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Issey Ogata
ActorBorn February 22, 1952 (73 years)
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Issey Ogata (born 22 February 1952 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka), is a Japanese actor and comedian. He was interested in plays since childhood. After he graduated from Toyotama High School in Japan, he joined a theatrical company and appeared on the stage. Later, he jumped at the opportunity to be an entertainer when he took the gold medal at the audition called "Birth of Comedians". Then, he started garnering roles on Japanese TV. Shows he appeared on include "Evil Grandmother" of Fuji TV and "RinRinto" of NHK drama.
He now performs plays by himself "Life Never Stops" at GyanGyan Theater in Shibuya, which has gained immense popularity. Furthermore, he has had starring roles in major art-house films, including Ota in the great Edward Yang's highly regarded Yi Yi: A One and a Two, the title character in Jun Ichikawa's Tony Takitani (an adaptation of the Haruki Murakami short story), and has played the role of Japanese Emperor Hirohito in Aleksandr Sokurov's 2005 film, The Sun.
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Issey Ogata (born 22 February 1952 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka), is a Japanese actor and comedian. He was interested in plays since childhood. After he graduated from Toyotama High School in Japan, he joined a theatrical company and appeared on the stage. Later, he jumped at the opportunity to be an entertainer when he took the gold medal at the audition called "Birth of Comedians". Then, he started garnering roles on Japanese TV. Shows he appeared on include "Evil Grandmother" of Fuji TV and "RinRinto" of NHK drama.
He now performs plays by himself "Life Never Stops" at GyanGyan Theater in Shibuya, which has gained immense popularity. Furthermore, he has had starring roles in major art-house films, including Ota in the great Edward Yang's highly regarded Yi Yi: A One and a Two, the title character in Jun Ichikawa's Tony Takitani (an adaptation of the Haruki Murakami short story), and has played the role of Japanese Emperor Hirohito in Aleksandr Sokurov's 2005 film, The Sun.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | Beyond Goodbye (TV Series) · as Shinoda |
| 2024 | The Science Club (TV Series) · as Nagamine Shozo |
| 2023 | The Imaginary · as Mr. Bunting (voice) |
| 2023 | Phoenix: Eden17 (TV Series) · as Sudarban (voice) |
| 2023 | What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (TV Series) · as Torii Tadayoshi |
| 2022 | I'll Be Your Mirror · as Yatsuro |
| 2022 | ISHIKO and HANEO: You're Suing Me? (TV Series) · as Taisuke Haneoka |
| 2022 | Modern Young Monha (TV Series) |
| 2021 | Deemo Memorial Keys · as Nutcracker (voice) |
| 2021 | Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle · as Major Taniguchi |
| 2021 | Kotaro Lives Alone (TV Series) |
| 2021 | Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (TV Series) · as Rizaemon Minomura |
| 2021 | Tokkai: Furyousaiken Tokubetsu Kaishubu (TV Series) · as Takeo Kanamaru |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | The Day of Destruction · as Crescent Jiro |
| 2019 | The Manga Master · as Rakuten Kitazawa |
| 2019 | Scarlet (TV Series) · as 深野心仙 |
| 2019 | Radiation House (TV Series) · as Toru Kikushima |
| 2019 | The Prisoner of Sakura · as Commandant Kono |
| 2019 | Idaten (TV Series) · as Hidejiro Nagata |
| 2018 | Sakanoue Animal Clinic Story (TV Series) · as Zenjirou Tokumaru |
| 2018 | Manpuku (TV Series) · as Kazutaka Goda |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Eerie: Invisible Face (TV Series) · as Kenjiro Hotokeue |
| 2018 | Izakaya Bottakuri (TV Series) |
| 2017 | Ashi-Girl (TV Series) · as 天野信茂 |
| 2017 | Magic Kimono · as Man |
| 2017 | When Will You Return? · as Chu Ashimura |
| 2017 | Quartet (2017) (TV Series) · as Benjamin Takita |
| 2016 | Silence · as Old Samurai / Inoue |
| 2016 | The Sniffer (2016) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2016 | Cain and Abel (2016) (TV Series) · as Kouichi Hyodo |
| 2015 | I Am a Monk · as Akira Arai |
| 2015 | Teacher and Stray Cat · as Kyoichi Morii |
| 2015 | Napoleon's Village (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Good-Good, the Fortune Cat (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2014 | The Furthest End Awaits · as Lawyer |
| 2013 | Kumokiri Nizaemon (TV Series) |
| 2013 | The Road Less Travelled · as Yoshiharu Yanashita |
| 2012 | PRICELESS (TV Series) · as Zaizen Osamu |
| 2012 | Library War: Wings of Revolution · as Kuroudo Touma (voice) |
| 2010 | Tenshi no Wakemae (TV Series) · as Mister |
| 2009 | Dear My Love · as Masahiko Matsuyama |
| 2008 | The Homeless Student · as Ichiro Tamura |
| 2005 | The Sun · as Emperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito |
| 2004 | Tony Takitani · as Tony Takitani / Shozaburo Takitani |
| 2000 | Yi Yi · as Mr. Ota |
| 2000 | AIBOU (TV Series) |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kokoro no tabiji · as The Travel Agent |
| 1989 | Bakayarô! 2: Shiawase ni naritai · as Shin Nakayama (episode 2) |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | ＮＨＫスペシャル (TV Series) · as Nakamura |
| 1988 | |
| 1988 | Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You · as Salesman |
| 1988 | Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad · as Kimio Okamoto (episode 3) |
| 1987 | Tora-san Plays Daddy · as Policeman |
| 1987 | Bu su · as Kitazaki |
| 1987 | Tora-san Goes North · as Hospital Doctor |
| 1986 | Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiawase no aoi tori · as Conductor |
| 1985 | And Then · as Terao |