Name
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1898-02-05
Deathday
1962-07-19 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Buzen, Fukuoka, Japan
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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Known For
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
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A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing hi...
Relase Date : 3 May, 1945
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Sanshiro Sugata
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A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading ...
Relase Date : 25 Mar, 1943
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The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
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A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way thro...
Relase Date : 24 Apr, 1952
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The Eagle of the Pacific
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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despit...
Relase Date : 21 Oct, 1953
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Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
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A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spr...
Relase Date : 15 Jun, 1935
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No Regrets for Our Youth
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After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repr...
Relase Date : 29 Oct, 1946
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The Japanese equivalent of penny dreadfuls glorifying Jesse James, A Diary of Chuji’s Tr...
Relase Date : 27 Dec, 1927
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1961 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
- 1961 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
- 1933 Bangaku no issho as Bangaku Ajikawa
- 1961 Young Lord Yakuza
- 1941 The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
- 1941 The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
- 1957 Shadow Over Fuji
- 1949 Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood as Saheiji
- 1943 Sanshiro Sugata as Shogoro Yano
- 1952 The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail as Benkei
- 1927 Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue as Kita
- 1946 No Regrets for Our Youth as Professor Yagihara
- 1952 Forty-Eight Man as Oishi
- 1947 The Devil of Edo
- 1945 Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two as Shogoro Yano
- 1960 Shinran
- 1957 Red peonies on the skin
- 1948 Kuro-uma no danshichi
- 1951 Judge of the Ashuras
- 1950 A Man from Akagi
- 1959 Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
- 1933 Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword
- 1928 Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-nihen
- 1928 Blood Spattered at Takadanobaba as Yasube Nakayama
- 1958 A Chivalrous Spirit
- 1928 Hiratemiki
- 1934 Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki as Mitsukuni Mito/Jinzaemon Tachibana
- 1957 Yagyu Secret Scrolls as Lord Yagyu
- 1939 Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki as Sazen Tange
- 1926 Mito Kōmon
- 1958 Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II as Lord Yagyu
- 1931 Jirokichi the Rat as Jirokichi
- 1935 Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords
- 1935 Mito Komon - The Secret Letter
- 1938 Shimizu Jirocho
- 1928 Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi as Kita
- 1949 Mr. Shosuke Ohara as Saheita Sugimoto aka Shôsuke Ohara
- 1956 晴姿稚児の剣法 as 愚安和尚
- 1955 Edo Kid as Ryokai Shiba
- 1931 The Revenge Champion
- 1951 Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon
- 1960 Castle of Flames
- 1951 Izayoi kaidō
- 1938 Enoken's Surprising Life
- 1933 Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen as Tange Sazen
- 1927 Sonno Joi
- 1949 Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
- 1958 The Abandoned Swords
- 1960 Shinran, Part II
- 1960 Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
- 1955 Ninja Arts of Jiraiya
- 1930 Suronin Chuya as Marubashi Chūya
- 1956 Gale Winds! Tengu Karama
- 1957 Ghost Ship Part 1 as Jubei
- 1931 Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen
- 1960 Yakuza of Ina as Boss Tora
- 1957 Ghost Ship Part 2 as Jubei
- 1958 Secret of The Golden Spell as Gamo Taiken
- 1958 The Scarlet Cherry Lord as Geki Kitazaki
