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