1937-07-20 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
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帽子 | Shunpei Takayama | 2008-08-02 |
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ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 千年呪い歌 | Nurarihyon | 2008-07-09 |
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長い散歩 | Matsutaro Yasuda | 2006-04-01 |
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武士の一分 | Magohachiro Kibe | 2006-12-01 |
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佐賀のがばいばあちゃん | Tofu shop owner | 2006-06-02 |
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ミラクルバナナ | Takashi Yamamura | 2005-10-01 |
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寝ずの番 | 2005-10-22 | |
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蝉しぐれ | Maki Sukezaemon | 2005-10-01 |
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Journey Along the Silk Road | 2005-01-01 | |
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IZO | Swordsman | 2004-09-07 |
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隠し剣 鬼の爪 | Chief Retainer Hori | 2004-10-30 |
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下弦の月〜ラスト・クォーター | Doujima | 2004-09-25 |
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タイムリミット | 2003-06-25 | |
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Mirâ o fuku otoko | 2003-09-03 | |
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11’09”01—September 11 | Villager (segment "Japan") | 2002-09-04 |
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歩く、人 | Nobuo Honma | 2001-01-01 |
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殺し | Client | 2000-11-04 |
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あつもの | 1999-10-30 | |
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松本清張スペシャル 中央流沙 | 1998-08-04 | |
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Naniwa Kinyudo 1 | 1996-02-16 | |
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GONIN2 | Toyama Masamichi | 1996-06-29 |
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The Pillow Book | The Father | 1995-09-01 |
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さよならニッポン！ | 1995-09-02 | |
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国会へ行こう！ | 1993-05-01 | |
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おろしや国酔夢譚 | Koudayu Daikokuya - captain | 1992-06-25 |
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継承盃 | Daisaku Kadota | 1992-08-29 |
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そよ風ときにはつむじ風 | 1992-09-06 | |
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陽炎 | Police | 1991-02-09 |
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大誘拐 RAINBOW KIDS | Inspector Daigoro Igari | 1991-01-15 |
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咬みつきたい | Shutaro Ishikawa | 1991-06-01 |
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グッバイ・ママ | 1991-04-20 | |
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Shingo juuban shoubu | The narrator | 1990-01-01 |
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将軍家光の乱心 激突 | Igo Gyobu | 1989-01-14 |
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社葬 | 1989-06-10 | |
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座頭市 | 1989-02-04 | |
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華の乱 | Kan Yosano | 1988-10-01 |
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とっておきの青春 | 1988-01-06 | |
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ラブ・ストーリーを君に | 1988-03-05 | |
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Tokugawa Ieyasu | 1988-07-12 | |
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孔雀王子 | Jiku Ajari | 1988-12-10 |
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優駿 ORACIÓN | Senzo Wataumi | 1988-07-23 |
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吉原炎上 | 1987-06-13 | |
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女衒 | Iheiji Muraoka | 1987-06-02 |
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火宅の人 | Kazuo Katsura | 1986-04-12 |
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薄化粧 | Tokichi Sakane | 1985-10-26 |
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櫂 | Iwago Tomita | 1985-01-15 |
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970") | 1985-09-20 |
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授業参観の女 | Kyohei Tasaka | 1984-04-28 |
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盲点（あな） | Toru Mori | 1984-03-13 |
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魚影の群れ | Fusajiro Kohama | 1983-10-29 |
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楢山節考 | Tatsuhei | 1983-04-29 |
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オキナワの少年 | 1983-09-10 | |
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陽暉楼 | Katsuzo | 1983-09-10 |
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野獣刑事 | Seiji Ohtaki | 1982-10-02 |
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ええじゃないか | Furukawa | 1981-01-08 |
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北斎漫画 | Hokusai | 1981-09-12 |
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怪盗鼠小僧といれずみ判官 | Toyama no Kin-san | 1981-04-24 |
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太陽のきずあと | Shuhei's Father | 1981-02-14 |
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魔界転生 | Musashi Miyamoto | 1981-06-06 |
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わるいやつら | 1980-06-28 | |
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影の軍団 服部半蔵 | Koga Shiro Samurai | 1980-02-23 |
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復活の日 | Prof. Tsuchiya | 1980-06-26 |
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復讐するは我にあり | Iwao Enokizu | 1979-04-21 |
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鬼畜 | Sokichi Takeshita | 1978-10-07 |
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八甲田山 | Corporal Murayama | 1977-06-04 |
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砂の器 | Kenichi Miki | 1974-10-19 |
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狼よ落日を斬れ | Nakamura Hanjiro | 1974-09-20 |
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必殺仕掛人 春雪仕掛針 | Baian Fujieda | 1974-02-16 |
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必殺仕掛人 梅安蟻地獄 | Baian Fujieda | 1973-09-29 |
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婉という女 | 1971-05-29 | |
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七つの顔の女 | Scholar | 1969-06-21 |
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風林火山 | Hatanaka Buhei | 1969-03-01 |
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永訣 | 1969-02-21 | |
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セックス・チェック 第二の性 | 1968-06-01 | |
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積木の箱 | 1968-10-30 | |
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間諜 | 1964-09-16 |
