Denjirô Ôkôchi was born on 5 February 1898 in Iwaya-mura, Chikujo-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan [now Buzen City, Fukuoka Prefecture]. He was an actor and writer, known for Waga seishun ni kuinashi (1946), Sugata Sanshirô (1943) and Oatsurae Jirôkichi kôshi (1931). He died on 19 July 1962.