Denjirō Ōkōchi
Biography
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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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Full filmography
- Sanshiro Sugata (1943) as Shogoro Yano
- The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952) as Benkei
- Demon Sword (1953)
- Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945) as Shogoro Yano
- The Eagle of the Pacific (1953) as Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957) as Lord Yagyu
- No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) as Professor Yagihara
- 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1 (1961)
- Nonki saiban (1955)
- 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2 (1961)
- Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)
- Souls in the Moonlight (1957) as Toranosuke Shimada
- Samurai Vagabonds (1960)
- Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun (1959)
- The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (1942) as Satake
- Road of Chivalry (1960)
- Dedication of the Great Buddha (1952)
- Shinran, Part II (1960)
- Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1960)
- Castle of Flames (1960)
- Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (1935) as Sazen Tange
- The Giant (1938)
- The Pirates (1960) as Tsuboya Dokyu
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II (1958) as Lord Yagyu