Issey Ogata
Acting
Born: February 22, 1952 (age 74) · Fukuoka, Japan
Highest Rated
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Issey Ogata (born 22 February 1952 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka), is a Japanese actor and comedian. He was interested in plays since childhood. After he graduated from Toyotama High School in Japan, he joined a theatrical company and appeared on the stage. Later, he jumped at the opportunity to be an entertainer when he took the gold medal at the audition called "Birth of Comedians". Then, he started garnering roles on Japanese TV. Shows he appeared on include "Evil Grandmother" of Fuji TV and "RinRinto" of NHK drama. He now performs plays by himself "Life Never Stops" at GyanGyan Theater in Shibuya, which has gained immense popularity. Furthermore, he has had starring roles in major art-house films, including Ota in the great Edward Yang's highly regarded Yi Yi: A One and a Two, the title character in Jun Ichikawa's Tony Takitani (an adaptation of the Haruki Murakami short story), and has played the role of Japanese Emperor Hirohito in Aleksandr Sokurov's 2005 film, The Sun. Description above from the Wikipedia article Issey Ogata, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Silence
2016
Yi Yi
2000
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
2021
The Imaginary
2023
Tony Takitani
2004
The Sun
2005
Quartet
2017
Hero
2015
Beyond Goodbye
2024
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
The Day of Destruction
2020
Phoenix: Eden17
2023
Photos (2)
Movies (57)
The Imaginary
Mr. Bunting (voice)
Yi Yi
Mr. Ota
Silence
Old Samurai / Inoue
DEEMO Memorial Keys
Nutcracker (voice)
The Sun
Emperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito
Hero
2015
Tony Takitani
Tony Takitani / Shozaburo Takitani
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
Major Taniguchi
Library War: The Wings of Revolution
Kuroudo Touma (voice)
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
Kazuo Kudo
Tora-san Plays Daddy
警察
The Political Game
1989
Teacher and Stray Cat
Kyoichi Morii
Magic Kimono
Man
Fujiko
Kiyoshi Oishi
Company Executives
1989
Tora-san Goes North
Hospital Doctor
Taiga Dorama ga Umareta Hi
2023
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
Kimio Okamoto (Episode 3)
The Prisoner of Sakura
Commandant Kono
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Salesman
Love and Action in Osaka
1988
Memorizu
Makoto
Misuzu
Saijo, Yaso
Dear My Love
Masahiko Matsuyama
BU・SU
Kitazaki
Gift of Fire
2021
When Will You Return?
Chu Ashimura
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
The Furthest End Awaits
Lawyer
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Conductor
For Business
Hanazuki
The Homeless Student
Ichiro Tamura
Why Watch Yi Yi: A One and a Two...
Mr. Ota (archive footage) (uncredited)
Catastrophe
Okochi Genzo
Tsunagare Radio ~ Bokura no Afuri Days
Ise
This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer
2014
The Day of Destruction
Crescent Jiro
PHOENIX: Reminiscence of Flower
Sudarban (voice)
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
旅行社员
I'll Be Your Mirror
Yatsuro
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
1993
我が家の夢～WRCと恋のかけ橋～
2023
Shichou Shisu
2012
Bakayarō! 4 You!
(segment "サギるなジャパン")
No Life King
1989
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
Professor Horaguchi / Photo Shop Owner / Stranger at Train Station / Priest / Yodoba
Carefree Goddesses
1987
The Road Less Travelled
Yoshiharu Yanashita
I am a Monk
Akira Arai
Moon Rabbit
2018
Goaisatsu
1991
The Manga Master
Rakuten Kitazawa
Dotchi mo dotchi
1990
The Wives of Rokumeikan
1988
天国からのラブソング
2020
Business Commando YAMAZAKI
Takuro Yamazaki
TV Shows (28)
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
1 eps
Kumokiri Nizaemon
6 eps
Mampuku
Goda Kazutaka · 151 eps
What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
Torii Tadayoshi · 50 eps
Rinrinto
Sadakichi Hatakeyama · 156 eps
Radiation House
Toru Kikushima · 2 eps
PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Toru Yamada · 1 eps
Quartet
Benjamin Takita · 1 eps
Beyond Goodbye
Shinoda · 8 eps
Priceless
Zaizen Osamu · 10 eps
Phoenix: Eden17
Sudarban (voice) · 4 eps
Gu Gu the Cat
Kagawa · 1 eps
Kotaro Lives Alone
10 eps
The Science Club
Shozo Nagamine · 10 eps
Ashi Girl
Nobushige Amano · 12 eps
Modern Young Monha
8 eps
Hotarugusa
Yuzuki Yazaemon · 7 eps
Smoking Gun
Shigeru Tasaka · 11 eps
Eerie: Invisible Face
Kenjiro Hotokeue · 6 eps
Izakaya Bottakuri
11 eps
Haruka no Hikari
5 eps
Oeda Ghost Story
Seian · 5 eps
Distorted Ripples
Tomonari Kakiuchi · 8 eps
Haguregumo
Yokujiro · 8 eps
Angel's Share
Mister · 5 eps
Anmitsu Hime
3 eps
イッセー尾形の週末父娘（おやこ）
10 eps
Our Summer ~River Side Family~
大津小太郎 · 1 eps
