Personal Info
Oobe Masuo
Ôkôchi Denjirô
Denjiro Okochi
Masuo Oobe
大河内伝次郎
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Acting
Biography
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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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
The Ako Retainers
Young Lord Yakuza
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
Tange Sazen and the Princess
as Gamo Taiken
Little Tengu
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
The Red Shadow
as Munenori Yagyû
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Yakuza of Ina
as Boss Tora