Ken Ogata

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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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

7.8

The Ballad of Narayama

7.5

The Pillow Book

6.4

Vengeance Is Mine

7.5

11’09”01—September 11

6.4

The Hidden Blade

7.4

Izo

6.1

Love and Honor

7.4

Virus

6.3

The Castle of Sand

7.4

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

6.4

Edo Porn

6.1

The Demon

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Samurai Reincarnation

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Shogun's Shadow

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The Last Samurai

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Samurai Banners

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Furuhata Ninzaburo

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Why Not?

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Mount Hakkoda

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Zegen

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Gonin 2

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Heat Wave

5.9

The Samurai I Loved

7.1

The Peacock King

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A Long Walk

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Man Walking on Snow

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Kitaro and the Millennium Curse

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The Dream of Russia

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Rainbow Kids

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The Geisha

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Tracked

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Last Quarter

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Oar

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Tokyo Bordello

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A Hardest Night!!

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The Catch

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House on Fire

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Company Executives

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The Wicked

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Film Noir

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Granny Gabai

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Professional Killers

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My Soul Is Slashed

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The Dropout

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Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

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Oración

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SMAP×SMAP

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Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

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The Way of Osaka Financing 1

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A Chaos of Flowers

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The House of Wooden Blocks

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Professional Killers – Assignment by Night

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Time Limit

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Succession

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Ruri's Island

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Gift

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ナニワ金融道

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Prince Shotoku

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Ashura no Gotoku

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Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special

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The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

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Miracle Banana

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A Woman Called En

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Totteoki no Seishun

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Autumn Blossoms

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Kokkai e ikô!

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Goodbye Japan

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Journey Along the Silk Road

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Bōshi

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The Sex Check

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Memories of You

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Shingo's Ten Duels

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Farewell, My Beloved

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Lady with Seven Faces

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Okinawan Boys

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Goodbye Mama

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Jugyo Sankan no Onna

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Ana

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The Man Who Wipes Mirrors

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The Central Quicksand

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太陽のきずあと

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Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze

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Toge no Gunzo

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Ōgon no Hibi

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Minamoto no Yoshitsune

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Taikouki

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Hachigatsu no Love Song

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Stewardess's Sweetheart

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Mouri Motonari

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Ai wa Doda

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Akai Arashi

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Garden of the Wind

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橋の雨

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必殺仕掛人(TVシリーズ)

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動く壁

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Hashū Hankachō

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必殺必中仕事屋稼業

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