Ken Ogata

Ken Ogata

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: Acting
Birthday: 1937-07-20
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As: Кэн Огата, 오가타 켄, 绪形拳

Movies List of Ken Ogata

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Love and Honor

2006 Movie
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Tokyo Bordello

1987 Movie
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The Pillow Book

1995 Movie
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Vengeance Is Mine

1979 Movie
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Gonin 2

1996 Movie
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The Geisha

1983 Movie
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The Last Samurai

1974 Movie
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Samurai Reincarnation

1981 Movie
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The Samurai I Loved

2005 Movie
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Edo Porn

1981 Movie
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Shogun's Shadow

1989 Movie
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Heat Wave

1991 Movie
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Tracked

1985 Movie
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Mount Hakkoda

1977 Movie
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Oar

1985 Movie
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Film Noir

2000 Movie
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The Demon

1978 Movie
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Miracle Banana

2005 Movie
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A Hardest Night!!

2005 Movie
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The Catch

1983 Movie
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A Woman Called En

1971 Movie
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A Long Walk

2006 Movie
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Totteoki no Seishun

1988 Movie
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Autumn Blossoms

1999 Movie
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Man Walking on Snow

2001 Movie
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Kokkai e ikô!

1993 Movie
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Goodbye Japan

1995 Movie
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The Dream of Russia

1992 Movie
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The Peacock King

1988 Movie
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Why Not?

1981 Movie
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Zegen

1987 Movie
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House on Fire

1986 Movie
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My Soul Is Slashed

1991 Movie
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Bōshi

2008 Movie
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The Castle of Sand

1974 Movie
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A Chaos of Flowers

1988 Movie
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The Sex Check

1968 Movie
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Memories of You

1988 Movie
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Rainbow Kids

1991 Movie
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Shingo's Ten Duels

1990 Movie
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Company Executives

1989 Movie
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The Dropout

1982 Movie
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Virus

1980 Movie
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Oración

1988 Movie
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Farewell, My Beloved

1969 Movie
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Izo

2004 Movie
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Last Quarter

2004 Movie
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Lady with Seven Faces

1969 Movie
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Okinawan Boys

1983 Movie
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Goodbye Mama

1991 Movie
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Samurai Banners

1969 Movie
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The Hidden Blade

2004 Movie
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Time Limit

2003 Movie
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The Wicked

1980 Movie
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Jugyo Sankan no Onna

1984 Movie
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Ana

1984 Movie
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Succession

1992 Movie
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Granny Gabai

2006 Movie
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The Central Quicksand

1998 Movie