Ken Ogata
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 20, 1937
- Died
- October 5, 2008 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Biography
Ken Ogata (緒形 拳 Ogata Ken, 20 July 1937-5 October 2008) was a Japanese actor. Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama. He won the award for best actor at the 26th Blue Ribbon Awards for Okinawan Boys. In television, his starring role as Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 1965 NHK Taiga drama Taikōki catapulted him to fame. Ken went on to many prominent roles in subsequent programs. The following year, he portrayed Benkei in Minamoto no Yoshitsune. The network tapped him again for the role of Fujiwara no Sumitomo in the 1976 Kaze to Kumo to Niji to. He returned to playing Hideyoshi in the 1978 Ōgon no Hibi, and returned to the lead as Ōishi Kuranosuke in Tōge no Gunzō, the 1982 Chūshingura. Another featured appearance in a Taiga drama was in Taiheiki (1991, as Ashikaga Sadauji, father of Takauji). Mr. Ogata died on October 5, 2008, just days after finishing his role in the production of the Fuji TV drama "Kaze no Garden" (Garden of the Winds), filmed in the rural Furano area of northern Japan. In his final role, Ogata, himself 71 years of age, played a doctor involved in the end-of-life care of elderly patients. His sons Kanta and Naoto Ogata are actors. NHK selected Naoto for the starring role of Oda Nobunaga in the 1992 Taiga drama Nobunaga King of Zipangu; Kanta played Inaba Masakatsu in Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Ogata, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
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Filmography
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
Movie · as Nurarihyon
Bōshi
Movie · as Shunpei Takayama
Garden of the Wind
TV · as Teizo Shiratori · 11 eps
Love and Honor
Movie · as Magohachiro Kibe
A Long Walk
Movie · as Matsutaro Yasuda
Granny Gabai
Movie · as Tofu shop owner
The Samurai I Loved
Movie · as Maki Sukezaemon
Miracle Banana
Movie · as Takashi Yamamura
A Hardest Night!!
Movie
Journey Along the Silk Road
Movie
Ruri's Island
TV · as Yuzo Nakama · 10 eps
Izo
Movie · as Swordsman
Last Quarter
Movie · as Doujima
The Hidden Blade
Movie · as Chief Retainer Hori
Time Limit
Movie
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
Movie
Say Hello to Black Jack
TV · 3 eps
Man Walking on Snow
Movie · as Nobuo Honma
September 11
Movie · as Villager (segment "Japan")
Prince Shōtoku
Movie · as Soga no Umako
Prince Shotoku
TV · as Soga no Umako · 2 eps
Film Noir
Movie · as Client
Autumn Blossoms
Movie
The Central Quicksand
Movie
Mouri Motonari
TV · 50 eps
Gift
TV · as Yujiro Kishiwada（岸和田 裕二郎） · 1 ep
Gonin 2
Movie · as Toyama Masamichi
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
Movie
命捧げ候 夢追い坂の決闘
Movie
Hachigatsu no Love Song
TV · 11 eps
橋の雨
TV · 1 ep
SMAP×SMAP
TV · as Skit guest, Skit Guest · 1 ep
ナニワ金融道
TV · as 金子 高利 · 6 eps
The Pillow Book
Movie · as The Father
Goodbye Japan
Movie
Furuhata Ninzaburo
TV · 1 ep
Stewardess's Sweetheart
TV · 12 eps
動く壁
TV · 1 ep
Kokkai e ikô!
Movie
The Dream of Russia
Movie · as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
Succession
Movie · as Daisaku Kadota
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
Movie
Ai wa Doda
TV · 11 eps
Heat Wave
Movie · as Police
My Soul Is Slashed
Movie · as Shutaro Ishikawa
Rainbow Kids
Movie · as Inspector Daigoro Igari
Goodbye Mama
Movie
Shingo's Ten Duels
Movie · as The narrator
Shogun's Shadow
Movie · as Igo Gyobu
Company Executives
Movie
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Movie · as Ronin
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
Movie
Totteoki no Seishun
Movie
The Peacock King
Movie · as Jiku Ajari
A Chaos of Flowers
Movie · as Kan Yosano
Memories of You
Movie
Oración
Movie · as Senzo Wataumi
Totteoki no Seishun
TV · 10 eps
Tokyo Bordello
Movie · as Policeman
Zegen
Movie · as Iheiji Muraoka
House on Fire
Movie · as Kazuo Katsura
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Movie · as Yukio Mishima
Tracked
Movie · as Tokichi Sakane
Oar
Movie · as Iwago Tomita
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
Movie · as Kyohei Tasaka
Ana
Movie · as Toru Mori
The Ballad of Narayama
Movie · as Tatsuhei
The Geisha
Movie · as Katsuzo
The Catch
Movie · as Fusajiro
Okinawan Boys
Movie
The Dropout
Movie · as Seiji Ohtaki
Toge no Gunzo
TV · as Yoshio Oishi · 50 eps
Samurai Reincarnation
Movie · as Musashi Miyamoto
Edo Porn
Movie · as Hokusai
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
Movie · as Toyama no Kin-san
Eijanaika
Movie · as Furukawa
Scars of the Sun
Movie · as Rintaro Motegi (Shuhei's Father)
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Movie · as Koga Shiro Samurai
Virus
Movie · as Prof. Tsuchiya
The Wicked
Movie · as Capt. Inoue
Vengeance Is Mine
Movie · as Iwao Enokizu
Red Storm
TV · 1 ep
Ashura no Gotoku
TV · 3 eps
The Demon
Movie · as Sokichi Takeshita
Ōgon no Hibi
TV · as Toyotomi Hideyoshi · 51 eps
Mount Hakkoda
Movie · as Corporal Murayama
Hissatsu Hitchu Shigotoya Kagyou
TV · 1 ep
The Last Samurai
Movie · as Nakamura Hanjiro
The Castle of Sand
Movie · as Kenichi Miki
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Movie · as Baian Fujieda
Hashū Hankachō
TV · 13 eps
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Movie · as Baian Fujieda
Professional Killers
TV · as Baian Fujieda · 33 eps
A Woman Called En
Movie
Farewell, My Beloved
Movie
Lady with Seven Faces
Movie · as Scholar
Samurai Banners
Movie · as Hatanaka Buhei
The Song from My Heart
Movie
The House of Wooden Blocks
Movie
The Sex Check
Movie
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
TV · as Musashibo Benkei · 52 eps
Taikouki
TV · as Toyotomi no Hideyoshi · 52 eps
間諜
Movie
12 Ounces to Glory
Movie