
Denjirō Ōkōchi
- Date of Birth: 1898-02-05
- Date of Death: 1962-07-19
- Place of Birth: Buzen, Fukuoka, Japan
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 Kur... 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.

白頭巾現わる
• 1949 February

20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
Action, Drama, History • 1961 July

三万両五十三次
• 1952 January

Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword
• 1933 April

Nonki saiban
Comedy, Music • 1955 April

Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
• 1934 May

Fighting Birds
Drama • 1956 May

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
History, Action • 1939 December

Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
Drama, History, Comedy, Action • 1959 November

Chuji's Travel Diary: Koshu tate hen
• 1927 March