Ken Ogata
Acting • Born 1937-07-20 – Died 2008-10-05
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
Filmography
103 credits
Love and Honor
Movie • 2006
Magohachiro Kibe
Tokyo Bordello
Movie • 1987
Policeman
The Pillow Book
Movie • 1995
The Father
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Movie • 1985
Yukio Mishima
The Ballad of Narayama
Movie • 1983
Tatsuhei
Vengeance Is Mine
Movie • 1979
Iwao Enokizu
Gonin 2
Movie • 1996
Toyama Masamichi
The Geisha
Movie • 1983
Katsuzo
The Last Samurai
Movie • 1974
Nakamura Hanjiro
Samurai Reincarnation
Movie • 1981
Musashi Miyamoto
The Samurai I Loved
Movie • 2005
Maki Sukezaemon
Edo Porn
Movie • 1981
Hokusai
Shogun's Shadow
Movie • 1989
Igo Gyobu
Heat Wave
Movie • 1991
Police
Tracked
Movie • 1985
Tokichi Sakane
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
Movie • 1988
Mount Hakkoda
Movie • 1977
Corporal Murayama
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
Movie • 1981
Toyama no Kin-san
Oar
Movie • 1985
Iwago Tomita
Film Noir
Movie • 2000
Client
The Demon
Movie • 1978
Sokichi Takeshita
Miracle Banana
Movie • 2005
Takashi Yamamura
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Movie • 1980
Koga Shiro Samurai
A Hardest Night!!
Movie • 2005
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
Movie • 2008
Nurarihyon
The Catch
Movie • 1983
Fusajiro
A Woman Called En
Movie • 1971
A Long Walk
Movie • 2006
Matsutaro Yasuda
Totteoki no Seishun
Movie • 1988
Autumn Blossoms
Movie • 1999
Man Walking on Snow
Movie • 2002
Nobuo Honma
Kokkai e ikô!
Movie • 1993
Goodbye Japan
Movie • 1995
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
Movie • 1996
The Dream of Russia
Movie • 1992
Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
The Peacock King
Movie • 1988
Jiku Ajari
Why Not?
Movie • 1981
Furukawa
Journey Along the Silk Road
Movie • 2005
Zegen
Movie • 1987
Iheiji Muraoka
House on Fire
Movie • 1986
Kazuo Katsura
My Soul Is Slashed
Movie • 1991
Shutaro Ishikawa
Bōshi
Movie • 2008
Shunpei Takayama
The Castle of Sand
Movie • 1974
Kenichi Miki
A Chaos of Flowers
Movie • 1988
Kan Yosano
The House of Wooden Blocks
Movie • 1968
The Sex Check
Movie • 1968
Memories of You
Movie • 1988
Rainbow Kids
Movie • 1991
Inspector Daigoro Igari
Shingo's Ten Duels
Movie • 1990
The narrator
Company Executives
Movie • 1989
The Dropout
Movie • 1982
Seiji Ohtaki
Virus
Movie • 1980
Prof. Tsuchiya
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Movie • 1973
Baian Fujieda
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Movie • 1974
Baian Fujieda
Oración
Movie • 1988
Senzo Wataumi
Farewell, My Beloved
Movie • 1969
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Movie • 1989
Ronin
September 11
Movie • 2002
Villager (segment "Japan")
Izo
Movie • 2004
Swordsman
Last Quarter
Movie • 2004
Doujima
Lady with Seven Faces
Movie • 1969
Scholar
Okinawan Boys
Movie • 1983
Goodbye Mama
Movie • 1991
Samurai Banners
Movie • 1969
Hatanaka Buhei
The Hidden Blade
Movie • 2004
Chief Retainer Hori
Time Limit
Movie • 2003
The Wicked
Movie • 1980
Capt. Inoue
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
Movie • 1984
Kyohei Tasaka
Ana
Movie • 1984
Toru Mori
Succession
Movie • 1992
Daisaku Kadota
Granny Gabai
Movie • 2006
Tofu shop owner
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
Movie • 2003
The Central Quicksand
Movie • 1998
Scars of the Sun
Movie • 1981
Shuhei's Father
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
Movie • 1992
間諜
Movie • 1964
Prince Shōtoku
Movie • 2001
Soga no Umako
Waga koi waga uta
Movie • 1969
Toge no Gunzo
TV • 1982
Yoshio Oishi
Ōgon no Hibi
TV • 1978
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
TV • 1966
Musashibo Benkei
Taikouki
TV • 1965
Toyotomi no Hideyoshi
Ruri's Island
TV • 2005
Yuzo Nakama
Furuhata Ninzaburo
TV • 1994
Hachigatsu no Love Song
TV • 1996
Stewardess's Sweetheart
TV • 1994
Mouri Motonari
TV • 1997
Ai wa Doda
TV • 1992
Red Storm
TV • 1979
Garden of the Wind
TV • 2008
Teizo Shiratori
橋の雨
TV • 1996
SMAP×SMAP
TV • 1996
Skit guest
SMAP×SMAP
TV • 1996
Skit Guest
Gift
TV • 1997
Yujiro Kishiwada（岸和田 裕二郎）
ナニワ金融道
TV • 1996
金子 高利
Prince Shotoku
TV • 2001
Soga no Umako
Ashura no Gotoku
TV • 1979
動く壁
TV • 1994
Professional Killers
TV • 1972
Baian Fujieda
Hashū Hankachō
TV • 1974
Hissatsu Hitchu Shigotoya Kagyou
TV • 1975
Totteoki no Seishun
TV • 1988
Say Hello to Black Jack
TV • 2003