Ken Ogata
Born July 20, 1937 (Age: 88)
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Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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
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
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Filmography
Journey Along the Silk Road
2005
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as
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Age: 67
Last Quarter
2004
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as Doujima
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Age: 67
Man Walking on Snow
2002
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as Nobuo Honma
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Age: 65
September 11
2002
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as Villager (segment "Japan")
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Age: 65
Prince Shōtoku
2001
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as Soga no Umako
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Age: 64
Film Noir
2000
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as Client
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Age: 63
No Image
Autumn Blossoms
1999
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Age: 62
The Central Quicksand
1998
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as
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Age: 61
Gonin 2
1996
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as Toyama Masamichi
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Age: 58
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
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as
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Age: 58
Kokkai e ikô!
1993
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as
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Age: 55
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
1992
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Age: 55
Succession
1992
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as Daisaku Kadota
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Age: 55
The Dream of Russia
1992
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as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
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Age: 54
My Soul Is Slashed
1991
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as Shutaro Ishikawa
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Age: 53
Goodbye Mama
1991
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Age: 53
Heat Wave
1991
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as Police
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Age: 53
Rainbow Kids
1991
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as Inspector Daigoro Igari
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Age: 53
Shingo's Ten Duels
1990
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as The narrator
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Age: 52
Company Executives
1989
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as
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Age: 51
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
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as Ronin
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Age: 51
Shogun's Shadow
1989
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as Igo Gyobu
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Age: 51
The Peacock King
1988
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as Jiku Ajari
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Age: 51
A Chaos of Flowers
1988
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as Kan Yosano
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Age: 51
Oración
1988
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as Senzo Wataumi
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Age: 51
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988
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as
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Age: 50
Memories of You
1988
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as
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Age: 50
Totteoki no Seishun
1988
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Age: 50
Tokyo Bordello
1987
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as Policeman
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Age: 49
Zegen
1987
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as Iheiji Muraoka
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Age: 49
Tracked
1985
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as Tokichi Sakane
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Age: 48
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
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as Yukio Mishima
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Age: 48
Oar
1985
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as Iwago Tomita
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Age: 47
Edo Porn
1981
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as Hokusai
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Age: 44
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
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as Musashi Miyamoto
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Age: 43
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
1981
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as Toyama no Kin-san
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Age: 43
Scars of the Sun
1981
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as Shuhei's Father
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Age: 43
Why Not?
1981
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as Furukawa
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Age: 43
The Wicked
1980
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as Capt. Inoue
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Age: 42
Virus
1980
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as Prof. Tsuchiya
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Age: 42
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
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as Koga Shiro Samurai
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Age: 42
The Demon
1978
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as Sokichi Takeshita
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Age: 41
The Castle of Sand
1974
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as Kenichi Miki
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Age: 37
The Last Samurai
1974
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as Nakamura Hanjiro
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Age: 37
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
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as Baian Fujieda
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Age: 36
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
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as Baian Fujieda
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Age: 36
A Woman Called En
1971
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Age: 33
Waga koi waga uta
1969
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Age: 32
Lady with Seven Faces
1969
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as Scholar
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Age: 31
Samurai Banners
1969
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as Hatanaka Buhei
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Age: 31
Farewell, My Beloved
1969
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Age: 31
間諜
1964
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Age: 27