Ken Ogata
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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
Credits
Edo Porn (1981)
as Hokusai
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
as Yukio Mishima
Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
as Musashi Miyamoto
The Pillow Book (1995)
as The Father
Virus (1980)
as Prof. Tsuchiya
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
as Tatsuhei
Tracked (1985)
as Tokichi Sakane
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
as Iwao Enokizu
The Peacock King (1988)
as Jiku Ajari
House on Fire (1986)
as Kazuo Katsura
Love and Honor (2006)
as Magohachiro Kibe
Shogun's Shadow (1989)
as Igo Gyobu
The Catch (1983)
as Fusajiro
Zegen (1987)
as Iheiji Muraoka
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)
as Ronin
The Geisha (1983)
as Katsuzo
Izo (2004)
as Swordsman
The Castle of Sand (1974)
as Kenichi Miki
Eijanaika (1981)
as Furukawa
Mount Hakkoda (1977)
as Corporal Murayama
Tokyo Bordello (1987)
as Policeman
The Hidden Blade (2004)
as Chief Retainer Hori
Heat Wave (1991)
as Police
Samurai Banners (1969)
as Hatanaka Buhei
September 11 (2002)
as Villager (segment "Japan")
Oar (1985)
as Iwago Tomita
A Long Walk (2006)
as Matsutaro Yasuda
A Hardest Night!! (2005)
Actor
Gonin 2 (1996)
as Toyama Masamichi
A Chaos of Flowers (1988)
as Kan Yosano
The Wicked (1980)
as Capt. Inoue
The House of Wooden Blocks (1968)
Actor
A Woman Called En (1971)
Actor
Last Quarter (2004)
as Doujima
Succession (1992)
as Daisaku Kadota
The Dropout (1982)
as Seiji Ohtaki
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse (2008)
as Nurarihyon
The Demon (1978)
as Sokichi Takeshita
The Last Samurai (1974)
as Nakamura Hanjiro
Autumn Blossoms (1999)
Actor
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo (1980)
as Koga Shiro Samurai
Scars of the Sun (1981)
as Rintaro Motegi (Shuhei's Father)
The Samurai I Loved (2005)
as Maki Sukezaemon
Jugyo Sankan no Onna (1984)
as Kyohei Tasaka
Oración (1988)
as Senzo Wataumi
The Dream of Russia (1992)
as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
Goodbye Mama (1991)
Actor
Memories of You (1988)
Actor
Shingo's Ten Duels (1990)
as The narrator
Man Walking on Snow (2002)
as Nobuo Honma
Farewell, My Beloved (1969)
Actor
My Soul Is Slashed (1991)
as Shutaro Ishikawa
The Sex Check (1968)
Actor
Lady with Seven Faces (1969)
as Scholar
Rainbow Kids (1991)
as Inspector Daigoro Igari
Time Limit (2003)
Actor
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special (1988)
Actor
Goodbye Japan (1995)
Actor
Kokkai e ikô! (1993)
Actor
Company Executives (1989)
Actor
Granny Gabai (2006)
as Tofu shop owner
Prince Shōtoku (2001)
as Soga no Umako
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge (1981)
as Toyama no Kin-san
間諜 (1964)
Actor
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night (1974)
as Baian Fujieda
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze (1992)
Actor
Film Noir (2000)
as Client
Ana (1984)
as Toru Mori
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry (1973)
as Baian Fujieda
Miracle Banana (2005)
as Takashi Yamamura
Totteoki no Seishun (1988)
Actor
Okinawan Boys (1983)
Actor
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors (2003)
Actor
The Song from My Heart (1969)
Actor
The Way of Osaka Financing 1 (1996)
Actor
The Central Quicksand (1998)
Actor
Bōshi (2008)
as Shunpei Takayama
Journey Along the Silk Road (2005)
Actor