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Ken Ogata‌

Gender

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Birthday

calendar1937-07-20

Popularity

star5.5

Ken Ogata

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Ken Ogata

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1937-07-20

Popularity

star5.5

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​

Movie Credits

Love and Honor

Love and Honor‌
star7.4
calendar 2006

Tokyo Bordello

Tokyo Bordello‌
star5.3
calendar 1987

The Pillow Book

The Pillow Book‌
star6.4
calendar 1995

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters‌
star7.8
calendar 1985

The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama‌
star7.5
calendar 1983

Vengeance Is Mine

Vengeance Is Mine‌
star7.5
calendar 1979

Gonin 2

Gonin 2‌
star6.9
calendar 1996

The Geisha

The Geisha‌
star6.4
calendar 1983

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai‌
star7.8
calendar 1974

Samurai Reincarnation

Samurai Reincarnation‌
star5.9
calendar 1981

The Samurai I Loved

The Samurai I Loved‌
star7.1
calendar 2005

Edo Porn

Edo Porn‌
star6.1
calendar 1981

Shogun's Shadow

Shogun's Shadow‌
star6.8
calendar 1989

Heat Wave

Heat Wave‌
star5.8
calendar 1991

Tracked

Tracked‌
star5.6
calendar 1985

Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special

Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

Mount Hakkoda

Mount Hakkoda‌
star6.8
calendar 1977

The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

Oar

Oar‌
star5.7
calendar 1985

Film Noir

Film Noir‌
star7.0
calendar 2000

The Demon

The Demon‌
star6.4
calendar 1978

Miracle Banana

Miracle Banana‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo‌
star8.0
calendar 1980

A Hardest Night!!

A Hardest Night!!‌
star6.2
calendar 2005

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse‌
star4.9
calendar 2008

The Catch

The Catch‌
star6.2
calendar 1983

A Woman Called En

A Woman Called En‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

A Long Walk

A Long Walk‌
star7.0
calendar 2006

Totteoki no Seishun

Totteoki no Seishun‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

Autumn Blossoms

Autumn Blossoms‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Man Walking on Snow

Man Walking on Snow‌
star5.7
calendar 2001

Kokkai e ikô!

Kokkai e ikô!‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Goodbye Japan

Goodbye Japan‌
star0.0
calendar 1995

The Way of Osaka Financing 1

The Way of Osaka Financing 1‌
star6.0
calendar 1996

The Dream of Russia

The Dream of Russia‌
star6.8
calendar 1992

The Peacock King

The Peacock King‌
star6.6
calendar 1988

Why Not?

Why Not?‌
star6.4
calendar 1981

Journey Along the Silk Road

Journey Along the Silk Road‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Zegen

Zegen‌
star6.4
calendar 1987

House on Fire

House on Fire‌
star4.6
calendar 1986

My Soul Is Slashed

My Soul Is Slashed‌
star6.0
calendar 1991

Bōshi

Bōshi‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

The Castle of Sand

The Castle of Sand‌
star7.3
calendar 1974

A Chaos of Flowers

A Chaos of Flowers‌
star8.0
calendar 1988

The House of Wooden Blocks

The House of Wooden Blocks‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

The Sex Check

The Sex Check‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

Memories of You

Memories of You‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

Rainbow Kids

Rainbow Kids‌
star6.3
calendar 1991

Shingo's Ten Duels

Shingo's Ten Duels‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

Company Executives

Company Executives‌
star6.0
calendar 1989

古畑任三郎 黒岩博士の恐怖

古畑任三郎 黒岩博士の恐怖‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

The Dropout

The Dropout‌
star6.0
calendar 1982

Virus

Virus‌
star6.4
calendar 1980

Professional Killers – Assignment by Night

Professional Killers – Assignment by Night‌
star10.0
calendar 1974

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry‌
star9.0
calendar 1973

Oracion

Oracion‌
star6.0
calendar 1988

Farewell, My Beloved

Farewell, My Beloved‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally‌
star6.4
calendar 1989

11’09”01—September 11

11’09”01—September 11‌
star6.5
calendar 2002

Izo

Izo‌
star6.0
calendar 2004

Last Quarter

Last Quarter‌
star6.2
calendar 2004

Lady with Seven Faces

Lady with Seven Faces‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Okinawan Boys

Okinawan Boys‌
star0.0
calendar 1983

Goodbye Mama

Goodbye Mama‌
star0.0
calendar 1991

Samurai Banners

Samurai Banners‌
star7.5
calendar 1969

The Hidden Blade

The Hidden Blade‌
star7.4
calendar 2004

Time Limit

Time Limit‌
star5.0
calendar 2003

The Wicked

The Wicked‌
star7.0
calendar 1980

Jugyo Sankan no Onna

Jugyo Sankan no Onna‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Ana

Ana‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Succession

Succession‌
star6.0
calendar 1992

Granny Gabai

Granny Gabai‌
star7.5
calendar 2006

The Man Who Wipes Mirrors

The Man Who Wipes Mirrors‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

The Central Quicksand

The Central Quicksand‌
star0.0
calendar 1998

Tv Credits

Toge no Gunzo

Toge no Gunzo‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Ōgon no Hibi

Ōgon no Hibi‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Minamoto no Yoshitsune‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Taikouki

Taikouki‌
star0.0
calendar 1965

Ruri's Island

Ruri's Island‌
star9.0
calendar 2005

Furuhata Ninzaburo

Furuhata Ninzaburo‌
star8.9
calendar 1994

Hachigatsu no Love Song

Hachigatsu no Love Song‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

Stewardess's Sweetheart

Stewardess's Sweetheart‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

Mouri Motonari

Mouri Motonari‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Ai wa Doda

Ai wa Doda‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Akai Arashi

Akai Arashi‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Garden of the Wind

Garden of the Wind‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

橋の雨

橋の雨‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

SMAP×SMAP

SMAP×SMAP‌
star8.5
calendar 1996

SMAP×SMAP

SMAP×SMAP‌
star8.5
calendar 1996

Gift

Gift‌
star6.0
calendar 1997

必殺仕掛人(TVシリーズ)

必殺仕掛人(TVシリーズ)‌
star0.0
calendar 1972

ナニワ金融道

ナニワ金融道‌
star6.0
calendar 1996

Prince Shotoku

Prince Shotoku‌
star6.0
calendar 2001

Ashura no Gotoku

Ashura no Gotoku‌
star1.0
calendar 1979

動く壁

動く壁‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

Professional Killers

Professional Killers‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

Hashū Hankachō

Hashū Hankachō‌
star0.0
calendar 1974