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
102 acting credits
Acting · 102
SMAP×SMAP
1996
Professional Killers
1972
Furuhata Ninzaburo
1994
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1966
Taikouki
1965
Ōgon no Hibi
1978
Toge no Gunzo
1982
Gift
1997
Garden of the Wind
2008
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
Ruri's Island
2005
Hashū Hankachō
1974
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
Ashura no Gotoku
1979
Say Hello to Black Jack
2003
Mouri Motonari
1997
Prince Shotoku
2001
The Pillow Book
1995
Tracked
1985
Edo Porn
1981
Hachigatsu no Love Song
1996
The Peacock King
1988
Virus
1980
Izo
2004
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
Red Storm
1979
House on Fire
1986
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
Shogun's Shadow
1989
Love and Honor
2006
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Oar
1985
Heat Wave
1991
Ai wa Doda
1992
The Geisha
1983
ナニワ金融道
1996
Succession
1992
The Castle of Sand
1974
Zegen
1987
September 11
2002
Gonin 2
1996
Eijanaika
1981
The Demon
1978
A Hardest Night!!
2005
Samurai Banners
1969
Tokyo Bordello
1987
Hissatsu Hitchu Shigotoya Kagyou
1975
Stewardess's Sweetheart
1994
橋の雨
1996
The Dream of Russia
1992
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
2008
Totteoki no Seishun
1988
The Catch
1983
A Chaos of Flowers
1988
Oración
1988
The Wicked
1980
Scars of the Sun
1981
Shingo's Ten Duels
1990
A Woman Called En
1971
The Sex Check
1968
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
The Hidden Blade
2004
動く壁
1994
Company Executives
1989
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988
Goodbye Mama
1991
Prince Shōtoku
2001
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
2003
The Last Samurai
1974
Granny Gabai
2006
Rainbow Kids
1991
Last Quarter
2004
Autumn Blossoms
1999
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
The Samurai I Loved
2005
A Long Walk
2006
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
1981
Memories of You
1988
The Dropout
1982
Ana
1984
Time Limit
2003
My Soul Is Slashed
1991
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
1992
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
Lady with Seven Faces
1969
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
間諜
1964
Goodbye Japan
1995
Man Walking on Snow
2002
The Central Quicksand
1998
Totteoki no Seishun
1988
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
Film Noir
2000
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
1984
Kokkai e ikô!
1993
Farewell, My Beloved
1969
Journey Along the Silk Road
2005
Okinawan Boys
1983
Bōshi
2008
Miracle Banana
2005
The Song from My Heart
1969