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Denjirō Ōkōchi

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Actor · Born 1898-02-05 · Buzen, Fukuoka, Japan

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Denjirō Ōkōchi (5 February 1898 – 18 July 1962) was a Japanese film actor most famous for starring roles in jidaigeki directed by such masters as Akira Kurosawa, Daisuke Itō, Sadao Yamanaka, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Hiroshi Inagaki and Masahiro Makino. His real name was Masuo Ōbe. Training in Shinkokugeki under Shōjirō Sawada, Ōkōchi entered Nikkatsu in 1925 and soon came to fame in chanbara films playing characters such as Chūji Kunisada and Sazen Tange. At his peak, he was one of the top jidaigeki stars alongside Tsumasaburō Bandō and Chiezō Kataoka. During World War II, he also appeared in a number of war films. His house and garden in Arashiyama, Kyoto, called Ōkōchi Sansō, are still preserved and open to the public. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denjirō Ōkōchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Sanshiro Sugata (1943) — Shogoro Yano
  2. The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952) — Benkei
  3. No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) — Professor Yagihara
  4. Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945) — Shogoro Yano
  5. Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (1935) — Sazen Tange
  6. Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode (1927) — Chuji Kunisada
  7. The Eagle of the Pacific (1953) — Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
  8. Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II (1958) — Lord Yagyu
  9. Jirokichi the Rat (1931) — Jirokichi
  10. Road of Chivalry (1960)
  11. Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun (1959)
  12. The Tale of Genji (1951) — Takuma nyudo
  13. Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957) — Lord Yagyu
  14. The Red Shadow (1961) — Munenori Yagyû
  15. A Spectacular Showdown (1959)
  16. Mr. Shosuke Ohara (1949) — Saheita Sugimoto aka Shôsuke Ohara
  17. Castle of Flames (1960)
  18. Secret of The Golden Spell (1958) — Gamo Taiken
  19. Lord Mito (1957)
  20. The Purple Hood (1958)
  21. Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1960)
  22. The Ako Retainers (1961)
  23. Tange Sazen and the Princess (1961) — Gamo Taiken
  24. Souls in the Moonlight (1957) — Toranosuke Shimada
  25. The Pirates (1960) — Tsuboya Dokyu
  26. Bloody Battle at Dawn (1959)
  27. Young Lord Yakuza (1961)
  28. Ghost Cat of Nabeshima (1949)
  29. Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)
  30. Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron (1944)
  31. Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons (1959)
  32. A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji (1961)
  33. An Unforgettable Grudge (1926) — Kazuma Iki
  34. Zoku Mito Kōmon (1928)
  35. Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute (1958)
  36. 晴姿稚児の剣法 (1956) — 愚安和尚
  37. A Martial Crowd (1958)
  38. Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja (1957) — Toyotomi Hideyoshi
  39. Hawk of the North (1959) — Kansuke
  40. The Scarlet Cherry Lord (1958) — Geki Kitazaki