Ken Ogata

Personal Info

Birthday

July 20, 1937

Day of Death

2008-10-05

(71 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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.

Known For

SMAP×SMAP

Ōgon no Hibi

Toge no Gunzo

Professional Killers

Taikouki

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Ruri's Island

The Ballad of Narayama

Filmography

2008
Bōshi
as Shunpei Takayama
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
as Nurarihyon
2006
Love and Honor
as Magohachiro Kibe
Granny Gabai
as Tofu shop owner
A Long Walk
as Matsutaro Yasuda
2005
The Samurai I Loved
as Maki Sukezaemon
Miracle Banana
as Takashi Yamamura
2004
The Hidden Blade
as Chief Retainer Hori
Last Quarter
as Doujima
Izo
as Swordsman
2002
11’09”01—September 11
as Villager (segment "Japan")
2001
Man Walking on Snow
as Nobuo Honma
2000
Film Noir
as Client
1996
Gonin 2
as Toyama Masamichi
1995
The Pillow Book
as The Father
1992
Succession
as Daisaku Kadota
The Dream of Russia
as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
1991
My Soul Is Slashed
as Shutaro Ishikawa
Heat Wave
as Police
Rainbow Kids
as Inspector Daigoro Igari
1990
Shingo's Ten Duels
as The narrator
1989
Shogun's Shadow
as Igo Gyobu
1988
The Peacock King
as Jiku Ajari
A Chaos of Flowers
as Kan Yosano
Oración
as Senzo Wataumi
1987
Zegen
as Iheiji Muraoka
1986
House on Fire
as Kazuo Katsura
1985
Tracked
as Tokichi Sakane
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
as Yukio Mishima
Oar
as Iwago Tomita
1984
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
as Kyohei Tasaka
Ana
as Toru Mori
1983
The Catch
as Fusajiro Kohama
The Geisha
as Katsuzo
The Ballad of Narayama
as Tatsuhei
1982
The Dropout
as Seiji Ohtaki
1981
Edo Porn
as Hokusai
Samurai Reincarnation
as Musashi Miyamoto
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
as Toyama no Kin-san
Scars of the Sun
as Shuhei's Father
Why Not?
as Furukawa
1980
Virus
as Prof. Tsuchiya
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
as Koga Shiro Samurai
1979
Vengeance Is Mine
as Iwao Enokizu
1978
The Demon
as Sokichi Takeshita
1977
Mount Hakkoda
as Corporal Murayama
1974
The Castle of Sand
as Kenichi Miki
The Last Samurai
as Nakamura Hanjiro
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
as Baian Fujieda
1973
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
as Baian Fujieda
1969
Lady with Seven Faces
as Scholar
Samurai Banners
as Hatanaka Buhei