Ken Ogata
80 movies · 24 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 20, 1937
- Died
- Oct 5, 2008 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- Кэн Огата · 오가타 켄 · 绪形拳 · Ken Ogata
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.
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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).
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Ken Ogata: movies and TV shows
Acting (104)
- 2008
- 2008 Bōshi
as Shunpei Takayama
- 2008 Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
as Nurarihyon
- 2006 Love and Honor
as Magohachiro Kibe
- 2006 Granny Gabai
as Tofu shop owner
- 2006 A Long Walk
as Matsutaro Yasuda
- 2005
- 2005 The Samurai I Loved
as Maki Sukezaemon
- 2005 Miracle Banana
as Takashi Yamamura
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004 The Hidden Blade
as Chief Retainer Hori
- 2004 Last Quarter
as Doujima
- 2004 Izo
as Swordsman
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002 Man Walking on Snow
as Nobuo Honma
- 2002 September 11
as Villager (segment "Japan")
- 2001 Prince Shōtoku
as Soga no Umako
- 2001
- 2000 Film Noir
as Client
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1997
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996 Gonin 2
as Toyama Masamichi
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996
- 1995
- 1995 The Pillow Book
as The Father
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1992 Succession
as Daisaku Kadota
- 1992 The Dream of Russia
as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
- 1992
- 1991 My Soul Is Slashed
as Shutaro Ishikawa
- 1991
- 1991 Heat Wave
as Police
- 1991 Rainbow Kids
as Inspector Daigoro Igari
- 1990 Shingo's Ten Duels
as The narrator
- 1989
- 1989 Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
as Ronin
- 1989 Shogun's Shadow
as Igo Gyobu
- 1988 The Peacock King
as Jiku Ajari
- 1988 A Chaos of Flowers
as Kan Yosano
- 1988 Oración
as Senzo Wataumi
- 1988
- 1988
- 1988
- 1988
- 1987 Tokyo Bordello
as Policeman
- 1987 Zegen
as Iheiji Muraoka
- 1986 House on Fire
as Kazuo Katsura
- 1985 Tracked
as Tokichi Sakane
- 1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
as Yukio Mishima
- 1985 Oar
as Iwago Tomita
- 1984 Jugyo Sankan no Onna
as Kyohei Tasaka
- 1984 Ana
as Toru Mori
- 1983 The Catch
as Fusajiro
- 1983 The Geisha
as Katsuzo
- 1983
- 1983 The Ballad of Narayama
as Tatsuhei
- 1982 The Dropout
as Seiji Ohtaki
- 1982
- 1981 Edo Porn
as Hokusai
- 1981 Samurai Reincarnation
as Musashi Miyamoto
- 1981 The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
as Toyama no Kin-san
- 1981 Scars of the Sun
as Rintaro Motegi (Shuhei's Father)
- 1981 Eijanaika
as Furukawa
- 1980 The Wicked
as Capt. Inoue
- 1980 Virus
as Prof. Tsuchiya
- 1980 Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
as Koga Shiro Samurai
- 1979
- 1979 Vengeance Is Mine
as Iwao Enokizu
- 1979
- 1978 The Demon
as Sokichi Takeshita
- 1978
- 1977 Mount Hakkoda
as Corporal Murayama
- 1975
- 1974 The Castle of Sand
as Kenichi Miki
- 1974 The Last Samurai
as Nakamura Hanjiro
- 1974
- 1974 Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
as Baian Fujieda
- 1973 Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
as Baian Fujieda
- 1972
- 1971
- 1969
- 1969 Lady with Seven Faces
as Scholar
- 1969 Samurai Banners
as Hatanaka Buhei
- 1969
- 1968
- 1968
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964
- 1960