Denjirō Ōkōchi
Acting
Born February 5, 1898, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denjirō Ōkōchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- 196120 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
- 196120 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
- 1961A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
- 1961Little Tengu
- 1961Tange Sazen and the Princess — Gamo Taiken
- 1961The Ako Retainers
- 1961The Red Shadow — Munenori Yagyû
- 1961Young Lord Yakuza
- 1960Castle of Flames
- 1960Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
- 1960Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
- 1960Lord Mito Komon: World commotion — Mito Komon
- 1960Lord of Red Banner
- 1960Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
- 1960Road of Chivalry
- 1960Samurai Vagabonds
- 1960Shinran
- 1960Shinran, Part II
- 1960The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
- 1960The Pirates — Tsuboya Dokyu
- 1960The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
- 1960Yakuza of Ina — Boss Tora
- 1959A Spectacular Showdown
- 1959A Young Rabble
- 1959A Young Rabble 2
- 1959Blooded Spear
- 1959Bloody Battle at Dawn
- 1959Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
- 1959Bride of Peacock Castle
- 1959Happily Tied to the Road — Kinpira
- 1959Hawk of the North — Kansuke
- 1959Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
- 1959Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
- 1959Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
- 1959Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
- 1959The Unleashed Lord
- 1958A Chivalrous Spirit
- 1958A Martial Crowd
- 1958Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
- 1958Girl with the Fire Banner
- 1958Princess of Revenge
- 1958Secret of The Golden Spell — Gamo Taiken
- 1958The Abandoned Swords
- 1958The Envoy
- 1958The Lost Public Funds — Jinba Yajuro
- 1958The Purple Hood
- 1958The Scarlet Cherry Lord — Geki Kitazaki
- 1958The Scroll’s Secret
- 1958Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II — Lord Yagyu
- 1957Falcon Magistrate
- 1957Ghost Ship Part 1 — Jubei
- 1957Ghost Ship Part 2 — Jubei
- 1957Lord Mito
- 1957Red Peonies on the Skin
- 1957Shadow Over Fuji
- 1957Souls in the Moonlight — Toranosuke Shimada
- 1957The Eye of Heaven
- 1957Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja — Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- 1957Travel Romances
- 1957Yagyu Secret Scrolls — Lord Yagyu
- 1956Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
- 1956Fighting Birds
- 1956Five Patriots of Kyoto
- 1956Gale Winds! Tengu Karama
- 1956The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story
- 1956Tsukigata Hanpeita — Gensai Mamiya
- 1956晴姿稚児の剣法 — 愚安和尚
- 1955Edo Kid — Ryokai Shiba
- 1955Ninja Arts of Jiraiya
- 1955Nonki saiban
- 1955Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
- 1955Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
- 1955Tenka o nerau bishōnen
- 1955The Sea Warrior
- 1955Umon's Detective Story: Hakata Doll Gift
- 1954Kenkyō edo-murasaki
- 1954Nice Day, Cloudy Day Part II
- 1954Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
- 1954Shigetaro Iwami: Final Battle at Amano Hashidate
- 1954Snowy Night Duel
- 1954Tekka bugyō
- 1954Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01
- 1954The Princess Sen — Ieyasu Tokugawa
- 1954関八州勢揃い
- 1953Demon Sword
- 1953Jigoku taiko
- 1953Tange Sazen
- 1953The Eagle of the Pacific — Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- 1953Zoku Tange Sazen
- 1952Castle of Carnage
- 1952Dedication of the Great Buddha
- 1952Forty-Eight Man — Oishi
- 1952Sanmanryō gojūsantsugi
- 1952Suttobi kago
- 1952The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail — Benkei
- 1952Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
- 1951Duel at Omagatsuji
- 1951Izayoi kaidō
- 1951Judge of the Ashuras
- 1951Jushu karasu
- 1951Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon
- 1951Story of a Beloved Wife
- 1951The Tale of Genji — Takuma nyudo
- 1950A Man from Akagi
- 1950I Saw a Phantom Fish
- 1950Senryō hada
- 1950Ship of Outlaws
- 1950The Scarlet Bat
- 1949Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
- 1949Hebi hime dōchū
- 1949Mr. Shosuke Ohara — Saheita Sugimoto aka Shôsuke Ohara
- 1949Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood — Saheiji
- 1949白頭巾現わる
- 1948Fujisancho
- 1948Kuro-uma no danshichi
- 1947Invitation to Happiness
- 1947The Devil of Edo
- 1946Lord for a Night
- 1946No Regrets for Our Youth — Professor Yagihara
- 1945Duel at Yagyu Valley — Hozoin Kakuzenbo
- 1945Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two — Shogoro Yano
- 1944Battle Troop
- 1944Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
- 1944The Cruel Sea
- 1944The Dawn of Freedom — Captain Hayami
- 1943Sanshiro Sugata — Shogoro Yano
- 1942The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya — Satake
- 1941The Battle of Kawanakajima — Shingen Takeda
- 1941The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
- 1941The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
- 1940Flowers Blooming In the Storm — Fukuzawa Yukichi
- 1940The Snake Princess — Uehara Ittosai Nobushige
- 1939Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki — Sazen Tange
- 1939The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
- 1938Enoken's Surprising Life
- 1938Shimizu Jirocho
- 1938The Giant
- 1937Nangoku taiheiki — Shimazu Nariakira / Masumitsu Kyunosuke
- 1936Great Bodhisattva Pass 2 — Ryunosuke Tsukue
- 1936Kuriyama Daizen — Kuriyama Daizen
- 1935Great Bodhisattva Pass
- 1935Kunisada Chūji
- 1935Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords
- 1935Mito Komon - The Secret Letter
- 1935Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo — Sazen Tange
- 1934Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
- 1934Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki — Mitsukuni Mito/Jinzaemon Tachibana
- 1933Bangaku no issho — Bangaku Ajikawa
- 1933Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel
- 1933Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2
- 1933Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey
- 1933Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword
- 1933Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen — Tange Sazen
- 1931Jirokichi the Rat — Jirokichi
- 1931The Revenge Champion
- 1931Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen
- 1930Suronin Chuya — Marubashi Chūya
- 1930Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One
- 1929Kutsukake Tokijiro — Tokijirō Kutsukake
- 1928Blood Spattered at Takadanobaba — Yasube Nakayama
- 1928Hiratemiki
- 1928Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-ippen
- 1928Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-nihen
- 1928Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen
- 1928Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi — Kita
- 1928Zoku Mito Kōmon
- 1927Chuji's Travel Diary: Koshu Swordfighting — Chuji Kunisada
- 1927Chuji's Travel Diary: Story of Bloody Shinshu
- 1927Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode — Chuji Kunisada
- 1927Sonno Joi
- 1927Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue — Kita
- 1926An Unforgettable Grudge — Kazuma Iki
- 1926Mito Kōmon
- Zoku hebi hime dōchū