Denjirō Ōkōchi
Known for Acting · 158 credits
- Born
- 1898-02-05
- Died
- 1962-07-19
- Place of birth
- Buzen, Fukuoka, Japan
- Also known as
- Oobe Masuo · Ôkôchi Denjirô · Denjiro Okochi · Masuo Oobe · 大河内伝次郎
Biography
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.
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Known For
Movies (158)
Lord of Red Banner
1960
A Young Rabble
1959
A Man from Akagi
1950
The Red Shadow
1961
as Munenori Yagyû
A Young Rabble 2
1959
Castle of Flames
1960
Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
1960
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949
I Saw a Phantom Fish
1950
Girl with the Fire Banner
1958
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
1954
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2
1933
Bride of Peacock Castle
1959
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey
1933
Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords
1935
Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki
1934
as Mitsukuni Mito/Jinzaemon Tachibana
Demon Sword
1953
Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
1957
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
1939
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
as Benkei
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
1936
as Ryunosuke Tsukue
Judge of the Ashuras
1951
Mito Komon - The Secret Letter
1935
Hawk of the North
1959
as Kansuke
The Princess Sen
1954
as Ieyasu Tokugawa
Sanshiro Sugata
1943
as Shogoro Yano
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
as Professor Yagihara
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
as Lord Yagyu
Secret of The Golden Spell
1958
as Gamo Taiken
The Revenge Champion
1931
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
1934
Blooded Spear
1959
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
1935
as Sazen Tange
Five Patriots of Kyoto
1956
The Eye of Heaven
1957
Princess of Revenge
1958
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
as Shogoro Yano
Fujisancho
1948
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
1933
as Tange Sazen
The Lost Public Funds
1958
as Jinba Yajuro
Battle Troop
1944
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
as Lord Yagyu
Sonno Joi
1927
Great Bodhisattva Pass
1935
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
as Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
A Spectacular Showdown
1959
Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One
1930
A Chivalrous Spirit
1958
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
1941
Souls in the Moonlight
1957
as Toranosuke Shimada
The Ako Retainers
1961
The Tale of Genji
1951
as Takuma nyudo
Shadow Over Fuji
1957
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941
as Shingen Takeda
Chuji's Travel Diary: Koshu Swordfighting
1927
as Chuji Kunisada
Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode
1927
as Chuji Kunisada
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
1942
as Satake
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
1960
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
1949
as Saheita Sugimoto aka Shôsuke Ohara
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
1944
Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
1959
Ghost Ship Part 2
1957
as Jubei
Lord Mito
1957
Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
1959
Road of Chivalry
1960
The Snake Princess
1940
as Uehara Ittosai Nobushige
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
The Giant
1938
Bloody Battle at Dawn
1959
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945
as Hozoin Kakuzenbo
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
1958
Falcon Magistrate
1957
Forty-Eight Man
1952
as Oishi
A Martial Crowd
1958
The Abandoned Swords
1958
Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi
1928
as Kita
Nonki saiban
1955
Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
1959
Story of a Beloved Wife
1951
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel
1933
Jirokichi the Rat
1931
as Jirokichi
Tange Sazen and the Princess
1961
as Gamo Taiken
Happily Tied to the Road
1959
as Kinpira
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
1958
as Geki Kitazaki
Suttobi kago
1952
Shinran, Part II
1960
Lord for a Night
1946
Zenigata Heiji Case Files: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
1956
関八州勢揃い
1954
Tange Sazen
1953
The Scroll’s Secret
1958
The Devil of Edo
1947
Blood Spattered at Takadanobaba
1928
as Yasube Nakayama
Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen
1931
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
1927
as Kita
上州鴉
1951
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
as Gensai Mamiya
お役者小僧 江戸千両幟
1955
as 柴凌海
Yakuza of Ina
1960
as Boss Tora
The Dawn of Freedom
1944
as Captain Hayami
Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01
1954
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
1949
as Saheiji
Shinran
1960
三万両五十三次
1952
The Unleashed Lord
1959
Suronin Chuya
1930
as Marubashi Chūya
Kenkyō edo-murasaki
1954
Travel Romances
1957
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
1960
Kuro-uma no danshichi
1948
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
1961
Invitation to Happiness
1947
Kunisada Chūji
1935
Enoken's Surprising Life
1938
Nangoku taiheiki
1937
as Shimazu Nariakira / Masumitsu Kyunosuke
About Denjirō Ōkōchi
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 alon… With 158 credits spanning from 1926 to 1961, Denjirō Ōkōchi has appeared in 158 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Lord of Red Banner (1960)
- A Young Rabble (1959)
- A Man from Akagi (1950)
- The Red Shadow (1961) — as Munenori Yagyû
- A Young Rabble 2 (1959)
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