Denjirō Ōkōchi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 5, 1898, Buzen, Fukuoka, Japan
- Died
- July 19, 1962
- Movies
- 173
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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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Best-Known Movies
Sanshiro Sugata
1943
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
1935
Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode
1927
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
Jirokichi the Rat
1931
Road of Chivalry
1960
Filmography
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