Ken Ogata
Known for: Acting
Born: July 20, 1937
Died: October 5, 2008
Place of birth: 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
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Filmography
79 movies · 24 TV shows, newest first
NR
Garden of the Wind
2008NR
Bōshi
2008
5.1
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
2008
7.4
Love and Honor
2006
7.8
Granny Gabai
2006
6.9
A Long Walk
2006
6.1
A Hardest Night!!
2005
7.5
The Samurai I Loved
2005
NR
Miracle Banana
2005
9.0
Ruri's Island
2005
NR
Journey Along the Silk Road
2005
7.4
The Hidden Blade
2004
6.9
Last Quarter
2004
6.0
Izo
2004
10.0
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
2003
7.0
Time Limit
2003
NR
Say Hello to Black Jack
2003
6.1
Man Walking on Snow
2002
6.4
September 11
2002
NR
Prince Shōtoku
2001
7.5
Prince Shotoku
2001
7.5
Film Noir
200010.0
Autumn Blossoms
1999
NR
The Central Quicksand
1998
6.0
Gift
1997
9.0
Mouri Motonari
19975.0
橋の雨
1996NR
Hachigatsu no Love Song
1996
7.0
Gonin 2
1996
8.5
SMAP×SMAP
1996
6.0
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
19966.0
ナニワ金融道
1996
NR
Goodbye Japan
1995
6.4
The Pillow Book
1995
8.8
Furuhata Ninzaburo
1994
NR
Stewardess's Sweetheart
1994NR
動く壁
1994
NR
Kokkai e ikô!
1993
NR
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
1992
7.5
Succession
1992
6.3
The Dream of Russia
1992
NR
Ai wa Doda
1992
6.7
My Soul Is Slashed
1991
9.0
Goodbye Mama
1991
5.9
Heat Wave
1991
6.7
Rainbow Kids
1991
NR
Shingo's Ten Duels
1990
6.6
Company Executives
1989
6.5
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
6.9
Shogun's Shadow
1989
6.3
The Peacock King
1988
7.5
A Chaos of Flowers
1988
6.7
Oración
1988
NR
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988
6.5
Memories of You
1988
NR
Totteoki no Seishun
1988
NR
Totteoki no Seishun
1988
5.6
Tokyo Bordello
1987
6.4
Zegen
1987
4.5
House on Fire
1986
5.7
Tracked
1985
7.8
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
5.6
Oar
1985
NR
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
1984
NR
Ana
1984
6.5
The Catch
1983
5.6
The Geisha
1983
8.0
Okinawan Boys
1983
7.5
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
6.4
The Dropout
1982
NR
Toge no Gunzo
1982
5.9
Edo Porn
1981
5.9
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
NR
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
1981
6.0
Scars of the Sun
1981
6.2
Eijanaika
1981
6.7
The Wicked
1980
6.3
Virus
1980
6.0
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
NR
Red Storm
1979
7.6
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
3.7
Ashura no Gotoku
1979
6.6
The Demon
1978
NR
Ōgon no Hibi
1978
6.6
Mount Hakkoda
1977
NR
Hissatsu Hitchu Shigotoya Kagyou
1975
7.4
The Castle of Sand
1974
7.7
The Last Samurai
1974
NR
Hashū Hankachō
1974
10.0
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
9.3
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
8.0
Professional Killers
1972
NR
A Woman Called En
1971
7.0
The Song from My Heart
1969
NR
Lady with Seven Faces
1969
7.4
Samurai Banners
1969
10.0
Farewell, My Beloved
1969
6.7
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
8.0
The Sex Check
1968
NR
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1966
NR
Taikouki
1965
NR
間諜
1964
NR
12 Ounces to Glory
1960