Keio University

Works summary

Appearances

240 (1950–1995)

By year

1950: 2, 1951: 4, 1952: 4, 1953: 3, 1954: 2, 1955: 5, 1956: 4, 1957: 1, 1958: 2, 1959: 4, 1960: 1, 1961: 4, 1963: 2, 1964: 5, 1965: 3, 1966: 2, 1967: 5, 1968: 5, 1969: 8, 1970: 7, 1971: 5, 1972: 5, 1973: 9, 1974: 13, 1975: 14, 1976: 15, 1977: 15, 1978: 14, 1979: 7, 1980: 7, 1981: 8, 1982: 5, 1983: 5, 1984: 4, 1985: 1, 1986: 3, 1987: 2, 1988: 1, 1989: 1, 1990: 1, 1991: 3, 1992: 1, 1993: 1, 1994: 1, 1995: 2

Debut work

また逢う日まで

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A1%E7%94%B0%E8%8B%B1%E6%AC%A1
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139253

Tags

• from Chiba Prefecture
• Actor
• Film Editor
• Film Actor

Last updated

2026-08-26

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