Denjirō Ōkōchi

Denjirō Ōkōchi

1898-02-05 – 1962-07-19 (age 64) Buzen, Fukuoka, Japan
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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

A Young Rabble
No Regrets for Our Youth
No Regrets for Our Youth

1946

as Professor Yagihara

Castle of Flames
Sanshiro Sugata
Sanshiro Sugata

1943

as Shogoro Yano

Jigoku taiko
Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki
Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki

1934

as Mitsukuni Mito/Jinzaemon Tachibana

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

1945

as Shogoro Yano

A Young Rabble 2
Lord of Red Banner
A Man from Akagi
The Red Shadow
The Red Shadow

1961

as Munenori Yagyû