Marlon Brando personally chose Okada for a co-starring role in his 1963
political potboiler "The Ugly American." This would be Okada's only
Hollywood film.
He was a supporter of the Japanese Communist Party.
Japanese star whose success in the masterpiece "Hiroshima, Mon Amour"
(1960) allowed him to break out internationally in the 60s.
Broke traditional Japanese "fierce samurai" stereotypes with more
haunting, sensitive, even comical performances in the 50s and
60s.