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).
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Acted in
Garden of the Wind
2008
as Teizo Shiratori
Bōshi
2008
as Shunpei Takayama
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
2008
as Nurarihyon
Love and Honor
2006
as Magohachiro Kibe
Granny Gabai
2006
as Tofu shop owner
A Long Walk
2006
as Matsutaro Yasuda
A Hardest Night!!
2005
The Samurai I Loved
2005
as Maki Sukezaemon
Miracle Banana
2005
as Takashi Yamamura
Ruri's Island
2005
as Yuzo Nakama
Journey Along the Silk Road
2005
The Hidden Blade
2004
as Chief Retainer Hori
Last Quarter
2004
as Doujima
Izo
2004
as Swordsman
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
2003
Time Limit
2003
11’09”01—September 11
2002
as Villager (segment "Japan")
Prince Shotoku
2001
as Soga no Umako
Man Walking on Snow
2001
as Nobuo Honma
Film Noir
2000
as Client
Autumn Blossoms
1999
古畑任三郎 黒岩博士の恐怖
1999
The Central Quicksand
1998
Gift
1997
as Yujiro Kishiwada（岸和田 裕二郎）
Mouri Motonari
1997
橋の雨
1996
Hachigatsu no Love Song
1996
Gonin 2
1996
as Toyama Masamichi
SMAP×SMAP
1996
as Skit guest
SMAP×SMAP
1996
as Skit Guest
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
ナニワ金融道
1996
as 金子 高利
Goodbye Japan
1995
The Pillow Book
1995
as The Father
Furuhata Ninzaburo
1994
Stewardess's Sweetheart
1994
動く壁
1994
Kokkai e ikô!
1993
Succession
1992
as Daisaku Kadota
The Dream of Russia
1992
as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
Ai wa Doda
1992
My Soul Is Slashed
1991
as Shutaro Ishikawa
Goodbye Mama
1991
Heat Wave
1991
as Police
Rainbow Kids
1991
as Inspector Daigoro Igari
Shingo's Ten Duels
1990
as The narrator
Company Executives
1989
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
Shogun's Shadow
1989
as Igo Gyobu
The Peacock King
1988
as Jiku Ajari
A Chaos of Flowers
1988
as Kan Yosano
Oración
1988
as Senzo Wataumi
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988
Memories of You
1988
Totteoki no Seishun
1988
Tokyo Bordello
1987
Zegen
1987
as Iheiji Muraoka
House on Fire
1986
as Kazuo Katsura
Tracked
1985
as Tokichi Sakane
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
as Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")
Oar
1985
as Iwago Tomita
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
1984
as Kyohei Tasaka
Ana
1984
as Toru Mori
The Catch
1983
as Fusajiro Kohama
The Geisha
1983
as Katsuzo
Okinawan Boys
1983
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
as Tatsuhei
The Dropout
1982
as Seiji Ohtaki
Toge no Gunzo
1982
as Yoshio Oishi
Edo Porn
1981
as Hokusai
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
as Musashi Miyamoto
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
1981
as Toyama no Kin-san
Why Not?
1981
as Furukawa
The Wicked
1980
Virus
1980
as Prof. Tsuchiya
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
as Koga Shiro Samurai
Akai Arashi
1979
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
as Iwao Enokizu
Ashura no Gotoku
1979
The Demon
1978
as Sokichi Takeshita
Ōgon no Hibi
1978
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Mount Hakkoda
1977
as Corporal Murayama
The Castle of Sand
1974
as Kenichi Miki
The Last Samurai
1974
as Nakamura Hanjiro
Hashū Hankachō
1974
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
as Baian Fujieda
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
as Baian Fujieda
必殺仕掛人（ＴＶシリーズ）
1972
Professional Killers
1972
as Baian Fujieda
A Woman Called En
1971
Lady with Seven Faces
1969
as Scholar
Samurai Banners
1969
as Hatanaka Buhei
Farewell, My Beloved
1969
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
The Sex Check
1968
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1966
as Musashibo Benkei
Taikouki
1965
as Toyotomi no Hideyoshi