Denjirô Ôkôchi was born on February 5, 1898 in Iwaya-mura, Chikujo-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan [now Buzen City, Fukuoka Prefecture] as Masuo Oobe. He was an actor and writer, known for Je ne regrette pas ma jeunesse (1946), La légende de judo (1943) and Le chevalier voleur (1931). He died on July 19, 1962.