Cast
Ken Ogata
Acting
Cast
Ken Ogata
Known for
Acting
Born
1937-07-20
From
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died
2008-10-05
Also known as Кэн Огата, 오가타 켄, 绪形拳
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
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
as Yukio Mishima
The Ballad of Narayama
as Tatsuhei
Edo Porn
as Hokusai
Tracked
as Tokichi Sakane
The Peacock King
as Jiku Ajari
Virus
as Prof. Tsuchiya
The Pillow Book
as The Father
House on Fire
as Kazuo Katsura
Izo
as Swordsman
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
as Ronin
Oar
as Iwago Tomita
Mount Hakkoda
as Corporal Murayama
Vengeance Is Mine
as Iwao Enokizu
Samurai Reincarnation
as Musashi Miyamoto
Love and Honor
as Magohachiro Kibe
Shogun's Shadow
as Igo Gyobu
Tokyo Bordello
as Policeman
September 11
as Villager (segment "Japan")
Gonin 2
as Toyama Masamichi
Heat Wave
as Police
Succession
as Daisaku Kadota
Samurai Banners
as Hatanaka Buhei
The Geisha
as Katsuzo
The Castle of Sand
as Kenichi Miki
Eijanaika
as Furukawa
Shingo's Ten Duels
as The narrator
A Hardest Night!!
The Wicked
as Capt. Inoue
The House of Wooden Blocks
The Demon
as Sokichi Takeshita
The Hidden Blade
as Chief Retainer Hori
Zegen
as Iheiji Muraoka
Scars of the Sun
as Rintaro Motegi (Shuhei's Father)
間諜
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
as Nurarihyon
A Chaos of Flowers
as Kan Yosano
Goodbye Mama
Rainbow Kids
as Inspector Daigoro Igari
Granny Gabai
as Tofu shop owner
The Sex Check
Prince Shōtoku
as Soga no Umako
Last Quarter
as Doujima
Oración
as Senzo Wataumi
The Last Samurai
as Nakamura Hanjiro
The Catch
as Fusajiro
The Dream of Russia
as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
A Long Walk
as Matsutaro Yasuda
The Dropout
as Seiji Ohtaki
The Samurai I Loved
as Maki Sukezaemon
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
as Koga Shiro Samurai
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
as Baian Fujieda
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
My Soul Is Slashed
as Shutaro Ishikawa
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
as Kyohei Tasaka
Memories of You
Company Executives
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
as Toyama no Kin-san
Kokkai e ikô!
Lady with Seven Faces
as Scholar
Autumn Blossoms
Time Limit
Farewell, My Beloved
Miracle Banana
as Takashi Yamamura
Ana
as Toru Mori
A Woman Called En
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
as Baian Fujieda
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
Okinawan Boys
Man Walking on Snow
as Nobuo Honma
Bōshi
as Shunpei Takayama
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
Journey Along the Silk Road
The Central Quicksand
Goodbye Japan
Totteoki no Seishun
Film Noir
as Client
