Ken Ogata
Acting
- Born:
- 1937-07-20
- Died:
- 2008-10-05
- Place of birth:
- Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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
Known For
Filmography
Garden of the Wind
Bōshi
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
Love and Honor
Granny Gabai
A Long Walk
A Hardest Night!!
The Samurai I Loved
Miracle Banana
Ruri's Island
Journey Along the Silk Road
The Hidden Blade
Last Quarter
Izo
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
Time Limit
Say Hello to Black Jack
Man Walking on Snow
September 11
Prince Shōtoku
Prince Shotoku
Film Noir
Autumn Blossoms
The Central Quicksand
Gift
Mouri Motonari
橋の雨
Hachigatsu no Love Song
Gonin 2
SMAP×SMAP
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
ナニワ金融道
命捧げ候 夢追い坂の決闘
Goodbye Japan
The Pillow Book
Furuhata Ninzaburo
Stewardess's Sweetheart
動く壁
Kokkai e ikô!
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
Succession
The Dream of Russia
Ai wa Doda
My Soul Is Slashed
Goodbye Mama
Heat Wave
Rainbow Kids
Shingo's Ten Duels
Company Executives
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Shogun's Shadow
The Peacock King
A Chaos of Flowers
Oración
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
Memories of You
Totteoki no Seishun
Totteoki no Seishun
Tokyo Bordello
Zegen
House on Fire
Tracked
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Oar
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
Ana
The Catch
The Geisha
Okinawan Boys
The Ballad of Narayama
The Dropout
Toge no Gunzo
Edo Porn
Samurai Reincarnation
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
Scars of the Sun
Eijanaika
The Wicked
Virus
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Red Storm
Vengeance Is Mine
Ashura no Gotoku
The Demon
Ōgon no Hibi
Mount Hakkoda
Hissatsu Hitchu Shigotoya Kagyou
The Castle of Sand
The Last Samurai
Hashū Hankachō
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Professional Killers
A Woman Called En
The Song from My Heart
Lady with Seven Faces
Samurai Banners
Farewell, My Beloved
The House of Wooden Blocks
The Sex Check
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Taikouki
間諜
12 Ounces to Glory