Denjirō Ōkōchi
Denjirō Ōkōchi | |
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Sông lớn nội truyền thứ lang | |
 Denjirō Ōkōchi | |
| Born | February 5, 1898 |
| Died | July 18, 1962(aged 64) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Masuo Ōbe |
| Occupation | Film actor |
| Years active | 1925 – 1961 |
Denjirō Ōkōchi(Sông lớn nội truyền thứ lang,Ōkōchi Denjirō,February 5, 1898 – July 18, 1962)was aJapanesefilm actorbest known for starring roles injidaigekidirected by leading Japanese filmmakers.
Early life and family
[edit]Ōkōchi was bornMasuo 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 thedaimyobefore establishing his own practice following theMeiji Restoration.His paternal grandmother was the daughter of Suematsu Gendō, the domain doctor ofKokura.His mother Aki was the daughter of aConfucianscholar andsamuraiin the service ofNakatsu Domain.[3]
Career
[edit]Ōkōchi entered Shinkokugeki (New National Theatre), training underSawada 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 forjidaigekithe period drama genre, particularly for its realistic sword fights (tate) or swordplay (kengeki).[4]
With this background, Ōkōchi entered theNikkatsustudio in 1925 and soon came to fame inchanbara(sword-fighting)samurai films– a subgenre of jidaigeki emphasizingtate[4]– playing characters such asChūji KunisadaandTange Sazen.[1]
At his peak, he was one of the top jidaigeki stars alongsideTsumasaburō BandōandChiezō Kataoka.DuringWorld War II,he also appeared in a number ofwar films.During thesecond Toho strikein 1946, Okochi led the formation of a newunionwhich opposed the strike. After the end of the strike, the new union becameShintoho.[5]
He was directed byAkira Kurosawa,Ishiro Honda,Daisuke Itō,Sadao Yamanaka,Teinosuke Kinugasa,Hiroshi InagakiandMasahiro Makino.
Death
[edit]Ōkōchi had ceased acting by 1961, dying a year later on July 18, 1962.
Legacy
[edit]His house and garden inArashiyama,Kyoto,calledŌkōchi Sansō,[6]are still preserved and open to the public.
Selected filmography
[edit]- Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi(1927)
- Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue(1927)
- A Diary of Chuji's Travels(1927) ( trung trị lữ nhật ký 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
[edit]- ^ab"Ōkōchi Denjirō".Nihon jinmei daijiten(in Japanese). Kōdansha.Retrieved14 November2010.
- ^Nhật Bản ánh họa vai hề toàn tập ・ nam ưu biên.Kinema Junpo.1979. pp. 98–100.
- ^Phú sĩ, chính tình (1978).Sông lớn nội truyền thứ lang.Trung ương công luận tân xã. pp. 8–12.ISBN978-4120008399.
- ^abcMitsuhiro Yoshimoto,Kurosawa: Film Studies and Japanese Cinema,Duke University Press, 2000; Ch "Seven Samurai" p213
- ^Hirano, Kyoko (1992).Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo: Japanese Cinema Under the American Occupation.Smithsonian Institution. pp. 219–220.
- ^"Okochi Sanso Villa".Japan Visitor.Retrieved8 January2010.
External links
[edit]- Denjirō ŌkōchiatIMDb
- Ōkōchi Denjirōat theJapanese Movie Database(in Japanese)
