Acting · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan · Born July 20, 1937
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
TVGarden of the Wind
2008
as Teizo Shiratori
Bōshi
2008
as Shunpei Takayama
MovieKitaro and the Millennium Curse
2008
as Nurarihyon
MovieLove and Honor
2006
as Magohachiro Kibe
MovieGranny Gabai
2006
as Tofu shop owner
MovieA Long Walk
2006
as Matsutaro Yasuda
MovieA Hardest Night!!
2005
MovieThe Samurai I Loved
2005
as Maki Sukezaemon
MovieMiracle Banana
2005
as Takashi Yamamura
TVRuri's Island
2005
as Yuzo Nakama
MovieJourney Along the Silk Road
2005
MovieThe Hidden Blade
2004
as Chief Retainer Hori
MovieLast Quarter
2004
as Doujima
MovieIzo
2004
as Swordsman
MovieThe Man Who Wipes Mirrors
2003
MovieTime Limit
2003
TVSay Hello to Black Jack
2003
MovieMan Walking on Snow
2002
as Nobuo Honma
MovieSeptember 11
2002
as Villager (segment "Japan")
MoviePrince Shōtoku
2001
as Soga no Umako
TVPrince Shotoku
2001
as Soga no Umako
MovieFilm Noir
2000
as Client
Autumn Blossoms
1999
MovieThe Central Quicksand
1998
TVGift
1997
as Yujiro Kishiwada（岸和田 裕二郎）
TVMouri Motonari
1997
橋の雨
1996
Hachigatsu no Love Song
1996
MovieGonin 2
1996
as Toyama Masamichi
TVSMAP×SMAP
1996
as Skit guest
MovieThe Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
ナニワ金融道
1996
as 金子 高利
MovieGoodbye Japan
1995
MovieThe Pillow Book
1995
as The Father
TVFuruhata Ninzaburo
1994
TVStewardess's Sweetheart
1994
動く壁
1994
MovieKokkai e ikô!
1993
MovieSoyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
1992
MovieSuccession
1992
as Daisaku Kadota
MovieThe Dream of Russia
1992
as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
TVAi wa Doda
1992
MovieMy Soul Is Slashed
1991
as Shutaro Ishikawa
MovieGoodbye Mama
1991
MovieHeat Wave
1991
as Police
MovieRainbow Kids
1991
as Inspector Daigoro Igari
MovieShingo's Ten Duels
1990
as The narrator
MovieCompany Executives
1989
MovieZatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
as Ronin
MovieShogun's Shadow
1989
as Igo Gyobu
MovieThe Peacock King
1988
as Jiku Ajari
MovieA Chaos of Flowers
1988
as Kan Yosano
MovieOración
1988
as Senzo Wataumi
MovieTokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988
MovieMemories of You
1988
MovieTotteoki no Seishun
1988
TVTotteoki no Seishun
1988
MovieTokyo Bordello
1987
as Policeman
MovieZegen
1987
as Iheiji Muraoka
MovieHouse on Fire
1986
as Kazuo Katsura
MovieTracked
1985
as Tokichi Sakane
MovieMishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
as Yukio Mishima
MovieOar
1985
as Iwago Tomita
MovieJugyo Sankan no Onna
1984
as Kyohei Tasaka
MovieAna
1984
as Toru Mori
MovieThe Catch
1983
as Fusajiro
MovieThe Geisha
1983
as Katsuzo
MovieOkinawan Boys
1983
MovieThe Ballad of Narayama
1983
as Tatsuhei
MovieThe Dropout
1982
as Seiji Ohtaki
TVToge no Gunzo
1982
as Yoshio Oishi
MovieEdo Porn
1981
as Hokusai
MovieSamurai Reincarnation
1981
as Musashi Miyamoto
MovieThe Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
1981
as Toyama no Kin-san
MovieScars of the Sun
1981
as Rintaro Motegi (Shuhei's Father)
MovieEijanaika
1981
as Furukawa
MovieThe Wicked
1980
as Capt. Inoue
MovieVirus
1980
as Prof. Tsuchiya
MovieShadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
as Koga Shiro Samurai
TVRed Storm
1979
MovieVengeance Is Mine
1979
as Iwao Enokizu
TVAshura no Gotoku
1979
MovieThe Demon
1978
as Sokichi Takeshita
TVŌgon no Hibi
1978
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
MovieMount Hakkoda
1977
as Corporal Murayama
TVHissatsu Hitchu Shigotoya Kagyou
1975
MovieThe Castle of Sand
1974
as Kenichi Miki
MovieThe Last Samurai
1974
as Nakamura Hanjiro
TVHashū Hankachō
1974
MovieProfessional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
as Baian Fujieda
MovieProfessional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
as Baian Fujieda
TVProfessional Killers
1972
as Baian Fujieda
MovieA Woman Called En
1971
MovieThe Song from My Heart
1969
MovieLady with Seven Faces
1969
as Scholar
MovieSamurai Banners
1969
as Hatanaka Buhei
MovieFarewell, My Beloved
1969
MovieThe House of Wooden Blocks
1968
MovieThe Sex Check
1968
TVMinamoto no Yoshitsune
1966
as Musashibo Benkei
TVTaikouki
1965
as Toyotomi no Hideyoshi
Movie間諜
1964
