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 tateyaku.[3] He was the father of film actress Mariko Okada. Tokihiko Okada died of tuberculosis at age 30.

Tokihiko Okada.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1920	Amateur Club	Shigeru's friend / Hideo Inoue / Hatsugiku	On credit: Eiichi Takahashi
	Katsushika Sunako	Kitsunosuke	On credit: Kurao Nora
1921	Hinamatsuri no yoru	Spirit of rabbit	On credit: Kurao Nora
	Jasei no in	Toyoo	On credit: Eiichi Takahashi
1922	Jondai no bouken		On credit: Eiichi Takahashi
1924	Natsukashiki haha	Minoru Murase	First film as Tokihiko Okada
	Onna ni amai otoko no mure	the writer
	Gion no haru, chiri yuku hana
	Kyokan wo idete
	Ringo
	Koi no ryoujin	Kimio Yoshida
	Arashi no seirei
	Donzoko	Murakami
	In yori You e
1925	Koufuku
	Kouro
	Dohatsu
	Kiro ni tachite
	Nadare
	Kemuri
	Ningen Raisan
	Wakoudo no chi wa odoru
	Maboroshi no hansen	Shao Jun Chang
1926	Shinsei no aikou
	Nyoubou Kawaiya
	Kami ningyo no haru no sasayaki	Sumio Kaijima
	Reimei no uta
	Kyoko to Shizuko
	Gantou no nazo
	Mito Koumon	Tsunaeda Tokugawa
	Ashi ni sawatta onna	Yumeo Matsudo
	Shin Nihontou: zen-kouhen	Second Lieutenant Yuzou Matsushima
1927	Kare wo meguru gonin no onna
	Okubo Hikozaemon	Iemitsu Tokugawa
	Tokkan koi no uijin
	Jihi shincho	Shunsuke Shinohara
1931	Tokyo Chorus	Shinji Okajima

References

1. Tokihiko Okada on IMDb
2. "Taki no Shiraito" (PDF). digital-meme.com. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
3. "The Water Magician". matsudafilm.com. Retrieved 2008-08-25.