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Ken Ogata
Actor
Died October 5, 2008 (71 years)
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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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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Known For
Filmography
| 2008 | Garden of Wind (TV Series) · as Teizo Shiratori |
| 2008 | Kitaro and the Millennium Curse · as Nurarihyon |
| 2007 | The Trusted Confidant (TV Series) · as Usami Sadamitsu |
| 2006 | A Long Walk · as Matsutaro Yasuda |
| 2006 | Love and Honor · as Magohachiro Kibe |
| 2006 | Granny Gabai · as Tofu Shop Owner |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | The Samurai I Loved · as Maki Sukezaemon |
| 2005 | Ruri no Shima (TV Series) · as Yuzo Nakama |
| 2004 | The Hidden Blade · as Chief Retainer Hori |
| 2004 | Last Quarter · as Doujima |
| 2004 | Izo · as Swordsman |
| 2004 | Proof of the Man (TV Series) · as Eizaburo Nasu |
| 2003 | Blackjack ni Yoroshiku (TV Series) · as Osamu Hattori |
| 2002 | September 11 · as Villager (segment "japan") |
| 2001 | Man Walking on Snow · as Nobuo Honma |
| 2000 | Film Noir · as Client |
| 2000 | Shooting Star · as Kikujiro |
| 1999 | |
| 1997 | Gift (TV Series) · as Yujiro Kishiwada（岸和田 裕二郎） |
| 1996 | Gonin 2 · as Toyama Masamichi |
| 1995 | The Pillow Book · as The Father |
| 1994 | Lieutenant Ninzaburo Furuhata (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Succession · as Daisaku Kadota |
| 1992 | O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan · as Koudayu Daikokuya - Captain |
| 1991 | My Soul Is Slashed · as Shutaro Ishikawa |
| 1991 | Heat Wave · as Police |
| 1991 | Dai yûkai · as Inspector Daigoro Igari |
| 1990 | Hollywood Mavericks · as Yukio Mishima |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | Shogun's Shadow · as Igo Gyobu |
| 1988 | Peacock King · as Jiku Ajari |
| 1988 | A Chaos of Flowers · as Kan Yosano |
| 1987 | Zegen · as Iheiji Muraoka |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | House on Fire · as Kazuo Katsura |
| 1985 | Tracked · as Tokichi Sakane |
| 1985 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters · as Yukio Mishima (segment "november 25, 1970") |
| 1985 | Oar · as Iwago Tomita |
| 1983 | The Catch · as Fusajiro Kohama |
| 1983 | The Geisha · as Katsuzo |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | The Ballad of Narayama · as Tatsuhei |
| 1982 | Yaju-deka · as Seiji Ohtaki |
| 1981 | Edo Porn · as Hokusai |
| 1981 | Samurai Reincarnation · as Musashi Miyamoto |
| 1981 | Why Not? · as Furukawa |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1980 | Virus: Day of Resurrection · as Prof. Tsuchiya |
| 1980 | Shadow Warriors · as Koga Shiro Samurai |
| 1979 | Vengeance Is Mine · as Iwao Enokizu |
| 1978 | The Demon · as Sokichi Takeshita |
| 1977 | Hakkodasan · as Corporal Murayama |
| 1974 | The Castle of Sand · as Kenichi Miki |
| 1974 | Zatoichi (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1974 | The Last Samurai · as Nakamura Hanjiro |
| 1974 | Hissatsu shikakenin: Shunsetsu shikake bari · as Baian Fujieda |
| 1973 | Hissatsu shikakenin: Baian ari jigoku · as Baian Fujieda |
| 1969 | Samurai Banners · as Hatanaka Buhei |
| 1968 |