Denjirō Ōkōchi
February 5, 1898 – 1962
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
1943
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
Nonki saiban
1955
The Ako Retainers
1961
A Spectacular Showdown
1959
Forty-Eight Man
1952
Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
1959
Shadow Over Fuji
1957
Little Tengu
1961
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
1958