Denjirō Ōkōchi
February 5, 1898 · 128 years old
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 nam…
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5 titles
Sanshiro Sugata
Sugata, a young man, struggles to learn the nuance and meaning of judo, and in doing so comes to learn something of the meaning of life.
No Regrets for Our Youth
The daughter of a politically disgraced university professor struggles to find a place for herself in love and life, in the uncertain world of Japan leading into WWII.
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Sugata returns to prove his judo mastery in a match against Western opponents.
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malay
When a boy who is in the navy college returns home for vacation he meets his young cousin who also wants to join in order to become a pilot. However, the younger man's mother is antagonistic knowing the folly of war. When the youn...
Raigekitai Shutsudô
Wartime film dealing with a Japanese torpedo bomber squadron at war. The film opens with the Battle of Midway, The enemy carriers and ships are sunk with the IJN suffering minimal losses. However, the enemy has yet to surrender. ...