Denjirō Ōkōchi
Actor
Biography
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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.
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Filmography
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
as Benkei 1952
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Professor Yagihara 1946
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
as Shogoro Yano 1945
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
as Sazen Tange 1935
Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode
as Chuji Kunisada 1927
The Eagle of the Pacific
as Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto 1953
Jirokichi the Rat
as Jirokichi 1931
Road of Chivalry
1960
Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
1959
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as Lord Yagyu 1958
The Tale of Genji
as Takuma nyudo 1951
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
as Saheita Sugimoto aka Shôsuke Ohara 1949
Lord Mito
1957
The Red Shadow
as Munenori Yagyû 1961
Bloody Battle at Dawn
1959
A Spectacular Showdown
1959