Actor

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Acting

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Acting credits

138

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.7

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Movies: 138Series: 0

TMDB ID: 134256

IMDb ID: nm0645676

Known for: Acting

Born: February 5, 1898

Died: July 19, 1962

Age: 64

Place of birth: Buzen, Fukuoka, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1926 - 1961

Years active: 36

Average TMDB rating: 6.7

Wikidata: Q3023117

Also known as

Oobe Masuo • Ôkôchi Denjirô • Denjiro Okochi • Masuo Oobe • 大河内伝次郎

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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.