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Ken Ogata

Ken Ogata

Actor · Born 1937-07-20 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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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 year…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) — Yukio Mishima
  2. The Ballad of Narayama (1983) — Tatsuhei
  3. The Pillow Book (1995) — The Father
  4. Vengeance Is Mine (1979) — Iwao Enokizu
  5. The Hidden Blade (2004) — Chief Retainer Hori
  6. September 11 (2002) — Villager (segment "Japan")
  7. Izo (2004) — Swordsman
  8. Love and Honor (2006) — Magohachiro Kibe
  9. Virus (1980) — Prof. Tsuchiya
  10. The Castle of Sand (1974) — Kenichi Miki
  11. Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989) — Ronin
  12. Samurai Reincarnation (1981) — Musashi Miyamoto
  13. Edo Porn (1981) — Hokusai
  14. The Demon (1978) — Sokichi Takeshita
  15. Samurai Banners (1969) — Hatanaka Buhei
  16. Furuhata Ninzaburo (1994)
  17. Shogun's Shadow (1989) — Igo Gyobu
  18. The Last Samurai (1974) — Nakamura Hanjiro
  19. Eijanaika (1981) — Furukawa
  20. Gonin 2 (1996) — Toyama Masamichi
  21. The Samurai I Loved (2005) — Maki Sukezaemon
  22. Mount Hakkoda (1977) — Corporal Murayama
  23. The Peacock King (1988) — Jiku Ajari
  24. Zegen (1987) — Iheiji Muraoka
  25. Heat Wave (1991) — Police
  26. Man Walking on Snow (2002) — Nobuo Honma
  27. The Geisha (1983) — Katsuzo
  28. A Long Walk (2006) — Matsutaro Yasuda
  29. The Dream of Russia (1992) — Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
  30. Rainbow Kids (1991) — Inspector Daigoro Igari
  31. Tracked (1985) — Tokichi Sakane
  32. House on Fire (1986) — Kazuo Katsura
  33. Last Quarter (2004) — Doujima
  34. Tokyo Bordello (1987) — Policeman
  35. Oar (1985) — Iwago Tomita
  36. Kitaro and the Millennium Curse (2008) — Nurarihyon
  37. The Catch (1983) — Fusajiro
  38. A Hardest Night!! (2005)
  39. The Dropout (1982) — Seiji Ohtaki
  40. The Wicked (1980) — Capt. Inoue