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Ken Ogata

Ken Ogata

Acting July 20, 1937 (71 years old) October 5, 2008 Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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​

Movies 80

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 7.8

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

as Yukio Mishima

1985
The Ballad of Narayama 7.5

The Ballad of Narayama

as Tatsuhei

1983
Virus 6.3

Virus

as Prof. Tsuchiya

1980
Vengeance Is Mine 7.5

Vengeance Is Mine

as Iwao Enokizu

1979
The Peacock King 6.1

The Peacock King

as Jiku Ajari

1988
The Pillow Book 6.3

The Pillow Book

as The Father

1995
The Castle of Sand 7.3

The Castle of Sand

as Kenichi Miki

1974
Izo 6.0

Izo

as Swordsman

2004
Edo Porn 5.9

Edo Porn

as Hokusai

1981
Tokyo Bordello 5.6

Tokyo Bordello

as Policeman

1987
September 11 6.4

September 11

as Villager (segment "Japan")

2002
Samurai Reincarnation 5.8

Samurai Reincarnation

as Musashi Miyamoto

1981
Love and Honor 7.4

Love and Honor

as Magohachiro Kibe

2006
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally 6.4

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

as Ronin

1989
House on Fire 4.5

House on Fire

as Kazuo Katsura

1986
The Demon 6.6

The Demon

as Sokichi Takeshita

1978
Tracked 5.7

Tracked

as Tokichi Sakane

1985
The Geisha 5.6

The Geisha

as Katsuzo

1983
Mount Hakkoda 6.6

Mount Hakkoda

as Corporal Murayama

1977
Gonin 2 6.9

Gonin 2

as Toyama Masamichi

1996
Jugyo Sankan no Onna

Jugyo Sankan no Onna

as Kyohei Tasaka

1984
The Last Samurai 7.6

The Last Samurai

as Nakamura Hanjiro

1974
Granny Gabai 7.8

Granny Gabai

as Tofu shop owner

2006
Company Executives 6.6

Company Executives

1989
Heat Wave 5.9

Heat Wave

as Police

1991
Samurai Banners 7.4

Samurai Banners

as Hatanaka Buhei

1969
Scars of the Sun 6.0

Scars of the Sun

as Rintaro Motegi (Shuhei's Father)

1981
Zegen 6.4

Zegen

as Iheiji Muraoka

1987
Oar 5.6

Oar

as Iwago Tomita

1985
Shogun's Shadow 6.9

Shogun's Shadow

as Igo Gyobu

1989
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse 5.1

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse

as Nurarihyon

2008
The House of Wooden Blocks 6.7

The House of Wooden Blocks

1968
12 Ounces to Glory

12 Ounces to Glory

1960
Eijanaika 6.2

Eijanaika

as Furukawa

1981
A Hardest Night!! 6.1

A Hardest Night!!

2005
Succession 7.7

Succession

as Daisaku Kadota

1992
The Dream of Russia 6.3

The Dream of Russia

as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain

1992
My Soul Is Slashed 6.8

My Soul Is Slashed

as Shutaro Ishikawa

1991
Goodbye Mama 9.0

Goodbye Mama

1991
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors 10.0

The Man Who Wipes Mirrors

2003
The Dropout 6.4

The Dropout

as Seiji Ohtaki

1982
Oración 6.7

Oración

as Senzo Wataumi

1988
The Hidden Blade 7.4

The Hidden Blade

as Chief Retainer Hori

2004
The Samurai I Loved 7.5

The Samurai I Loved

as Maki Sukezaemon

2005
Bōshi

Bōshi

as Shunpei Takayama

2008
The Catch 6.7

The Catch

as Fusajiro

1983
Rainbow Kids 6.7

Rainbow Kids

as Inspector Daigoro Igari

1991
A Long Walk 6.9

A Long Walk

as Matsutaro Yasuda

2006
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze

Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze

1992
A Chaos of Flowers 7.5

A Chaos of Flowers

as Kan Yosano

1988
Autumn Blossoms 10.0

Autumn Blossoms

1999
Ana

Ana

as Toru Mori

1984
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo 6.0

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

as Koga Shiro Samurai

1980
The Wicked 6.7

The Wicked

as Capt. Inoue

1980
Man Walking on Snow 6.1

Man Walking on Snow

as Nobuo Honma

2002
Shingo's Ten Duels

Shingo's Ten Duels

as The narrator

1990
Goodbye Japan 7.0

Goodbye Japan

1995
Memories of You 6.5

Memories of You

1988
A Woman Called En

A Woman Called En

1971
Kokkai e ikô!

Kokkai e ikô!

1993
Film Noir 7.5

Film Noir

as Client

2000
The Sex Check 8.0

The Sex Check

1968
Last Quarter 6.9

Last Quarter

as Doujima

2004
命捧げ候 夢追い坂の決闘

命捧げ候 夢追い坂の決闘

1996
Okinawan Boys 8.0

Okinawan Boys

1983
Miracle Banana

Miracle Banana

as Takashi Yamamura

2005
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry 9.3

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

as Baian Fujieda

1973
Lady with Seven Faces

Lady with Seven Faces

as Scholar

1969
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

as Toyama no Kin-san

1981
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night 10.0

Professional Killers – Assignment by Night

as Baian Fujieda

1974
Time Limit 7.0

Time Limit

2003
Farewell, My Beloved 10.0

Farewell, My Beloved

1969
Totteoki no Seishun

Totteoki no Seishun

1988
Prince Shōtoku

Prince Shōtoku

as Soga no Umako

2001
The Way of Osaka Financing 1 6.0

The Way of Osaka Financing 1

1996
間諜

間諜

1964
Journey Along the Silk Road

Journey Along the Silk Road

2005
The Central Quicksand

The Central Quicksand

1998
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special

Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special

1988
The Song from My Heart 7.0

The Song from My Heart

1969

TV Shows 25

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