Denjirō Ōkōchi

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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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Filmography (154 Appearances)

The Red Shadow

1961

20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2

1961

Young Lord Yakuza

1961

Tange Sazen and the Princess

1961

Little Tengu

1961

A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji

1961

The Ako Retainers

1961

20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1

1961

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region

1960

Lord Mito Komon: World commotion

1960

Castle of Flames

1960

Shinran, Part II

1960

The Pirates

1960

The Swordsman In The Golden Valley

1960

The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor

1960

Shinran

1960

Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger

1960

Yakuza of Ina

1960

Lord of Red Banner

1960

Samurai Vagabonds

1960

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

1960

Road of Chivalry

1960

Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men

1959

Blooded Spear

1959

Bloody Battle at Dawn

1959

A Young Rabble 2

1959

A Spectacular Showdown

1959

Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun

1959

Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

1959

Hawk of the North

1959

Happily Tied to the Road

1959

Bride of Peacock Castle

1959

The Unleashed Lord

1959

A Young Rabble

1959

Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons

1959

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

1959

Girl with the Fire Banner

1958

The Lost Public Funds

1958

The Purple Hood

1958

The Abandoned Swords

1958

The Envoy

1958

Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute

1958

A Martial Crowd

1958

Secret of The Golden Spell

1958

The Scarlet Cherry Lord

1958

The Scroll’s Secret

1958

Princess of Revenge

1958

A Chivalrous Spirit

1958

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

1958

Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja

1957

Falcon Magistrate

1957

Travel Romances

1957

Shadow Over Fuji

1957

Ghost Ship Part 1

1957

Ghost Ship Part 2

1957

Lord Mito

1957

Souls in the Moonlight

1957

Red peonies on the skin

1957

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

1957

Tsukigata Hanpeita

1956

Gale Winds! Tengu Karama

1956

Fighting Birds

1956

Zenigata Heiji Case Files: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse

1956

晴姿稚児の剣法

1956

Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn

1955

Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass

1955

お役者小僧 江戸千両幟

1955

Nonki saiban

1955

Ninja Arts of Jiraiya

1955

Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01

1954

Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot

1954

関八州勢揃い

1954

Kenkyō edo-murasaki

1954

The Eagle of the Pacific

1953

Zoku Tange Sazen

1953

Tange Sazen

1953

すっ飛び駕

1952

Forty-Eight Man

1952

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

1952

Dedication of the Great Buddha

1952

三万両五十三次

1952

Izayoi kaidō

1951

Story of a Beloved Wife

1951

Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon

1951

The Tale of Genji

1951

上州鴉

1951

Judge of the Ashuras

1951

Ship of Outlaws

1950

A Man from Akagi

1950

I Saw a Phantom Fish

1950

Mr. Shosuke Ohara

1949

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima

1949

Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood

1949

白頭巾現わる

1949

Fujisancho

1948

Kuro-uma no danshichi

1948

Invitation to Happiness

1947

The Devil of Edo

1947

No Regrets for Our Youth

1946

Lord for a Night

1946

Duel at Yagyu Valley

1945

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

1945

Battle Troop

1944

The Cruel Sea

1944

Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron

1944

The Dawn of Freedom

1944

Sanshiro Sugata

1943

The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

1942

The Battle of Kawanakajima

1941

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)

1941

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)

1941

Flowers Blooming In the Storm

1940

The Snake Princess

1940

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki

1939

The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman

1939

Enoken's Surprising Life

1938

Shimizu Jirocho

1938

The Giant

1938

Nangoku taiheiki

1937

Kuriyama Daizen

1936

Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

1936

Great Bodhisattva Pass

1935

Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

1935

Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords

1935

Kunisada Chūji

1935

Mito Komon - The Secret Letter

1935

Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki

1934

Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen

1934

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2

1933

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel

1933

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey

1933

Bangaku no issho

1933

Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword

1933

Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen

1933

Jirokichi the Rat

1931

The Revenge Champion

1931

Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen

1931

Suronin Chuya

1930

Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One

1930

Kutsukake Tokijiro

1929

Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi

1928

Hiratemiki

1928

Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen

1928

Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-nihen

1928

Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-ippen

1928

Zoku Mito Kōmon

1928

Blood’s Up in Takadanobaba

1928

Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue

1927

Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode

1927

Sonno Joi

1927

Chuji's Travel Diary: Story of Bloody Shinshu

1927

Chuji's Travel Diary: Koshu Swordfighting

1927

An Unforgettable Grudge

1926

Mito Kōmon

1926 Debut
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