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.

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

Motto

Private

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

Tags

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

Last updated

2026-06-02

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