Denjirō Ōkōchi

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 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

Sanshiro Sugata

as Shogoro Yano

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

as Benkei

No Regrets for Our Youth

as Professor Yagihara

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

as Shogoro Yano

Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

as Sazen Tange

Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode

as Chuji Kunisada

Jirokichi the Rat

as Jirokichi

The Eagle of the Pacific

as Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Road of Chivalry

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

as Lord Yagyu