Denjirō Ōkōchi
Department: Acting
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
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961
Bangaku no issho
1933
Young Lord Yakuza
1961
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
1941
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
1941
Shadow Over Fuji
1957
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
1949
Sanshiro Sugata
1943
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
1927
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
Forty-Eight Man
1952
The Devil of Edo
1947
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
Shinran
1960
Red peonies on the skin
1957
Kuro-uma no danshichi
1948
Judge of the Ashuras
1951
A Man from Akagi
1950
Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
1959
Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword
1933
Blood’s Up in Takadanobaba
1928
Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-nihen
1928
A Chivalrous Spirit
1958
Hiratemiki
1928
Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki
1934
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939
Mito Kōmon
1926
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
Jirokichi the Rat
1931
Mito Komon - The Secret Letter
1935
Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords
1935
Shimizu Jirocho
1938
Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi
1928
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
1949
晴姿稚児の剣法
1956
お役者小僧 江戸千両幟
1955
The Revenge Champion
1931
Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon
1951
Castle of Flames
1960
Izayoi kaidō
1951
Enoken's Surprising Life
1938
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
1933
Sonno Joi
1927
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949
The Abandoned Swords
1958
Shinran, Part II
1960
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
1960
Ninja Arts of Jiraiya
1955
Suronin Chuya
1930
Gale Winds! Tengu Karama
1956
Ghost Ship Part 1
1957
Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen
1931
Yakuza of Ina
1960
Ghost Ship Part 2
1957
Secret of The Golden Spell
1958
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
1958
The Scroll’s Secret
1958
Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode
1927
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
1935
Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01
1954
白頭巾現わる
1949
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
Battle Troop
1944
The Snake Princess
1940
Kenkyō edo-murasaki
1954
Nangoku taiheiki
1937
A Martial Crowd
1958
Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
1960
Nonki saiban
1955
Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945
Story of a Beloved Wife
1951
Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
1957
Lord Mito
1957
The Tale of Genji
1951
I Saw a Phantom Fish
1950
Lord for a Night
1946
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
1936
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
1944
The Cruel Sea
1944
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
1942
Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One
1930
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey
1933
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel
1933
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2
1933
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941
Falcon Magistrate
1957
Girl with the Fire Banner
1958
The Purple Hood
1958
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
1960
Tange Sazen and the Princess
1961
The Ako Retainers
1961
Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
1959
The Giant
1938
The Dawn of Freedom
1944
Souls in the Moonlight
1957
Blooded Spear
1959
Lord Mito Komon: World commotion
1960
The Envoy
1958
Great Bodhisattva Pass
1935
A Young Rabble 2
1959
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
1954
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961
An Unforgettable Grudge
1926
The Red Shadow
1961
A Young Rabble
1959
Bride of Peacock Castle
1959
Hawk of the North
1959
Road of Chivalry
1960
Travel Romances
1957
Ship of Outlaws
1950
Kunisada Chūji
1935
Kutsukake Tokijiro
1929
Little Tengu
1961
Chuji's Travel Diary: Koshu Swordfighting
1927
The Lost Public Funds
1958
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
The Pirates
1960
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
1960
Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
1959
Bloody Battle at Dawn
1959
A Spectacular Showdown
1959
The Unleashed Lord
1959
Lord of Red Banner
1960
Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
1955
Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
1955
Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen
1928
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
Flowers Blooming In the Storm
1940
Zoku Mito Kōmon
1928
Zenigata Heiji Case Files: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
1956
Invitation to Happiness
1947
Kuriyama Daizen
1936
Happily Tied to the Road
1959
The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
1960
Chuji's Travel Diary: Story of Bloody Shinshu
1927
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
1934
Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-ippen
1928
Fighting Birds
1956
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
1959
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
すっ飛び駕
1952
三万両五十三次
1952
上州鴉
1951
Tange Sazen
1953
関八州勢揃い
1954
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
1958
Fujisancho
1948
Princess of Revenge
1958