Denjirō Ōkōchi
Known for: Acting
Born: February 5, 1898
Died: July 19, 1962
Place of birth: Buzen, Fukuoka, Japan
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.
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Filmography
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6.7
The Red Shadow
1961
NR
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961
8.0
Young Lord Yakuza
1961
5.8
Tange Sazen and the Princess
1961
10.0
Little Tengu
1961
5.3
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961
6.0
The Ako Retainers
1961
9.0
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
1961
7.0
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
1960
NR
Lord Mito Komon: World commotion
1960
7.2
Castle of Flames
1960
9.0
Shinran, Part II
1960
7.6
The Pirates
1960
8.0
The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
1960
6.0
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
1960
10.0
Shinran
1960
7.5
Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
1960
7.0
Yakuza of Ina
1960
NR
Lord of Red Banner
1960
6.0
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
1960
6.5
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
6.0
Road of Chivalry
1960
NR
Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
1959
7.5
Blooded Spear
19595.0
Bloody Battle at Dawn
1959
9.0
A Young Rabble 2
1959
6.3
A Spectacular Showdown
1959
8.2
Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
1959
6.0
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
1959
5.3
Hawk of the North
1959
7.5
Happily Tied to the Road
1959
7.5
Bride of Peacock Castle
1959
9.0
The Unleashed Lord
1959
5.0
A Young Rabble
1959
5.8
Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
1959
8.0
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
5.0
Girl with the Fire Banner
1958
10.0
The Lost Public Funds
1958
5.4
The Purple Hood
1958
6.0
The Abandoned Swords
1958
NR
The Envoy
1958
5.5
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
1958
5.7
A Martial Crowd
1958
6.4
Secret of The Golden Spell
1958
7.5
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
1958
6.0
The Scroll’s Secret
1958
NR
Princess of Revenge
1958
7.0
A Chivalrous Spirit
1958
5.4
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
7.7
Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
1957
NR
Falcon Magistrate
1957
NR
Travel Romances
1957
8.0
Shadow Over Fuji
1957
NR
Ghost Ship Part 1
1957
10.0
Ghost Ship Part 2
1957
5.4
Lord Mito
1957
7.0
Souls in the Moonlight
1957
NR
Red peonies on the skin
1957
NR
The Eye of Heaven
1957
6.5
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
7.0
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
NR
Five Patriots of Kyoto
1956
NR
The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story
1956
NR
Gale Winds! Tengu Karama
1956
NR
Fighting Birds
1956
NR
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
1956
4.3
晴姿稚児の剣法
1956
NR
Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
1955
NR
Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
1955
NR
Edo Kid
1955
NR
The Sea Warrior
1955
NR
Nonki saiban
1955
NR
Ninja Arts of Jiraiya
1955
NR
Nice Day, Cloudy Day Part II
1954
NR
Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01
1954
NR
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
1954
5.0
The Princess Sen
1954
NR
Tekka bugyō
1954
NR
関八州勢揃い
1954NR
Kenkyō edo-murasaki
1954
NR
Snowy Night Duel
1954
NR
Demon Sword
1953
7.8
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
10.0
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
7.0
Tange Sazen
1953
NR
Jigoku taiko
1953
10.0
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
NR
Suttobi kago
1952
8.0
Forty-Eight Man
1952
NR
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
1952
6.7
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
NR
Castle of Carnage
1952
NR
Sanmanryō gojūsantsugi
1952
NR
Izayoi kaidō
1951
NR
Duel at Omagatsuji
1951
7.0
Story of a Beloved Wife
1951
NR
Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon
1951
6.0
The Tale of Genji
1951
NR
Jushu karasu
1951
10.0
Judge of the Ashuras
1951
NR
The Scarlet Bat
1950
NR
Ship of Outlaws
1950
NR
A Man from Akagi
1950
NR
Senryō hada
1950
NR
I Saw a Phantom Fish
1950
NR
Hebi hime dōchū
1949
6.2
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
1949
6.5
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949
NR
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
1949
NR
白頭巾現わる
1949
NR
Fujisancho
1948
9.0
Kuro-uma no danshichi
1948
10.0
Invitation to Happiness
1947
8.0
The Devil of Edo
1947
6.8
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
8.0
Lord for a Night
1946
NR
Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945
6.0
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
10.0
Battle Troop
1944
NR
The Cruel Sea
1944
7.0
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
1944
NR
The Dawn of Freedom
1944
6.5
Sanshiro Sugata
1943
7.0
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
1942
7.0
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941
6.0
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
19415.0
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
1941
8.0
Flowers Blooming In the Storm
19408.0
The Snake Princess
1940
8.0
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939NR
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
1939
10.0
Enoken's Surprising Life
1938
NR
Shimizu Jirocho
1938
7.5
The Giant
193810.0
Nangoku taiheiki
1937
NR
Kuriyama Daizen
1936NR
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
1936
10.0
Great Bodhisattva Pass
1935
7.4
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
1935
NR
Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords
1935
NR
Kunisada Chūji
1935
NR
Mito Komon - The Secret Letter
1935
NR
Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki
1934
9.0
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
1934NR
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2
1933NR
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel
1933NR
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey
1933
8.0
Bangaku no issho
1933NR
Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword
1933
7.0
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
1933
6.4
Jirokichi the Rat
1931
7.0
The Revenge Champion
1931NR
Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen
1931
NR
Suronin Chuya
1930
7.8
Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One
1930
NR
Kutsukake Tokijiro
1929NR
Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi
1928NR
Hiratemiki
1928
NR
Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen
1928NR
Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-nihen
1928
8.0
Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-ippen
1928
5.0
Zoku Mito Kōmon
19285.0
Blood Spattered at Takadanobaba
1928
6.0
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
1927
7.6
Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode
19274.5
Sonno Joi
1927
7.0
Chuji's Travel Diary: Story of Bloody Shinshu
1927
7.0
Chuji's Travel Diary: Koshu Swordfighting
1927
8.2
An Unforgettable Grudge
1926
NR
Mito Kōmon
1926
NR
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
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