Ken Ogata

Ken Ogata

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Ken Ogata

  • Birthday:

    1937-07-20

  • Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
  • Gender:

    Male

  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 0.5123
  • Also Known As

    Кэн Огата

    오가타 켄

    绪形拳

    Ken Ogata

    Akinobu Ogata

Ken Ogata

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).

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Top Movie Cast

Love and Honor
Love and Honortrue- Magohachiro Kibe

2006-12-01

7.4
Tokyo Bordello
Tokyo Bordellotrue

1987-06-13

5.3
The Pillow Book
The Pillow Booktrue- The Father

1995-09-01

6.5
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapterstrue- Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")

1985-09-20

7.8
The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayamatrue- Tatsuhei

1983-04-29

7.5
Vengeance Is Mine
Vengeance Is Minetrue- Iwao Enokizu

1979-04-21

7.5
Gonin 2
Gonin 2true- Toyama Masamichi

1996-06-29

7.0
The Geisha
The Geishatrue- Katsuzo

1983-09-10

6.4
The Last Samurai
The Last Samuraitrue- Nakamura Hanjiro

1974-09-20

7.8
Samurai Reincarnation
Samurai Reincarnationtrue- Musashi Miyamoto

1981-06-06

6.0
The Samurai I Loved
The Samurai I Lovedtrue- Maki Sukezaemon

2005-10-01

7.1
Edo Porn
Edo Porntrue- Hokusai

1981-09-12

6.1
Shogun's Shadow
Shogun's Shadowtrue- Igo Gyobu

1989-01-14

6.8
Heat Wave
Heat Wavetrue- Police

1991-02-09

5.9
Tracked
Trackedtrue- Tokichi Sakane

1985-10-26

5.6
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Specialtrue

1988-07-12

0.0
Mount Hakkoda
Mount Hakkodatrue- Corporal Murayama

1977-06-04

6.4
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judgetrue- Toyama no Kin-san

1981-04-24

0.0
Oar
Oartrue- Iwago Tomita

1985-01-15

5.7
Film Noir
Film Noirtrue- Client

2000-11-04

7.0
The Demon
The Demontrue- Sokichi Takeshita

1978-10-07

6.5
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzotrue- Koga Shiro Samurai

1980-02-23

8.0
A Hardest Night!!
A Hardest Night!!true

2005-10-22

6.2
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
Kitaro and the Millennium Cursetrue- Nurarihyon

2008-07-09

4.9
The Catch
The Catchtrue- Fusajiro Kohama

1983-10-29

6.2
A Woman Called En
A Woman Called Entrue

1971-05-29

0.0
A Long Walk
A Long Walktrue- Matsutaro Yasuda

2006-04-01

7.0
Totteoki no Seishun
Totteoki no Seishuntrue

1988-01-06

0.0
Autumn Blossoms
Autumn Blossomstrue

1999-10-30

0.0
Man Walking on Snow
Man Walking on Snowtrue- Nobuo Honma

2001-01-01

5.7
Kokkai e ikô!
Kokkai e ikô!true

1993-05-01

0.0
Goodbye Japan
Goodbye Japantrue

1995-09-02

0.0
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
The Way of Osaka Financing 1true

1996-02-16

6.0
The Dream of Russia
The Dream of Russiatrue- Koudayu Daikokuya - captain

1992-06-25

6.8
The Peacock King
The Peacock Kingtrue- Jiku Ajari

1988-12-10

6.6
Why Not?
Why Not?true- Furukawa

1981-01-08

6.4
Journey Along the Silk Road
Journey Along the Silk Roadtrue

2005-01-01

0.0
Zegen
Zegentrue- Iheiji Muraoka

1987-06-02

6.5
House on Fire
House on Firetrue- Kazuo Katsura

1986-04-12

4.6
My Soul Is Slashed
My Soul Is Slashedtrue- Shutaro Ishikawa

1991-06-01

6.0
The Castle of Sand
The Castle of Sandtrue- Kenichi Miki

1974-10-19

7.4
A Chaos of Flowers
A Chaos of Flowerstrue- Kan Yosano

1988-10-01

8.0
The House of Wooden Blocks
The House of Wooden Blockstrue

1968-10-30

7.0
The Sex Check
The Sex Checktrue

1968-06-01

0.0
Memories of You
Memories of Youtrue

1988-03-05

0.0
Rainbow Kids
Rainbow Kidstrue- Inspector Daigoro Igari

1991-01-15

6.4
Shingo's Ten Duels
Shingo's Ten Duelstrue- The narrator

1990-01-01

0.0
Company Executives
Company Executivestrue

1989-06-10

6.0
The Dropout
The Dropouttrue- Seiji Ohtaki

1982-10-02

6.0
Virus
Virustrue- Prof. Tsuchiya

1980-06-26

6.4
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Professional Killers – Assignment by Nighttrue- Baian Fujieda

1974-02-16

10.0
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarrytrue- Baian Fujieda

1973-09-29

9.0
Oración
Oracióntrue- Senzo Wataumi

1988-07-23

6.0
Farewell, My Beloved
Farewell, My Belovedtrue

1969-02-21

0.0
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Allytrue

1989-02-04

6.4
11’09”01—September 11
11’09”01—September 11true- Villager (segment "Japan")

2002-09-04

6.4
Izo
Izotrue- Swordsman

2004-09-07

6.1
Last Quarter
Last Quartertrue- Doujima

2004-09-25

6.2
Lady with Seven Faces
Lady with Seven Facestrue- Scholar

1969-06-21

0.0
Okinawan Boys
Okinawan Boystrue

1983-09-10

0.0
Goodbye Mama
Goodbye Mamatrue

1991-04-20

0.0
Samurai Banners
Samurai Bannerstrue- Hatanaka Buhei

1969-03-01

7.4
The Hidden Blade
The Hidden Bladetrue- Chief Retainer Hori

2004-10-30

7.4
Time Limit
Time Limittrue

2003-06-25

5.0
The Wicked
The Wickedtrue

1980-06-28

7.2
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
Jugyo Sankan no Onnatrue- Kyohei Tasaka

1984-04-28

0.0
Ana
Anatrue- Toru Mori

1984-03-13

0.0
Succession
Successiontrue- Daisaku Kadota

1992-08-29

6.0
Granny Gabai
Granny Gabaitrue- Tofu shop owner

2006-06-02

7.3
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
The Man Who Wipes Mirrorstrue

2003-09-03

0.0
The Central Quicksand
The Central Quicksandtrue

1998-08-04

0.0
太陽のきずあと
太陽のきずあとtrue- Shuhei's Father

1981-02-14

0.0
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikazetrue

1992-09-06

0.0

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