Denjirō Ōkōchi
Actor
Born February 5, 1898 in Buzen, Fukuoka, Japan
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.
Filmography
The Red Shadow
Munenori Yagyû
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
Young Lord Yakuza
Tange Sazen and the Princess
Gamo Taiken
Little Tengu
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
The Ako Retainers
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
Lord Mito Komon: World commotion
Mito Komon
Castle of Flames
Shinran, Part II
The Pirates
Tsuboya Dokyu
The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
Shinran
Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
Yakuza of Ina
Boss Tora
Lord of Red Banner
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Samurai Vagabonds
Road of Chivalry
Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
Blooded Spear
A Young Rabble 2
A Spectacular Showdown
Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
Hawk of the North
Kansuke
Happily Tied to the Road
Kinpira
Bride of Peacock Castle
The Unleashed Lord
A Young Rabble
Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Girl with the Fire Banner
The Lost Public Funds
Jinba Yajuro
The Purple Hood
The Abandoned Swords
The Envoy
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
A Martial Crowd
Secret of The Golden Spell
Gamo Taiken
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
Geki Kitazaki
The Scroll’s Secret
Princess of Revenge
A Chivalrous Spirit
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Lord Yagyu
Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Falcon Magistrate
Travel Romances
Shadow Over Fuji
Ghost Ship Part 1
Jubei
Ghost Ship Part 2
Jubei
Lord Mito
Souls in the Moonlight
Toranosuke Shimada
Red peonies on the skin
The Eye of Heaven
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Lord Yagyu
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Gensai Mamiya
Five Patriots of Kyoto
Gale Winds! Tengu Karama
Fighting Birds
Zenigata Heiji Case Files: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
晴姿稚児の剣法
愚安和尚
Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
お役者小僧 江戸千両幟
柴凌海
Nonki saiban
Ninja Arts of Jiraiya
Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
関八州勢揃い
Demon Sword
The Eagle of the Pacific
Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Zoku Tange Sazen
Tange Sazen
Suttobi kago
Forty-Eight Man
Oishi
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Benkei
三万両五十三次
Izayoi kaidō
Story of a Beloved Wife
Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon
The Tale of Genji
Takuma nyudo
上州鴉
Judge of the Ashuras
Ship of Outlaws
A Man from Akagi
I Saw a Phantom Fish
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
Saheita Sugimoto aka Shôsuke Ohara
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
Saheiji
白頭巾現わる
Fujisancho
Kuro-uma no danshichi
Invitation to Happiness
The Devil of Edo
No Regrets for Our Youth
Professor Yagihara
Lord for a Night
Duel at Yagyu Valley
Hozoin Kakuzenbo
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Shogoro Yano
Battle Troop
The Cruel Sea
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
The Dawn of Freedom
Captain Hayami
Sanshiro Sugata
Shogoro Yano
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
Satake
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Shingen Takeda
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
Flowers Blooming In the Storm
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Sazen Tange
Enoken's Surprising Life
Shimizu Jirocho
The Giant
Kuriyama Daizen
Kuriyama Daizen
Great Bodhisattva Pass
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
Sazen Tange
Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords
Kunisada Chūji
Mito Komon - The Secret Letter
Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki
Mitsukuni Mito/Jinzaemon Tachibana
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
Bangaku no issho
Bangaku Ajikawa
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
Tange Sazen
Jirokichi the Rat
Jirokichi
The Revenge Champion
Suronin Chuya
Marubashi Chūya
Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One
Kutsukake Tokijiro
Tokijirō Kutsukake
Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen
Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-nihen
Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-ippen
Zoku Mito Kōmon
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
Kita
Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode
Chuji Kunisada
Chuji's Travel Diary: Story of Bloody Shinshu
Chuji's Travel Diary: Koshu Swordfighting
Chuji Kunisada
An Unforgettable Grudge
Kazuma Iki
Mito Kōmon