Ken Ogata
Acting
Born: July 20, 1937 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died: October 5, 2008 (aged 71)
Highest Rated
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
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
The Pillow Book
1995
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
The Hidden Blade
2004
September 11
2002
Izo
2004
Love and Honor
2006
Virus
1980
The Castle of Sand
1974
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
Photos (3)
Movies (77)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Yukio Mishima
The Ballad of Narayama
Tatsuhei
Edo Porn
Hokusai
The Peacock King
Jiku Ajari
The Pillow Book
The Father
Vengeance Is Mine
Iwao Enokizu
Okinawan Boys
1983
Samurai Reincarnation
Musashi Miyamoto
Virus
Prof. Tsuchiya
Love and Honor
Magohachiro Kibe
Tokyo Bordello
Policeman
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Ronin
Tracked
Tokichi Sakane
September 11
Villager (segment "Japan")
Shogun's Shadow
Igo Gyobu
Succession
Daisaku Kadota
The Demon
Sokichi Takeshita
Izo
Swordsman
Zegen
Iheiji Muraoka
Granny Gabai
Tofu shop owner
Rainbow Kids
Inspector Daigoro Igari
The Castle of Sand
Kenichi Miki
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
Nurarihyon
House on Fire
Kazuo Katsura
The Geisha
Katsuzo
Heat Wave
Police
Mount Hakkoda
Corporal Murayama
Kokkai e ikô!
1993
12 Ounces to Glory
1960
Oar
Iwago Tomita
Gonin 2
Toyama Masamichi
The Dream of Russia
Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
The Wicked
Capt. Inoue
Eijanaika
Furukawa
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
Company Executives
1989
Samurai Banners
Hatanaka Buhei
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
1992
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
The Dropout
Seiji Ohtaki
Memories of You
1988
A Hardest Night!!
2005
A Long Walk
Matsutaro Yasuda
Miracle Banana
Takashi Yamamura
The Hidden Blade
Chief Retainer Hori
Time Limit
2003
Scars of the Sun
Rintaro Motegi (Shuhei's Father)
Film Noir
Client
Goodbye Japan
1995
Oración
Senzo Wataumi
The Last Samurai
Nakamura Hanjiro
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Baian Fujieda
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Koga Shiro Samurai
Shingo's Ten Duels
The narrator
Prince Shōtoku
Soga no Umako
Goodbye Mama
1991
A Chaos of Flowers
Kan Yosano
The Samurai I Loved
Maki Sukezaemon
Man Walking on Snow
Nobuo Honma
Last Quarter
Doujima
The Catch
Fusajiro
The Sex Check
1968
My Soul Is Slashed
Shutaro Ishikawa
A Woman Called En
1971
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
Toyama no Kin-san
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
2003
間諜
1964
The Central Quicksand
1998
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
Kyohei Tasaka
Farewell, My Beloved
1969
Totteoki no Seishun
1988
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Baian Fujieda
Ana
Toru Mori
Lady with Seven Faces
Scholar
Journey Along the Silk Road
2005
The Song from My Heart
1969
TV Shows (21)
SMAP×SMAP
Skit guest · 1 eps
SMAP×SMAP
Skit Guest · 1 eps
Professional Killers
Baian Fujieda · 33 eps
Furuhata Ninzaburo
1 eps
Taikouki
Toyotomi no Hideyoshi · 52 eps
Mouri Motonari
50 eps
Ōgon no Hibi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi · 51 eps
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Musashibo Benkei · 52 eps
Toge no Gunzo
Yoshio Oishi · 50 eps
Say Hello to Black Jack
3 eps
Gift
Yujiro Kishiwada（岸和田 裕二郎） · 1 eps
Garden of the Wind
Teizo Shiratori · 11 eps
Ruri's Island
Yuzo Nakama · 10 eps
Ashura no Gotoku
3 eps
Ai wa Doda
11 eps
Hashū Hankachō
13 eps
Prince Shotoku
Soga no Umako · 2 eps
Hissatsu Hitchu Shigotoya Kagyou
1 eps
Stewardess's Sweetheart
12 eps
Red Storm
1 eps
Totteoki no Seishun
10 eps