Denjirō Ōkōchi

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denjirō Ōkōchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Sanshiro Sugata

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

Road of Chivalry

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

No Regrets for Our Youth

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

The Eagle of the Pacific

The Battle of Kawanakajima

All Movies (157)

• The Red Shadow1961 · as Munenori Yagyû
• 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 21961
• Young Lord Yakuza1961
• Tange Sazen and the Princess1961 · as Gamo Taiken
• Little Tengu1961
• A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji1961
• The Ako Retainers1961
• 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 11961
• Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region1960
• Lord Mito Komon: World commotion1960 · as Mito Komon
• Castle of Flames1960
• Shinran, Part II1960
• The Pirates1960 · as Tsuboya Dokyu
• The Swordsman In The Golden Valley1960
• The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor1960
• Shinran1960
• Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger1960
• Yakuza of Ina1960 · as Boss Tora
• Lord of Red Banner1960
• Return of the One-Armed Swordsman1960
• Samurai Vagabonds1960
• Road of Chivalry1960
• Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men1959
• Blooded Spear1959
• Bloody Battle at Dawn1959
• A Young Rabble 21959
• A Spectacular Showdown1959
• Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun1959
• Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy1959
• Hawk of the North1959 · as Kansuke
• Happily Tied to the Road1959 · as Kinpira
• Bride of Peacock Castle1959
• The Unleashed Lord1959
• A Young Rabble1959
• Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons1959
• Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 21959
• Girl with the Fire Banner1958
• The Lost Public Funds1958 · as Jinba Yajuro
• The Purple Hood1958
• The Abandoned Swords1958
• The Envoy1958
• Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute1958
• A Martial Crowd1958
• Secret of The Golden Spell1958 · as Gamo Taiken
• The Scarlet Cherry Lord1958 · as Geki Kitazaki
• The Scroll’s Secret1958
• Princess of Revenge1958
• A Chivalrous Spirit1958
• Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II1958 · as Lord Yagyu
• Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja1957 · as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Falcon Magistrate1957
• Travel Romances1957
• Shadow Over Fuji1957
• Ghost Ship Part 11957 · as Jubei
• Ghost Ship Part 21957 · as Jubei
• Lord Mito1957
• Souls in the Moonlight1957 · as Toranosuke Shimada
• Red peonies on the skin1957
• The Eye of Heaven1957
• Yagyu Secret Scrolls1957 · as Lord Yagyu
• Tsukigata Hanpeita1956 · as Gensai Mamiya
• Five Patriots of Kyoto1956
• Gale Winds! Tengu Karama1956
• Fighting Birds1956
• Zenigata Heiji Case Files: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse1956
• 晴姿稚児の剣法1956 · as 愚安和尚
• Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn1955
• Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass1955
• お役者小僧 江戸千両幟1955 · as 柴凌海
• Nonki saiban1955
• Ninja Arts of Jiraiya1955
• Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 011954
• Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot1954
• 関八州勢揃い1954
• Kenkyō edo-murasaki1954
• Demon Sword1953
• The Eagle of the Pacific1953 · as Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
• Zoku Tange Sazen1953
• Tange Sazen1953
• すっ飛び駕1952
• Forty-Eight Man1952 · as Oishi
• The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail1952 · as Benkei
• Dedication of the Great Buddha1952
• 三万両五十三次1952
• Izayoi kaidō1951
• Story of a Beloved Wife1951
• Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon1951
• The Tale of Genji1951 · as Takuma nyudo
• 上州鴉1951
• Judge of the Ashuras1951
• Ship of Outlaws1950
• A Man from Akagi1950
• I Saw a Phantom Fish1950
• Mr. Shosuke Ohara1949 · as Saheita Sugimoto aka Shôsuke Ohara
• Ghost Cat of Nabeshima1949
• Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood1949 · as Saheiji
• 白頭巾現わる1949
• Fujisancho1948
• Kuro-uma no danshichi1948
• Invitation to Happiness1947
• The Devil of Edo1947
• No Regrets for Our Youth1946 · as Professor Yagihara
• Lord for a Night1946
• Duel at Yagyu Valley1945 · as Hozoin Kakuzenbo
• Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two1945 · as Shogoro Yano
• Battle Troop1944
• The Cruel Sea1944
• Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron1944
• The Dawn of Freedom1944 · as Captain Hayami
• Sanshiro Sugata1943 · as Shogoro Yano
• The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya1942 · as Satake
• The Battle of Kawanakajima1941 · as Shingen Takeda
• The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)1941
• The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)1941
• Flowers Blooming In the Storm1940 · as Fukuzawa Yukichi
• The Snake Princess1940 · as Uehara Ittosai Nobushige
• Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki1939 · as Sazen Tange
• The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman1939
• Enoken's Surprising Life1938
• Shimizu Jirocho1938
• The Giant1938
• Nangoku taiheiki1937 · as Shimazu Nariakira / Masumitsu Kyunosuke
• Kuriyama Daizen1936 · as Kuriyama Daizen
• Great Bodhisattva Pass 21936 · as Ryunosuke Tsukue
• Great Bodhisattva Pass1935
• Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo1935 · as Sazen Tange
• Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords1935
• Kunisada Chūji1935
• Mito Komon - The Secret Letter1935
• Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki1934 · as Mitsukuni Mito/Jinzaemon Tachibana
• Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen1934
• Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 21933
• Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel1933
• Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey1933
• Bangaku no issho1933 · as Bangaku Ajikawa
• Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword1933
• Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen1933 · as Tange Sazen
• Jirokichi the Rat1931 · as Jirokichi
• The Revenge Champion1931
• Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen1931
• Suronin Chuya1930 · as Marubashi Chūya
• Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One1930
• Kutsukake Tokijiro1929 · as Tokijirō Kutsukake
• Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi1928 · as Kita
• Hiratemiki1928
• Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen1928
• Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-nihen1928
• Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-ippen1928
• Zoku Mito Kōmon1928
• Blood’s Up in Takadanobaba1928
• Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue1927 · as Kita
• Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode1927 · as Chuji Kunisada
• Sonno Joi1927
• Chuji's Travel Diary: Story of Bloody Shinshu1927
• Chuji's Travel Diary: Koshu Swordfighting1927 · as Chuji Kunisada
• An Unforgettable Grudge1926 · as Kazuma Iki
• Mito Kōmon1926