
Acting
Born July 20, 1937 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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
Bōshi
2008

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
2008

Love and Honor
2006

Granny Gabai
2006

A Long Walk
2006

A Hardest Night!!
2005

The Samurai I Loved
2005

Miracle Banana
2005

Journey Along the Silk Road
2005

The Hidden Blade
2004

Last Quarter
2004

Izo
2004

The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
2003

Time Limit
2003

Man Walking on Snow
2002

September 11
2002

Prince Shōtoku
2001

Film Noir
2000
Autumn Blossoms
1999

The Central Quicksand
1998

Gonin 2
1996

The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996

Goodbye Japan
1995

The Pillow Book
1995

Kokkai e ikô!
1993

Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
1992

Succession
1992

The Dream of Russia
1992

My Soul Is Slashed
1991

Goodbye Mama
1991

Heat Wave
1991

Rainbow Kids
1991

Shingo's Ten Duels
1990

Company Executives
1989

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989

Shogun's Shadow
1989

The Peacock King
1988

A Chaos of Flowers
1988

Oración
1988

Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988

Memories of You
1988

Totteoki no Seishun
1988

Tokyo Bordello
1987

Zegen
1987

House on Fire
1986

Tracked
1985

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985

Oar
1985

Jugyo Sankan no Onna
1984

Ana
1984

The Catch
1983

The Geisha
1983

Okinawan Boys
1983

The Ballad of Narayama
1983

The Dropout
1982

Edo Porn
1981

Samurai Reincarnation
1981

The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
1981

Scars of the Sun
1981

Why Not?
1981

The Wicked
1980

Virus
1980

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980

Vengeance Is Mine
1979

The Demon
1978

Mount Hakkoda
1977

The Castle of Sand
1974

The Last Samurai
1974

Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973

A Woman Called En
1971

Waga koi waga uta
1969

Lady with Seven Faces
1969

Samurai Banners
1969

Farewell, My Beloved
1969

The House of Wooden Blocks
1968

The Sex Check
1968

間諜
1964