- 1958 The Scroll’s Secret
- 1927 Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode as Chuji Kunisada
- 1935 Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo as Sazen Tange
- 1954 Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01
- 1949 白頭巾現わる
- 1953 The Eagle of the Pacific as Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- 1944 Battle Troop
- 1940 The Snake Princess as Uehara Ittosai Nobushige
- 1954 Kenkyō edo-murasaki
- 1937 Nangoku taiheiki as Shimazu Nariakira / Masumitsu Kyunosuke
- 1958 A Martial Crowd
- 1960 Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
- 1955 Nonki saiban
- 1945 Duel at Yagyu Valley as Hozoin Kakuzenbo
- 1951 Story of a Beloved Wife
- 1957 Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- 1957 Lord Mito
- 1951 The Tale of Genji as Takuma nyudo
- 1950 I Saw a Phantom Fish
- 1946 Lord for a Night
- 1936 Great Bodhisattva Pass 2 as Ryunosuke Tsukue
- 1944 Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
- 1944 The Cruel Sea
- 1942 The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya as Satake
- 1930 Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One
- 1933 Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey
- 1933 Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel
- 1933 Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2
- 1941 The Battle of Kawanakajima as Shingen Takeda
- 1957 Falcon Magistrate
- 1958 Girl with the Fire Banner
- 1958 The Purple Hood
- 1960 Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
- 1961 The Ako Retainers
- 1961 Tange Sazen and the Princess as Gamo Taiken
- 1959 Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
- 1938 The Giant
- 1944 The Dawn of Freedom as Captain Hayami
- 1957 Souls in the Moonlight as Toranosuke Shimada
- 1959 Blooded Spear
- 1960 Lord Mito Komon: World commotion as Mito Komon
- 1958 The Envoy
- 1935 Great Bodhisattva Pass
- 1959 A Young Rabble 2
- 1954 Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
- 1961 A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
- 1926 An Unforgettable Grudge as Kazuma Iki
- 1961 The Red Shadow as Munenori Yagyû
- 1959 A Young Rabble
- 1959 Bride of Peacock Castle
- 1959 Hawk of the North as Kansuke
- 1957 Travel Romances
- 1960 Road of Chivalry
- 1950 Ship of Outlaws
- 1935 Kunisada Chūji
- 1929 Kutsukake Tokijiro as Tokijirō Kutsukake
- 1961 Little Tengu
- 1927 Chuji's Travel Diary: Koshu Swordfighting as Chuji Kunisada
- 1958 The Lost Public Funds as Jinba Yajuro
- 1956 Tsukigata Hanpeita as Gensai Mamiya
- 1960 The Pirates as Tsuboya Dokyu
- 1960 Samurai Vagabonds
- 1960 The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
- 1959 Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
- 1959 Bloody Battle at Dawn
- 1959 A Spectacular Showdown
- 1959 The Unleashed Lord
- 1960 Lord of Red Banner
- 1955 Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
- 1955 Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
- 1928 Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen
- 1952 Dedication of the Great Buddha
- 1940 Flowers Blooming In the Storm as Fukuzawa Yukichi
- 1928 Zoku Mito Kōmon
- 1956 Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
- 1947 Invitation to Happiness
- 1936 Kuriyama Daizen as Kuriyama Daizen
- 1959 Happily Tied to the Road as Kinpira
- 1960 The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
- 1927 Chuji's Travel Diary: Story of Bloody Shinshu
- 1934 Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
- 1928 Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-ippen
- 1956 Fighting Birds
- 1959 Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
- 1953 Zoku Tange Sazen
- 1952 Suttobi kago
- 1952 Sanmanryō gojūsantsugi
- 1951 Jushu karasu
- 1953 Tange Sazen
- 1954 関八州勢揃い
- 1959 Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
- 1958 Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
- 1948 Fujisancho
- 1958 Princess of Revenge
- 1939 The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
- 1956 Five Patriots of Kyoto
- 1957 The Eye of Heaven
- 1953 Demon Sword
- 1954 The Princess Sen as Ieyasu Tokugawa
- 1949 Hebi hime dōchū
- Soon Zoku hebi hime dōchū
- 1950 Senryō hada
- 1950 The Scarlet Bat
- 1951 Duel at Omagatsuji
- 1952 Castle of Carnage
- 1952 Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
- 1953 Jigoku taiko
- 1954 Snowy Night Duel
- 1955 The Sea Warrior
- 1954 Tekka bugyō
- 1954 Nice Day, Cloudy Day Part II
- 1956 The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story
