Ken Ogata
Born
July 20, 1937
Died
October 5, 2008 (71 years old)
Known For
Acting
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).
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Known For
Garden of the Wind
Teizo Shiratori · (11 episodes)
2008
Bōshi
Shunpei Takayama
2008
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
Nurarihyon
2008
Love and Honor
Magohachiro Kibe
2006
Granny Gabai
Tofu shop owner
2006
A Long Walk
Matsutaro Yasuda
2006
A Hardest Night!!
2005
The Samurai I Loved
Maki Sukezaemon
2005
Miracle Banana
Takashi Yamamura
2005
Ruri's Island
Yuzo Nakama · (10 episodes)
2005
Journey Along the Silk Road
2005
The Hidden Blade
Chief Retainer Hori
2004
Last Quarter
Doujima
2004
Izo
Swordsman
2004
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
2003
Time Limit
2003
11’09”01—September 11
Villager (segment "Japan")
2002
Prince Shotoku
Soga no Umako · (2 episodes)
2001
Man Walking on Snow
Nobuo Honma
2001
Film Noir
Client
2000
Autumn Blossoms
1999
The Central Quicksand
1998
Gift
Yujiro Kishiwada（岸和田 裕二郎） · (1 episode)
1997
Mouri Motonari
(50 episodes)
1997
橋の雨
(1 episode)
1996
Hachigatsu no Love Song
(11 episodes)
1996
Gonin 2
Toyama Masamichi
1996
SMAP×SMAP
Skit guest · (1 episode)
1996
SMAP×SMAP
Skit Guest · (1 episode)
1996
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
ナニワ金融道
金子 高利 · (6 episodes)
1996
Goodbye Japan
1995
The Pillow Book
The Father
1995
Furuhata Ninzaburo
(1 episode)
1994
Stewardess's Sweetheart
(12 episodes)
1994
動く壁
(1 episode)
1994
Kokkai e ikô!
1993
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
1992
Succession
Daisaku Kadota
1992
The Dream of Russia
Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
1992
Ai wa Doda
(11 episodes)
1992
My Soul Is Slashed
Shutaro Ishikawa
1991
Goodbye Mama
1991
Heat Wave
Police
1991
Rainbow Kids
Inspector Daigoro Igari
1991
Shingo's Ten Duels
The narrator
1990
Company Executives
1989
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
Shogun's Shadow
Igo Gyobu
1989
The Peacock King
Jiku Ajari
1988
A Chaos of Flowers
Kan Yosano
1988
Oración
Senzo Wataumi
1988
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988
Memories of You
1988
Totteoki no Seishun
1988
Totteoki no Seishun
(10 episodes)
1988
Tokyo Bordello
1987
Zegen
Iheiji Muraoka
1987
House on Fire
Kazuo Katsura
1986
Tracked
Tokichi Sakane
1985
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Yukio Mishima
1985
Oar
Iwago Tomita
1985
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
Kyohei Tasaka
1984
Ana
Toru Mori
1984
The Catch
Fusajiro Kohama
1983
The Geisha
Katsuzo
1983
Okinawan Boys
1983
The Ballad of Narayama
Tatsuhei
1983
The Dropout
Seiji Ohtaki
1982
Toge no Gunzo
Yoshio Oishi · (50 episodes)
1982
Edo Porn
Hokusai
1981
Samurai Reincarnation
Musashi Miyamoto
1981
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
Toyama no Kin-san
1981
Scars of the Sun
Shuhei's Father
1981
Why Not?
Furukawa
1981
The Wicked
1980
Virus
Prof. Tsuchiya
1980
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Koga Shiro Samurai
1980
Akai Arashi
(1 episode)
1979
Vengeance Is Mine
Iwao Enokizu
1979
Ashura no Gotoku
(3 episodes)
1979
The Demon
Sokichi Takeshita
1978
Ōgon no Hibi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi · (51 episodes)
1978
Mount Hakkoda
Corporal Murayama
1977
必殺必中仕事屋稼業
(1 episode)
1975
The Castle of Sand
Kenichi Miki
1974
The Last Samurai
Nakamura Hanjiro
1974
Hashū Hankachō
(13 episodes)
1974
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Baian Fujieda
1974
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Baian Fujieda
1973
必殺仕掛人（ＴＶシリーズ）
(1 episode)
1972
Professional Killers
Baian Fujieda · (33 episodes)
1972
A Woman Called En
1971
Lady with Seven Faces
Scholar
1969
Samurai Banners
Hatanaka Buhei
1969
Farewell, My Beloved
1969
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
The Sex Check
1968
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Musashibo Benkei · (52 episodes)
1966
Taikouki
Toyotomi no Hideyoshi · (52 episodes)
1965
間諜
1964