Ken Ogata

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

102

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-07-20

Day of death

2008-10-05 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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. 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

  • SMAP×SMAP

    SMAP×SMAP

  • SMAP×SMAP

    SMAP×SMAP

  • Furuhata Ninzaburo

    Furuhata Ninzaburo

  • Oración

    Oración

  • Gonin 2

    Gonin 2

  • Edo Porn

    Edo Porn

  • Tracked

    Tracked

  • Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

    Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

  • The Ballad of Narayama

    The Ballad of Narayama

  • The Hidden Blade

    The Hidden Blade

  • Love and Honor

    Love and Honor

  • Shogun's Shadow

    Shogun's Shadow

  • The Geisha

    The Geisha

  • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

    Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

  • Taikouki

    Taikouki

  • Mouri Motonari

    Mouri Motonari

  • Kitaro and the Millennium Curse

    Kitaro and the Millennium Curse

  • Tokyo Bordello

    Tokyo Bordello

  • Ōgon no Hibi

    Ōgon no Hibi

  • Professional Killers

    Professional Killers

  • Rainbow Kids

    Rainbow Kids

  • Virus

    Virus

  • Oar

    Oar

  • Samurai Banners

    Samurai Banners

  • My Soul Is Slashed

    My Soul Is Slashed

  • Succession

    Succession

  • The Demon

    The Demon

  • House on Fire

    House on Fire

  • Mount Hakkoda

    Mount Hakkoda

  • Vengeance Is Mine

    Vengeance Is Mine

  • Zegen

    Zegen

  • Granny Gabai

    Granny Gabai

  • The Castle of Sand

    The Castle of Sand

  • Kokkai e ikô!

    Kokkai e ikô!

  • Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

  • The Peacock King

    The Peacock King

  • Samurai Reincarnation

    Samurai Reincarnation

  • Scars of the Sun

    Scars of the Sun

  • Farewell, My Beloved

    Farewell, My Beloved

  • The Wicked

    The Wicked

  • Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze

    Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze

  • The Sex Check

    The Sex Check

  • Shingo's Ten Duels

    Shingo's Ten Duels

  • The Dropout

    The Dropout

  • Eijanaika

    Eijanaika

  • Autumn Blossoms

    Autumn Blossoms

  • A Long Walk

    A Long Walk

  • The Man Who Wipes Mirrors

    The Man Who Wipes Mirrors

  • Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

    Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

  • The Last Samurai

    The Last Samurai

  • 間諜

    間諜

  • A Woman Called En

    A Woman Called En

  • The Dream of Russia

    The Dream of Russia

  • Garden of the Wind

    Garden of the Wind

  • Man Walking on Snow

    Man Walking on Snow

  • The House of Wooden Blocks

    The House of Wooden Blocks

  • The Samurai I Loved

    The Samurai I Loved

  • Lady with Seven Faces

    Lady with Seven Faces

  • Professional Killers – Assignment by Night

    Professional Killers – Assignment by Night

  • Miracle Banana

    Miracle Banana

  • A Chaos of Flowers

    A Chaos of Flowers

  • Toge no Gunzo

    Toge no Gunzo

  • Goodbye Mama

    Goodbye Mama

  • Goodbye Japan

    Goodbye Japan

  • The Catch

    The Catch

  • Prince Shōtoku

    Prince Shōtoku

  • Ana

    Ana

  • The Way of Osaka Financing 1

    The Way of Osaka Financing 1

  • Memories of You

    Memories of You

  • Jugyo Sankan no Onna

    Jugyo Sankan no Onna

  • Gift

    Gift

  • The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

    The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

  • Time Limit

    Time Limit

  • Film Noir

    Film Noir

  • A Hardest Night!!

    A Hardest Night!!

  • Okinawan Boys

    Okinawan Boys

  • Bōshi

    Bōshi

  • Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

    Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

  • Totteoki no Seishun

    Totteoki no Seishun

  • Minamoto no Yoshitsune

    Minamoto no Yoshitsune

  • Ruri's Island

    Ruri's Island

  • September 11

    September 11

  • The Pillow Book

    The Pillow Book

  • Company Executives

    Company Executives

  • Journey Along the Silk Road

    Journey Along the Silk Road

  • Izo

    Izo

  • Say Hello to Black Jack

    Say Hello to Black Jack

  • Ai wa Doda

    Ai wa Doda

  • ナニワ金融道

    ナニワ金融道

  • Totteoki no Seishun

    Totteoki no Seishun

  • 動く壁

    動く壁

  • 橋の雨

    橋の雨

  • Hachigatsu no Love Song

    Hachigatsu no Love Song

  • Hissatsu Hitchu Shigotoya Kagyou

    Hissatsu Hitchu Shigotoya Kagyou

  • Hashū Hankachō

    Hashū Hankachō

  • Ashura no Gotoku

    Ashura no Gotoku

  • Prince Shotoku

    Prince Shotoku

  • Last Quarter

    Last Quarter

  • Stewardess's Sweetheart

    Stewardess's Sweetheart

  • Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special

    Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special

  • Red Storm

    Red Storm

  • The Central Quicksand

    The Central Quicksand