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.
Top Filmography
Sanshiro Sugata
1943 // MOVIE
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952 // MOVIE
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946 // MOVIE
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945 // MOVIE
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
1935 // MOVIE
Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode
1927 // MOVIE
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953 // MOVIE
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958 // MOVIE
Jirokichi the Rat
1931 // MOVIE
Road of Chivalry
1960 // MOVIE
Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
1959 // MOVIE
The Tale of Genji
1951 // MOVIE
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957 // MOVIE
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
1949 // MOVIE
Lord Mito
1957 // MOVIE