Denjirō Ōkōchi
Acting
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 hi…
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Sanshiro Sugata
1943
Shogoro Yano
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
Benkei
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
Professor Yagihara
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
Shogoro Yano
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
1935
Sazen Tange
Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode
1927
Chuji Kunisada
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
Lord Yagyu
Jirokichi the Rat
1931
Jirokichi
Road of Chivalry
1960
Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
1959
The Tale of Genji
1951
Takuma nyudo
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
Lord Yagyu
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
1949
Saheita Sugimoto aka Shôsuke Ohara
Lord Mito
1957
The Red Shadow
1961
Munenori Yagyû
A Spectacular Showdown
1959
Castle of Flames
1960
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949
Secret of The Golden Spell
1958
Gamo Taiken