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Denjirō Ōkōchi (大河内 傳次郎, Ōkōchi Denjirō, February 5, 1898 – July 18, 1962) was a Japanese film actor best known for starring roles in jidaigeki directed by leading Japanese filmmakers.

Denjirō Ōkōchi
大河内 傳次郎
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Born	(1898-02-05)February 5, 1898 Buzen, Fukuoka
Died	July 18, 1962(1962-07-18) (aged 64)
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Masuo Ōbe
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	1925 – 1961

Early life and family

Ōkōchi was born Masuo Ōbe[1] on February 5, 1898, in Ōkōchi, Iwaya (present-day Ōkōchi, Buzen), Fukuoka Prefecture, the fifth son and eighth of nine children[2] of town physician Susumu Ōbe and his wife Aki. Ōkōchi was born to a family of physicians; his father Susumu was the 16th generation of the Ōbe family of physicians, and had served as a personal physician to the daimyo before establishing his own practice following the Meiji Restoration. His paternal grandmother was the daughter of Suematsu Gendō, the domain doctor of Kokura. His mother Aki was the daughter of a Confucian scholar and samurai in the service of Nakatsu Domain.[3]

Career

Ōkōchi entered Shinkokugeki (New National Theatre), training under Sawada Shōjirō (aka Sawasho). Sawada founded this new school of popular theatre in 1917 which had strong cultural impact by the early 1920s.[4] Shinkokugeki was known for jidaigeki the period drama genre, particularly for its realistic sword fights (tate) or swordplay (kengeki).[4]

With this background, Ōkōchi entered the Nikkatsu studio in 1925 and soon came to fame in chanbara (sword-fighting) samurai films – a subgenre of jidaigeki emphasizing tate[4] – playing characters such as Chūji Kunisada and Tange Sazen.[1]

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.

He was directed by Akira Kurosawa, Ishiro Honda, Daisuke Itō, Sadao Yamanaka, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Hiroshi Inagaki and Masahiro Makino.

Death

Ōkōchi had ceased acting by 1961, dying a year later on July 18, 1962.

Legacy

His house and garden in Arashiyama, Kyoto, called Ōkōchi Sansō,[5] are still preserved and open to the public.

Selected filmography

• Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi (1927)
• Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue (1927)
• A Diary of Chuji's Travels (xxxx) (忠治旅日記 Chūji tabi nikki)
• Oatsurae Jirokichi Koshi (1931)
• The Million Ryo Pot (1935)
• The Giant (1938)
• Hawai Mare oki kaisen (1942)
• Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
• Ano hata o ute (1944)
• Sanshiro Sugata Part II (1945)
• The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1945)
• No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
• Aru yo no Tonosama (1946)
• The Tale of Genji (1951)
• Dedication of the Great Buddha (1952)
• Eagle of the Pacific (Taiheiyô no washi) (1953)
• The Princess Sen (1954)
• Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957)
• Dai-bosatsu tōge (1957)
• Akō Rōshi (1961)

References

External links

• Denjirō Ōkōchi at IMDb
• Ōkōchi Denjirō at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

На других языках

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[ru] Окоти, Дэндзиро

Дэндзиро Окоти (яп. 大河内傳次郎, настоящее имя Исаму Онабэ; 5 февраля 1898 — 18 июля 1962) — японский актёр театра и кино.

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