Ken Ogata
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 20, 1937
- Died
- Oct 5, 2008 (aged 71)
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
- Credits
- 104
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).
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Known for
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985Movie
Yukio Mishima
The Ballad of Narayama
1983Movie
Tatsuhei
The Pillow Book
1995Movie
The Father
Vengeance Is Mine
1979Movie
Iwao Enokizu
The Hidden Blade
2004Movie
Chief Retainer Hori
September 11
2002Movie
Villager (segment "Japan")
Filmography
Garden of the Wind
2008TV
Teizo Shiratori
Bōshi
2008Movie
Shunpei Takayama
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
2008Movie
Nurarihyon
Love and Honor
2006Movie
Magohachiro Kibe
Granny Gabai
2006Movie
Tofu shop owner
A Long Walk
2006Movie
Matsutaro Yasuda
A Hardest Night!!
2005Movie
The Samurai I Loved
2005Movie
Maki Sukezaemon
Miracle Banana
2005Movie
Takashi Yamamura
Ruri's Island
2005TV
Yuzo Nakama
Journey Along the Silk Road
2005Movie
The Hidden Blade
2004Movie
Chief Retainer Hori
Last Quarter
2004Movie
Doujima
Izo
2004Movie
Swordsman
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
2003Movie
Time Limit
2003Movie
Say Hello to Black Jack
2003TV
Man Walking on Snow
2002Movie
Nobuo Honma
September 11
2002Movie
Villager (segment "Japan")
Prince Shōtoku
2001Movie
Soga no Umako
Prince Shotoku
2001TV
Soga no Umako
Film Noir
2000Movie
Client
Autumn Blossoms
1999Movie
The Central Quicksand
1998Movie
Gift
1997TV
Yujiro Kishiwada（岸和田 裕二郎）
Mouri Motonari
1997TV
橋の雨
1996TV
Hachigatsu no Love Song
1996TV
Gonin 2
1996Movie
Toyama Masamichi
SMAP×SMAP
1996TV
Skit guest, Skit Guest
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996Movie
ナニワ金融道
1996TV
金子 高利
命捧げ候 夢追い坂の決闘
1996Movie
Goodbye Japan
1995Movie
The Pillow Book
1995Movie
The Father
Furuhata Ninzaburo
1994TV
Stewardess's Sweetheart
1994TV
動く壁
1994TV
Kokkai e ikô!
1993Movie
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
1992Movie
Succession
1992Movie
Daisaku Kadota
The Dream of Russia
1992Movie
Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
Ai wa Doda
1992TV
My Soul Is Slashed
1991Movie
Shutaro Ishikawa
Goodbye Mama
1991Movie
Heat Wave
1991Movie
Police
Rainbow Kids
1991Movie
Inspector Daigoro Igari
Shingo's Ten Duels
1990Movie
The narrator
Company Executives
1989Movie
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989Movie
Ronin
Shogun's Shadow
1989Movie
Igo Gyobu
The Peacock King
1988Movie
Jiku Ajari
A Chaos of Flowers
1988Movie
Kan Yosano
Oración
1988Movie
Senzo Wataumi
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988Movie
Memories of You
1988Movie
Totteoki no Seishun
1988Movie
Totteoki no Seishun
1988TV
Tokyo Bordello
1987Movie
Policeman
Zegen
1987Movie
Iheiji Muraoka
House on Fire
1986Movie
Kazuo Katsura
Tracked
1985Movie
Tokichi Sakane
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985Movie
Yukio Mishima
Oar
1985Movie
Iwago Tomita
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
1984Movie
Kyohei Tasaka
Ana
1984Movie
Toru Mori
The Catch
1983Movie
Fusajiro
The Geisha
1983Movie
Katsuzo
Okinawan Boys
1983Movie
The Ballad of Narayama
1983Movie
Tatsuhei
The Dropout
1982Movie
Seiji Ohtaki
Toge no Gunzo
1982TV
Yoshio Oishi
Edo Porn
1981Movie
Hokusai
Samurai Reincarnation
1981Movie
Musashi Miyamoto
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
1981Movie
Toyama no Kin-san
Scars of the Sun
1981Movie
Rintaro Motegi (Shuhei's Father)
Eijanaika
1981Movie
Furukawa
The Wicked
1980Movie
Capt. Inoue
Virus
1980Movie
Prof. Tsuchiya
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980Movie
Koga Shiro Samurai
Red Storm
1979TV
Vengeance Is Mine
1979Movie
Iwao Enokizu
Ashura no Gotoku
1979TV
The Demon
1978Movie
Sokichi Takeshita
Ōgon no Hibi
1978TV
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Mount Hakkoda
1977Movie
Corporal Murayama
Hissatsu Hitchu Shigotoya Kagyou
1975TV
The Castle of Sand
1974Movie
Kenichi Miki
The Last Samurai
1974Movie
Nakamura Hanjiro
Hashū Hankachō
1974TV
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974Movie
Baian Fujieda
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973Movie
Baian Fujieda
Professional Killers
1972TV
Baian Fujieda
A Woman Called En
1971Movie
The Song from My Heart
1969Movie
Lady with Seven Faces
1969Movie
Scholar
Samurai Banners
1969Movie
Hatanaka Buhei
Farewell, My Beloved
1969Movie
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968Movie
The Sex Check
1968Movie
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1966TV
Musashibo Benkei
Taikouki
1965TV
Toyotomi no Hideyoshi
間諜
1964Movie
12 Ounces to Glory
1960Movie