Denjirō Ōkōchi
Acting
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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As actor 174
Snowy Night Duel
1954
The Scarlet Bat
1950
The Red Shadow
1961
Castle of Flames
1960
Demon Sword
1953
Duel at Omagatsuji
1951
Nonki saiban
1955
Senryō hada
1950
Mito Komon - The Secret Letter
1935
Jigoku taiko
1953
Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
1960
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
A Young Rabble 2
1959
Girl with the Fire Banner
1958
The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story
1956
Nangoku taiheiki
1937
Sanshiro Sugata
1943
Tekka bugyō
1954
Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords
1935
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
1952
Lord of Red Banner
1960
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki
1934
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey
1933
Nice Day, Cloudy Day Part II
1954
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
Bride of Peacock Castle
1959
Shadow Over Fuji
1957
I Saw a Phantom Fish
1950
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
1954
Battle Troop
1944
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2
1933
A Man from Akagi
1950
The Cruel Sea
1944
Lord Mito
1957
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
Five Patriots of Kyoto
1956
Shinran, Part II
1960
Hebi hime dōchū
1949
Lord for a Night
1946
A Young Rabble
1959
The Princess Sen
1954
Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi
1928
Great Bodhisattva Pass
1935
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
1935
Kuriyama Daizen
1936
Fighting Birds
1956
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
1960
The Ako Retainers
1961
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
1939
Blooded Spear
1959
The Sea Warrior
1955
Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
1959
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961
Edo Kid
1955
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
1941
The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
1960
The Pirates
1960
Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
1957
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
Young Lord Yakuza
1961
Fujisancho
1948
The Devil of Edo
1947
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
Hawk of the North
1959
Castle of Carnage
1952
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
Judge of the Ashuras
1951
Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon
1951
Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
1959
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
1942
Story of a Beloved Wife
1951
The Revenge Champion
1931
The Tale of Genji
1951
Secret of The Golden Spell
1958
Sonno Joi
1927
The Scroll’s Secret
1958
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
1949
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
1934
Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen
1931
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
1936
An Unforgettable Grudge
1926
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
1944
Shinran
1960
Little Tengu
1961
A Chivalrous Spirit
1958
The Lost Public Funds
1958
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
1958
Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One
1930
Forty-Eight Man
1952
Souls in the Moonlight
1957
The Dawn of Freedom
1944
Tange Sazen and the Princess
1961
Ghost Ship Part 1
1957
Izayoi kaidō
1951
Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945
Yakuza of Ina
1960
Princess of Revenge
1958
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel
1933
Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
1959
The Purple Hood
1958
The Abandoned Swords
1958
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
1956
A Spectacular Showdown
1959
Road of Chivalry
1960
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
1933
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961
Gale Winds! Tengu Karama
1956
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
1958
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
1960
Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode
1927
The Unleashed Lord
1959
The Envoy
1958
Lord Mito Komon: World commotion
1960
Happily Tied to the Road
1959
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
The Eye of Heaven
1957
Shimizu Jirocho
1938
晴姿稚児の剣法
1956
A Martial Crowd
1958
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
1961
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
1949
Falcon Magistrate
1957
Kenkyō edo-murasaki
1954
Kuro-uma no danshichi
1948
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
1959
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
1941
Ninja Arts of Jiraiya
1955
Tange Sazen
1953
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
1960
白頭巾現わる
1949
Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01
1954
Blood Spattered at Takadanobaba
1928
Red peonies on the skin
1957
Chuji's Travel Diary: Koshu Swordfighting
1927
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
1927
Mito Kōmon
1926
Bloody Battle at Dawn
1959
Kutsukake Tokijiro
1929
Chuji's Travel Diary: Story of Bloody Shinshu
1927
関八州勢揃い
1954
Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-ippen
1928
Sanmanryō gojūsantsugi
1952
Bangaku no issho
1933
Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword
1933
Ghost Ship Part 2
1957
Invitation to Happiness
1947
Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen
1928
Kunisada Chūji
1935
Suronin Chuya
1930
The Snake Princess
1940
Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
1955
The Giant
1938
Jirokichi the Rat
1931
Suttobi kago
1952
Travel Romances
1957
Hiratemiki
1928
Jushu karasu
1951
Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
1955
Flowers Blooming In the Storm
1940
Enoken's Surprising Life
1938
Ship of Outlaws
1950
Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-nihen
1928
Zoku Mito Kōmon
1928
Umon's Detective Story: Hakata Doll Gift
1955
Shigetaro Iwami: Final Battle at Amano Hashidate
1954
Tenka o nerau bishōnen
1955