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Denjirō Ōkōchi

1898-02-05

The 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.

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Sanshiro Sugata

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The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

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No Regrets for Our Youth

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Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

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Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

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Lord Mito

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Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode

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Souls in the Moonlight

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The Eagle of the Pacific

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Road of Chivalry

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Jirokichi the Rat

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Hawk of the North

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Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

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The Tale of Genji

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Yagyu Secret Scrolls

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A Spectacular Showdown

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Red peonies on the skin

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Girl with the Fire Banner

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Mr. Shosuke Ohara

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Bloody Battle at Dawn

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