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Ken Ogata
Born · July 20, 1937
Died · October 5, 2008 (71 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Bio
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
Garden of the Wind
Teizo Shiratori · (11 episodes)
0.0
2008
Bōshi
Shunpei Takayama
0.0
2008
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
Nurarihyon
4.9
2008
Love and Honor
Magohachiro Kibe
7.5
2006
Granny Gabai
Tofu shop owner
7.3
2006
A Long Walk
Matsutaro Yasuda
7.0
2006
A Hardest Night!!
6.2
2005
The Samurai I Loved
Maki Sukezaemon
7.1
2005
Miracle Banana
Takashi Yamamura
0.0
2005
Ruri's Island
Yuzo Nakama · (10 episodes)
9.0
2005
Journey Along the Silk Road
0.0
2005
The Hidden Blade
Chief Retainer Hori
7.4
2004
Last Quarter
Doujima
6.2
2004
Izo
Swordsman
6.1
2004
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
0.0
2003
Time Limit
5.0
2003
11’09”01—September 11
Villager (segment "Japan")
6.4
2002
Prince Shotoku
Soga no Umako · (2 episodes)
6.0
2001
Man Walking on Snow
Nobuo Honma
5.7
2001
Film Noir
Client
7.0
2000
Autumn Blossoms
0.0
1999
古畑任三郎 黒岩博士の恐怖
0.0
1999
The Central Quicksand
0.0
1998
Gift
Yujiro Kishiwada（岸和田 裕二郎） · (1 episode)
6.0
1997
Mouri Motonari
(50 episodes)
0.0
1997
橋の雨
(1 episode)
0.0
1996
Hachigatsu no Love Song
(11 episodes)
0.0
1996
Gonin 2
Toyama Masamichi
7.0
1996
SMAP×SMAP
Skit guest · (1 episode)
8.5
1996
SMAP×SMAP
Skit Guest · (1 episode)
8.5
1996
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
6.0
1996
ナニワ金融道
金子 高利 · (6 episodes)
6.0
1996
Goodbye Japan
0.0
1995
The Pillow Book
The Father
6.4
1995
Furuhata Ninzaburo
(1 episode)
8.9
1994
Stewardess's Sweetheart
(12 episodes)
0.0
1994
動く壁
(1 episode)
0.0
1994
Kokkai e ikô!
0.0
1993
Succession
Daisaku Kadota
6.0
1992
The Dream of Russia
Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
6.8
1992
Ai wa Doda
(11 episodes)
0.0
1992
My Soul Is Slashed
Shutaro Ishikawa
6.0
1991
Goodbye Mama
0.0
1991
Heat Wave
Police
5.8
1991
Rainbow Kids
Inspector Daigoro Igari
6.3
1991
Shingo's Ten Duels
The narrator
0.0
1990
Company Executives
6.0
1989
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
6.4
1989
Shogun's Shadow
Igo Gyobu
6.8
1989
The Peacock King
Jiku Ajari
6.6
1988
A Chaos of Flowers
Kan Yosano
8.0
1988
Oración
Senzo Wataumi
6.0
1988
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
0.0
1988
Memories of You
0.0
1988
Totteoki no Seishun
0.0
1988
Tokyo Bordello
5.3
1987
Zegen
Iheiji Muraoka
6.4
1987
House on Fire
Kazuo Katsura
4.6
1986
Tracked
Tokichi Sakane
5.6
1985
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")
7.8
1985
Oar
Iwago Tomita
5.7
1985
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
Kyohei Tasaka
0.0
1984
Ana
Toru Mori
0.0
1984
The Catch
Fusajiro Kohama
6.2
1983
The Geisha
Katsuzo
6.4
1983
Okinawan Boys
0.0
1983
The Ballad of Narayama
Tatsuhei
7.5
1983
The Dropout
Seiji Ohtaki
6.0
1982
Toge no Gunzo
Yoshio Oishi · (50 episodes)
0.0
1982
Edo Porn
Hokusai
6.1
1981
Samurai Reincarnation
Musashi Miyamoto
5.9
1981
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
Toyama no Kin-san
0.0
1981
Why Not?
Furukawa
6.4
1981
The Wicked
7.2
1980
Virus
Prof. Tsuchiya
6.3
1980
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Koga Shiro Samurai
8.0
1980
Akai Arashi
(1 episode)
0.0
1979
Vengeance Is Mine
Iwao Enokizu
7.5
1979
Ashura no Gotoku
(3 episodes)
1.0
1979
The Demon
Sokichi Takeshita
6.5
1978
Ōgon no Hibi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi · (51 episodes)
0.0
1978
Mount Hakkoda
Corporal Murayama
6.8
1977
The Castle of Sand
Kenichi Miki
7.3
1974
The Last Samurai
Nakamura Hanjiro
7.8
1974
Hashū Hankachō
(13 episodes)
0.0
1974
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Baian Fujieda
10.0
1974
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Baian Fujieda
9.0
1973
必殺仕掛人（ＴＶシリーズ）
(1 episode)
0.0
1972
Professional Killers
Baian Fujieda · (33 episodes)
7.0
1972
A Woman Called En
0.0
1971
Lady with Seven Faces
Scholar
0.0
1969
Samurai Banners
Hatanaka Buhei
7.4
1969
Farewell, My Beloved
0.0
1969
The House of Wooden Blocks
0.0
1968
The Sex Check
0.0
1968
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Musashibo Benkei · (52 episodes)
0.0
1966
Taikouki
Toyotomi no Hideyoshi · (52 episodes)
0.0
1965