Ken Ogata

Acting

Born July 20, 1937 — Died October 5, 2008 Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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

Movies(78)

Bōshi

Shunpei Takayama

2008

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse

Nurarihyon

2008

Love and Honor

Magohachiro Kibe

2006

Granny Gabai

Tofu shop owner

2006

A Long Walk

Matsutaro Yasuda

2006

A Hardest Night!!

2005

The Samurai I Loved

Maki Sukezaemon

2005

Miracle Banana

Takashi Yamamura

2005

Journey Along the Silk Road

2005

The Hidden Blade

Chief Retainer Hori

2004

Last Quarter

Doujima

2004

Izo

Swordsman

2004

The Man Who Wipes Mirrors

2003

Time Limit

2003

Man Walking on Snow

Nobuo Honma

2002

September 11

Villager (segment "Japan")

2002

Prince Shōtoku

Soga no Umako

2001

Film Noir

Client

2000

Autumn Blossoms

1999

The Central Quicksand

1998

Gonin 2

Toyama Masamichi

1996

The Way of Osaka Financing 1

1996

Goodbye Japan

1995

The Pillow Book

The Father

1995

Kokkai e ikô!

1993

Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze

1992

Succession

Daisaku Kadota

1992

The Dream of Russia

Koudayu Daikokuya - captain

1992

My Soul Is Slashed

Shutaro Ishikawa

1991

Goodbye Mama

1991

Heat Wave

Police

1991

Rainbow Kids

Inspector Daigoro Igari

1991

Shingo's Ten Duels

The narrator

1990

Company Executives

1989

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

Ronin

1989

Shogun's Shadow

Igo Gyobu

1989

The Peacock King

Jiku Ajari

1988

A Chaos of Flowers

Kan Yosano

1988

Oración

Senzo Wataumi

1988

Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special

1988

Memories of You

1988

Totteoki no Seishun

1988

Tokyo Bordello

Policeman

1987

Zegen

Iheiji Muraoka

1987

House on Fire

Kazuo Katsura

1986

Tracked

Tokichi Sakane

1985

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Yukio Mishima

1985

Oar

Iwago Tomita

1985

Jugyo Sankan no Onna

Kyohei Tasaka

1984

Ana

Toru Mori

1984

The Catch

Fusajiro

1983

The Geisha

Katsuzo

1983

Okinawan Boys

1983

The Ballad of Narayama

Tatsuhei

1983

The Dropout

Seiji Ohtaki

1982

Edo Porn

Hokusai

1981

Samurai Reincarnation

Musashi Miyamoto

1981

The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

Toyama no Kin-san

1981

Scars of the Sun

Shuhei's Father

1981

Why Not?

Furukawa

1981

The Wicked

Capt. Inoue

1980

Virus

Prof. Tsuchiya

1980

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

Koga Shiro Samurai

1980

Vengeance Is Mine

Iwao Enokizu

1979

The Demon

Sokichi Takeshita

1978

Mount Hakkoda

Corporal Murayama

1977

The Castle of Sand

Kenichi Miki

1974

The Last Samurai

Nakamura Hanjiro

1974

Professional Killers – Assignment by Night

Baian Fujieda

1974

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

Baian Fujieda

1973

A Woman Called En

1971

The Song from My Heart

1969

Lady with Seven Faces

Scholar

1969

Samurai Banners

Hatanaka Buhei

1969

Farewell, My Beloved

1969

The House of Wooden Blocks

1968

The Sex Check

1968

間諜

1964

Ken Ogata

TV Shows(24)

Movies(78)