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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 20, 1937
Died
October 5, 2008
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
- Кэн Огата
- 오가타 켄
- 绪形拳
- Ken Ogata
- Akinobu Ogata
Ken Ogata
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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
Known For
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Teizo Shiratori
Garden of the Wind
2008
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Shunpei Takayama
Bōshi
2008
4.9
Nurarihyon
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
2008
7.4
Magohachiro Kibe
Love and Honor
2006
7.3
Tofu shop owner
Granny Gabai
2006
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Matsutaro Yasuda
A Long Walk
2006
6.2
A Hardest Night!!
2005
7.1
Maki Sukezaemon
The Samurai I Loved
2005
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Takashi Yamamura
Miracle Banana
2005
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Yuzo Nakama
Ruri's Island
2005
Credits
Garden of the Wind
as Teizo Shiratori
2008
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Bōshi
as Shunpei Takayama
2008
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Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
as Nurarihyon
2008
4.9
Love and Honor
as Magohachiro Kibe
2006
7.4
Granny Gabai
as Tofu shop owner
2006
7.3
A Long Walk
as Matsutaro Yasuda
2006
7.0
A Hardest Night!!
2005
6.2
The Samurai I Loved
as Maki Sukezaemon
2005
7.1
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Miracle Banana
as Takashi Yamamura
2005
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Ruri's Island
as Yuzo Nakama
2005
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Journey Along the Silk Road
2005
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The Hidden Blade
as Chief Retainer Hori
2004
7.4
Last Quarter
as Doujima
2004
6.2
Izo
as Swordsman
2004
6.1
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
2003
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Time Limit
2003
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11’09”01—September 11
as Villager (segment "Japan")
2002
6.4
Prince Shotoku
as Soga no Umako
2001
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Man Walking on Snow
as Nobuo Honma
2001
5.7
Film Noir
as Client
2000
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Autumn Blossoms
1999
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The Central Quicksand
1998
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Gift
as Yujiro Kishiwada（岸和田 裕二郎）
1997
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Mouri Motonari
1997
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橋の雨
1996
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Hachigatsu no Love Song
1996
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Gonin 2
as Toyama Masamichi
1996
7.0
SMAP×SMAP
as Skit guest
1996
8.5
SMAP×SMAP
as Skit Guest
1996
8.5
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ナニワ金融道
as 金子 高利
1996
6.0
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
6.0
Goodbye Japan
1995
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The Pillow Book
as The Father
1995
6.4
Furuhata Ninzaburo
1994
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Stewardess's Sweetheart
1994
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動く壁
1994
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Kokkai e ikô!
1993
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Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
1992
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Succession
as Daisaku Kadota
1992
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The Dream of Russia
as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
1992
6.2
Ai wa Doda
1992
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My Soul Is Slashed
as Shutaro Ishikawa
1991
6.0
Goodbye Mama
1991
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Heat Wave
as Police
1991
5.9
Rainbow Kids
as Inspector Daigoro Igari
1991
6.4
Shingo's Ten Duels
as The narrator
1990
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Company Executives
1989
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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
6.4
Shogun's Shadow
as Igo Gyobu
1989
6.9
The Peacock King
as Jiku Ajari
1988
6.0
A Chaos of Flowers
as Kan Yosano
1988
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Oración
as Senzo Wataumi
1988
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Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988
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Memories of You
1988
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Totteoki no Seishun
1988
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Tokyo Bordello
1987
5.3
Zegen
as Iheiji Muraoka
1987
6.5
House on Fire
as Kazuo Katsura
1986
4.8
Tracked
as Tokichi Sakane
1985
5.6
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
as Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")
1985
7.8
Oar
as Iwago Tomita
1985
5.7
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
as Kyohei Tasaka
1984
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Ana
as Toru Mori
1984
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The Catch
as Fusajiro Kohama
1983
6.2
The Geisha
as Katsuzo
1983
6.4
Okinawan Boys
1983
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The Ballad of Narayama
as Tatsuhei
1983
7.5
The Dropout
as Seiji Ohtaki
1982
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Toge no Gunzo
as Yoshio Oishi
1982
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Edo Porn
as Hokusai
1981
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Samurai Reincarnation
as Musashi Miyamoto
1981
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The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
as Toyama no Kin-san
1981
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Scars of the Sun
as Shuhei's Father
1981
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Why Not?
as Furukawa
1981
6.4
The Wicked
1980
6.0
Virus
as Prof. Tsuchiya
1980
6.3
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
as Koga Shiro Samurai
1980
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Akai Arashi
1979
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Vengeance Is Mine
as Iwao Enokizu
1979
7.5
Ashura no Gotoku
1979
5.0
The Demon
as Sokichi Takeshita
1978
6.5
Ōgon no Hibi
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1978
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Mount Hakkoda
as Corporal Murayama
1977
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必殺必中仕事屋稼業
1975
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The Castle of Sand
as Kenichi Miki
1974
7.4
The Last Samurai
as Nakamura Hanjiro
1974
7.8
Hashū Hankachō
1974
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Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
as Baian Fujieda
1974
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Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
as Baian Fujieda
1973
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Professional Killers
as Baian Fujieda
1972
7.3
必殺仕掛人（ＴＶシリーズ）
1972
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A Woman Called En
1971
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Lady with Seven Faces
as Scholar
1969
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Samurai Banners
as Hatanaka Buhei
1969
7.5
Farewell, My Beloved
1969
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The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
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The Sex Check
1968
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Minamoto no Yoshitsune
as Musashibo Benkei
1966
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Taikouki
as Toyotomi no Hideyoshi
1965
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間諜
1964
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