Denjirō Ōkōchi
February 5, 1898 (126 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1961 · The Red Shadow as Munenori Yagyû
- 1961 · 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2 as
- 1961 · Young Lord Yakuza as
- 1961 · Tange Sazen and the Princess as Gamo Taiken
- 1961 · Little Tengu as
- 1961 · A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji as
- 1961 · The Ako Retainers as
- 1961 · 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1 as
- 1960 · Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region as
- 1960 · Lord Mito Komon: World commotion as Mito Komon
- 1960 · Castle of Flames as
- 1960 · Shinran, Part II as
- 1960 · The Pirates as Tsuboya Dokyu
- 1960 · The Swordsman In The Golden Valley as
- 1960 · The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor as
- 1960 · Shinran as
- 1960 · Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger as
- 1960 · Yakuza of Ina as Boss Tora
- 1960 · Lord of Red Banner as
- 1960 · Samurai Vagabonds as
- 1960 · Return of the One-Armed Swordsman as
- 1960 · Road of Chivalry as
- 1959 · Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men as
- 1959 · Blooded Spear as
- 1959 · Bloody Battle at Dawn as
- 1959 · A Young Rabble 2 as
- 1959 · A Spectacular Showdown as
- 1959 · Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun as
- 1959 · Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy as
- 1959 · Hawk of the North as Kansuke
- 1959 · Happily Tied to the Road as Kinpira
- 1959 · Bride of Peacock Castle as
- 1959 · The Unleashed Lord as
- 1959 · A Young Rabble as
- 1959 · Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons as
- 1958 · Girl with the Fire Banner as
- 1958 · The Lost Public Funds as Jinba Yajuro
- 1958 · The Purple Hood as
- 1958 · The Abandoned Swords as
- 1958 · The Envoy as
- 1958 · A Martial Crowd as
- 1958 · Secret of The Golden Spell as Gamo Taiken
- 1958 · The Scarlet Cherry Lord as Geki Kitazaki
- 1958 · The Scroll’s Secret as
- 1958 · Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II as Lord Yagyu
- 1958 · A Chivalrous Spirit as
- 1957 · Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- 1957 · Falcon Magistrate as
- 1957 · Travel Romances as
- 1957 · Shadow Over Fuji as
- 1957 · Ghost Ship Part 2 as Jubei
- 1957 · Ghost Ship Part 1 as Jubei
- 1957 · Lord Mito as
- 1957 · Souls in the Moonlight as Toranosuke Shimada
- 1957 · Red peonies on the skin as
- 1957 · Yagyu Secret Scrolls as Lord Yagyu
- 1956 · Tsukigata Hanpeita as Gensai Mamiya
- 1956 · Sisters of Destiny as
- 1956 · Gale Winds! Tengu Karama as
- 1956 · Fighting Birds as
- 1956 · 晴姿稚児の剣法 as 愚安和尚
- 1955 · Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn as
- 1955 · Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass as
- 1955 · お役者小僧 江戸千両幟 as 柴凌海
- 1955 · Nonki saiban as
- 1955 · Ninja Arts of Jiraiya as
- 1954 · Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot as
- 1954 · Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01 as
- 1954 · Kenkyō edo-murasaki as
- 1953 · The Eagle of the Pacific as Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- 1953 · 続・丹下左膳 as
- 1952 · すっ飛び駕 as
- 1952 · Forty-Eight Man as Oishi
- 1952 · The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail as Benkei
- 1952 · Dedication of the Great Buddha as
- 1952 · 三万両五十三次 as
- 1951 · Izayoi kaidō as
- 1951 · Story of a Beloved Wife as
- 1951 · Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon as
- 1951 · The Tale of Genji as
- 1951 · Judge of the Ashuras as
- 1950 · Ship of Outlaws as
- 1950 · A Man from Akagi as
- 1950 · I Saw a Phantom Fish as
- 1949 · Mr. Shosuke Ohara as Saheita Sugimoto aka Shôsuke Ohara
- 1949 · Ghost Cat of Nabeshima as
- 1949 · Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood as Saheiji
- 1949 · 白頭巾現わる as
- 1948 · Kuro-uma no danshichi as
- 1947 · Invitation to Happiness as
- 1947 · The Devil of Edo as
- 1946 · No Regrets for Our Youth as Professor Yagihara
- 1946 · Lord for a Night as
- 1945 · Duel at Yagyu Valley as Hozoin Kakuzenbo
- 1945 · Sanshiro Sugata Part Two as Shogoro Yano
- 1944 · Battle Troop as
- 1944 · The Cruel Sea as
- 1944 · Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron as
- 1944 · The Dawn of Freedom as Captain Hayami
- 1943 · Sanshiro Sugata as Shogoro Yano
- 1942 · The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya as Satake
- 1941 · The Battle of Kawanakajima as Shingen Takeda
- 1941 · The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2) as
- 1941 · The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1) as
- 1940 · Flowers Blooming In the Storm as Fukuzawa Yukichi
- 1940 · The Snake Princess as Uehara Ittosai Nobushige
- 1939 · Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki as Sazen Tange
- 1938 · Enoken's Surprising Life as
- 1938 · Shimizu Jirocho as
- 1938 · The Giant as
- 1937 · Nangoku taiheiki as Shimazu Nariakira / Masumitsu Kyunosuke
- 1936 · Kuriyama Daizen as Kuriyama Daizen
- 1936 · Great Bodhisattva Pass 2 as Ryunosuke Tsukue
- 1935 · Great Bodhisattva Pass as
- 1935 · Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo as Sazen Tange
- 1935 · Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords as
- 1935 · Kunisada Chūji as
- 1935 · Mito Komon - The Secret Letter as
- 1934 · Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki as Mitsukuni Mito/Jinzaemon Tachibana
- 1934 · Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen as
- 1933 · Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2 as
- 1933 · Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel as
- 1933 · Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey as
- 1933 · Bangaku no issho as Bangaku Ajikawa
- 1933 · Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword as
- 1933 · Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen as Tange Sazen
- 1931 · Jirokichi the Rat as Jirokichi
- 1931 · The Revenge Champion as
- 1931 · Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen as
- 1930 · Suronin Chuya as
- 1930 · Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One as
- 1929 · Kutsukake Tokijiro as Tokijirō Kutsukake
- 1928 · Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi as Kita
- 1928 · Hiratemiki as
- 1928 · Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen as
- 1928 · Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-nihen as
- 1928 · Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-ippen as
- 1928 · Zoku Mito Kōmon as
- 1928 · Blood’s Up in Takadanobaba as
- 1927 · Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue as Kita
- 1927 · Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode as Chuji Kunisada
- 1927 · Sonno Joi as
- 1927 · Chuji's Travel Diary: Story of Bloody Shinshu as
- 1927 · Chuji's Travel Diary: Koshu tate hen as Chuji Kunisada
- 1926 · An Unforgettable Grudge as Kazuma Iki
- 1926 · Mito Kōmon as