Denjirō Ōkōchi

Denjirō Ōkōchi

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: Acting

Born: Buzen, Fukuoka, Japan, 1898-02-05

Died: 1962-07-19

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1926	Mito Kōmon		0
2	1926	An Unforgettable Grudge	Kazuma Iki	83
3	1927	Chuji's Travel Diary: Koshu tate hen	Chuji Kunisada	0
4	1927	Chuji's Travel Diary: Story of Bloody Shinshu		50
5	1927	Sonno Joi		45
6	1927	Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode	Chuji Kunisada	73
7	1927	Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue	Kita	60
8	1928	Blood’s Up in Takadanobaba		0
9	1928	Zoku Mito Kōmon		50
10	1928	Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-ippen		0
11	1928	Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-nihen		0
12	1928	Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen		0
13	1928	Hiratemiki		0
14	1928	Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi	Kita	0
15	1929	Kutsukake Tokijiro	Tokijirō Kutsukake	0
16	1930	Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One		75
17	1930	Suronin Chuya		0
18	1931	Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen		0
19	1931	The Revenge Champion		0
20	1931	Jirokichi the Rat	Jirokichi	61
21	1933	Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen	Tange Sazen	0
22	1933	Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword		0
23	1933	Bangaku no issho	Bangaku Ajikawa	0
24	1933	Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey		0
25	1933	Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel		0
26	1933	Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2		0
27	1934	Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen		0
28	1934	Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki	Mitsukuni Mito/Jinzaemon Tachibana	0
29	1935	Mito Komon - The Secret Letter		0
30	1935	Kunisada Chūji		0
31	1935	Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords		0
32	1935	Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo	Sazen Tange	74
33	1935	Great Bodhisattva Pass		0
34	1936	Great Bodhisattva Pass 2	Ryunosuke Tsukue	0
35	1936	Kuriyama Daizen	Kuriyama Daizen	0
36	1937	Nangoku taiheiki	Shimazu Nariakira / Masumitsu Kyunosuke	0
37	1938	The Giant		60
38	1938	Shimizu Jirocho		0
39	1938	Enoken's Surprising Life		0
40	1939	Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki	Sazen Tange	0
41	1940	The Snake Princess	Uehara Ittosai Nobushige	0
42	1940	Flowers Blooming In the Storm	Fukuzawa Yukichi	0
43	1941	The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)		50
44	1941	The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)		60
45	1941	The Battle of Kawanakajima	Shingen Takeda	0
46	1942	The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya	Satake	60
47	1943	Sanshiro Sugata	Shogoro Yano	66
48	1944	The Dawn of Freedom	Captain Hayami	0
49	1944	Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron		70
50	1944	The Cruel Sea		0
51	1944	Battle Troop		0
52	1945	Sanshiro Sugata Part Two	Shogoro Yano	61
53	1945	Duel at Yagyu Valley	Hozoin Kakuzenbo	0
54	1946	Lord for a Night		80
55	1946	No Regrets for Our Youth	Professor Yagihara	69
56	1947	The Devil of Edo		0
57	1947	Invitation to Happiness		0
58	1948	Kuro-uma no danshichi		0
59	1949	白頭巾現わる		0
60	1949	Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood	Saheiji	0
61	1949	Ghost Cat of Nabeshima		65
62	1949	Mr. Shosuke Ohara	Saheita Sugimoto aka Shôsuke Ohara	62
63	1950	I Saw a Phantom Fish		0
64	1950	A Man from Akagi		0
65	1950	Ship of Outlaws		0
66	1951	Judge of the Ashuras		0
67	1951	上州鴉		0
68	1951	The Tale of Genji	Takuma nyudo	55
69	1951	Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon		0
70	1951	Story of a Beloved Wife		70
71	1951	Izayoi kaidō		0
72	1952	三万両五十三次		0
73	1952	Dedication of the Great Buddha		0
74	1952	The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail	Benkei	67
75	1952	Forty-Eight Man	Oishi	0
76	1952	すっ飛び駕		0
77	1953	Tange Sazen		0
78	1953	Zoku Tange Sazen		0
79	1953	The Eagle of the Pacific	Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto	76
80	1954	Kenkyō edo-murasaki		0
81	1954	関八州勢揃い		0
82	1954	Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01		0
83	1954	Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot		0
84	1955	Ninja Arts of Jiraiya		0
85	1955	Nonki saiban		0
86	1955	お役者小僧江戸千両幟	柴凌海	0
87	1955	Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass		0
88	1955	Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn		0
89	1956	晴姿稚児の剣法	愚安和尚	30
90	1956	Fighting Birds		0
91	1956	Gale Winds! Tengu Karama		0
92	1956	Sisters of Destiny		0
93	1956	Tsukigata Hanpeita	Gensai Mamiya	70
94	1957	Yagyu Secret Scrolls	Lord Yagyu	70
95	1957	Red peonies on the skin		0
96	1957	Souls in the Moonlight	Toranosuke Shimada	62
97	1957	Lord Mito		54
98	1957	Ghost Ship Part 1	Jubei	0
99	1957	Ghost Ship Part 2	Jubei	0
100	1957	Shadow Over Fuji		0
101	1957	Travel Romances		0
102	1957	Falcon Magistrate		0
103	1957	Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja	Toyotomi Hideyoshi	77
104	1958	A Chivalrous Spirit		70
105	1958	Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II	Lord Yagyu	53
106	1958	The Scroll’s Secret		60
107	1958	The Scarlet Cherry Lord	Geki Kitazaki	75
108	1958	Secret of The Golden Spell	Gamo Taiken	58
109	1958	A Martial Crowd		57
110	1958	The Envoy		0
111	1958	The Abandoned Swords		60
112	1958	The Purple Hood		50
113	1958	The Lost Public Funds	Jinba Yajuro	100
114	1958	Girl with the Fire Banner		50
115	1959	Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons		50
116	1959	A Young Rabble		50
117	1959	The Unleashed Lord		0
118	1959	Bride of Peacock Castle		60
119	1959	Happily Tied to the Road	Kinpira	60
120	1959	Hawk of the North	Kansuke	53
121	1959	Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy		60
122	1959	Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun		81
123	1959	A Spectacular Showdown		62
124	1959	A Young Rabble 2		0
125	1959	Bloody Battle at Dawn		50
126	1959	Blooded Spear		75
127	1959	Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men		0
128	1960	Road of Chivalry		54
129	1960	Return of the One-Armed Swordsman		58
130	1960	Samurai Vagabonds		60
131	1960	Lord of Red Banner		0
132	1960	Yakuza of Ina	Boss Tora	70
133	1960	Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger		80
134	1960	Shinran		0
135	1960	The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor		60
136	1960	The Swordsman In The Golden Valley		0
137	1960	The Pirates	Tsuboya Dokyu	72
138	1960	Shinran, Part II		0
139	1960	Castle of Flames		72
140	1960	Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region		0
141	1960	Lord Mito Komon: World commotion	Mito Komon	0
142	1961	20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1		0
143	1961	The Ako Retainers		52
144	1961	A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji		43
145	1961	Little Tengu		0
146	1961	Tange Sazen and the Princess	Gamo Taiken	52
147	1961	Young Lord Yakuza		83
148	1961	20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2		0
149	1961	The Red Shadow	Munenori Yagyû	64

Denjirō Ōkōchi

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