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