Denjirō Ōkōchi
Acting
Born: February 5, 1898 · Buzen, Fukuoka, Japan
Died: July 19, 1962 (aged 64)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
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Movies (151)
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
1941
Mito Komon - The Secret Letter
1935
Sanshiro Sugata
Shogoro Yano
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Shogoro Yano
No Regrets for Our Youth
Professor Yagihara
Castle of Flames
1960
A Young Rabble
1959
Snowy Night Duel
1954
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Benkei
Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki
Mitsukuni Mito/Jinzaemon Tachibana
Red peonies on the skin
1957
A Man from Akagi
1950
A Young Rabble 2
1959
Jigoku taiko
1953
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
1956
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949
Kuro-uma no danshichi
1948
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
1954
Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords
1935
Lord of Red Banner
1960
I Saw a Phantom Fish
1950
The Red Shadow
Munenori Yagyû
Ship of Outlaws
1950
A Chivalrous Spirit
1958
Girl with the Fire Banner
1958
Happily Tied to the Road
Kinpira
The Tale of Genji
Takuma nyudo
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
1944
お役者小僧 江戸千両幟
柴凌海
Story of a Beloved Wife
1951
Nonki saiban
1955
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
Kita
Lord for a Night
1946
Bride of Peacock Castle
1959
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
1958
Duel at Omagatsuji
1951
Five Patriots of Kyoto
1956
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Lord Yagyu
Yakuza of Ina
Boss Tora
Shadow Over Fuji
1957
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
Sazen Tange
Demon Sword
1953
Road of Chivalry
1960
Shinran
1960
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
Saheita Sugimoto aka Shôsuke Ohara
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
1960
Castle of Carnage
1952
Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
1960
Hebi hime dōchū
1949
The Scarlet Bat
1950
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
1961
Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
1959
Battle Troop
1944
晴姿稚児の剣法
愚安和尚
Senryō hada
1950
A Spectacular Showdown
1959
Tange Sazen and the Princess
Gamo Taiken
A Martial Crowd
1958
Enoken's Surprising Life
1938
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
The Eagle of the Pacific
Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Ninja Arts of Jiraiya
1955
Lord Mito
1957
Souls in the Moonlight
Toranosuke Shimada
Travel Romances
1957
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
1960
Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One
1930
Ghost Ship Part 1
Jubei
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
Satake
関八州勢揃い
1954
The Pirates
Tsuboya Dokyu
The Princess Sen
Ieyasu Tokugawa
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Sazen Tange
Gale Winds! Tengu Karama
1956
Young Lord Yakuza
1961
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Shingen Takeda
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
Great Bodhisattva Pass
1935
Judge of the Ashuras
1951
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
The Scroll’s Secret
1958
Jushu karasu
1951
Shimizu Jirocho
1938
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
Geki Kitazaki
Hawk of the North
Kansuke
Kuriyama Daizen
Kuriyama Daizen
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
Saheiji
The Unleashed Lord
1959
Lord Mito Komon: World commotion
Mito Komon
Flowers Blooming In the Storm
Fukuzawa Yukichi
The Abandoned Swords
1958
Bangaku no issho
Bangaku Ajikawa
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
1959
Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
1959
The Eye of Heaven
1957
Princess of Revenge
1958
Shinran, Part II
1960
Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
1955
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
1952
Duel at Yagyu Valley
Hozoin Kakuzenbo
The Purple Hood
1958
The Lost Public Funds
Jinba Yajuro
The Dawn of Freedom
Captain Hayami
The Envoy
1958
An Unforgettable Grudge
Kazuma Iki
Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen
1928
The Devil of Edo
1947
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
1960
Jirokichi the Rat
Jirokichi
Falcon Magistrate
1957
The Ako Retainers
1961
Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
1959
The Giant
1938
Fighting Birds
1956
The Revenge Champion
1931
Suttobi kago
1952
Ghost Ship Part 2
Jubei
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
Tange Sazen
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Lord Yagyu
The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
1960
Tange Sazen
1953
Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon
1951
Forty-Eight Man
Oishi
Izayoi kaidō
1951
Sanmanryō gojūsantsugi
1952
Secret of The Golden Spell
Gamo Taiken
Fujisancho
1948
The Cruel Sea
1944
Invitation to Happiness
1947
白頭巾現わる
1949
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
1934
Blooded Spear
1959
Little Tengu
1961
Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode
Chuji Kunisada
Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
1955
Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-nihen
1928
Kutsukake Tokijiro
Tokijirō Kutsukake
Suronin Chuya
Marubashi Chūya
Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01
1954
Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-ippen
1928
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
1941
Mito Kōmon
1926
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Gensai Mamiya
Chuji's Travel Diary: Story of Bloody Shinshu
1927
Zoku Mito Kōmon
1928
Kunisada Chūji
1935
Chuji's Travel Diary: Koshu Swordfighting
Chuji Kunisada
