Tokihiko Okada
Tokihiko Okada.
Tokihiko Okada (岡田 時彦) (February 18, 1903 – January 16, 1934) was a silent film star in Japan during the 1920s and early 1930s. A native of Tokyo,[1] he first started at the Taikatsu studio and later he was a leading player for Japanese directors such as Yasujirō Ozu and Kenji Mizoguchi. Film critic Tadao Sato recounts that Okada was among the handsomes and favorite Japanese actors of the era.[2] Throughout his career, Okada played the role of the quintessential nimaime (translated as "second line") which were romantic, sensitive men as opposed to the rugged and hard-boiled leading men known as .[3] He was the father of film actress Mariko Okada. Tokihiko Okada died of tuberculosis at age 30.
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Shigeru's friend / Hideo Inoue / Hatsugiku | On credit: Eiichi Takahashi | |
| Kitsunosuke | On credit: Kurao Nora | ||
| 1921 | Spirit of rabbit | On credit: Kurao Nora | |
| Toyoo | On credit: Eiichi Takahashi | ||
| 1922 | On credit: Eiichi Takahashi | ||
| 1924 | Minoru Murase | First film as Tokihiko Okada | |
| the writer | |||
| Kimio Yoshida | |||
| Murakami | |||
| 1925 | |||
| Shao Jun Chang | |||
| 1926 | |||
| Sumio Kaijima | |||
| Tsunaeda Tokugawa | |||
| Yumeo Matsudo | |||
| Second Lieutenant Yuzou Matsushima | |||
| 1927 | |||
| Okubo Hikozaemon | Iemitsu Tokugawa | ||
| Shunsuke Shinohara | |||
| 1931 | Tokyo Chorus | Shinji Okajima |
References[]
- ^ Tokihiko Okada at IMDb
- ^ "Taki no Shiraito" (PDF). digital-meme.com. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ "The Water Magician". matsudafilm.com. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
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- Japanese male film actors
- Japanese male silent film actors
- 1903 births
- 1934 deaths
- 20th-century Japanese male actors
- Male actors from Tokyo
- 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis deaths in Japan