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Native name
  
緒形拳

Name
  
Ken Ogata

Nationality
  
Japanese

Role
  
Actor

Occupation
  
Actor

Years active
  
1960–2008


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Full Name
  
緒形 明伸 (Akinobu Ogata)

Born
  
July 20, 1937 (
1937-07-20
)
Tokyo, Kanto region, Japan

Awards
  
Japan Academy PrizeBest Actor1979 The Demon1984 The Ballad of Narayama1987 House on Fire

Died
  
October 5, 2008, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Spouse
  
Norie Takakura (m. 1966–2008)

TV shows
  
Ruri no Shima, Boshi, Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

Movies
  
Vengeance Is Mine, The Ballad of Narayama, The Geisha, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, The Demon

Similar People
  
Naoto Ogata, Kanta Ogata, Shohei Imamura, Shiro Sano, Hideo Gosha

Children
  
Naoto Ogata, Kanta Ogata

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Ken Ogata (緒形拳 Ogata Ken; 20 July 1937 – 5 October 2008) was a Japanese actor.

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Life

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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.

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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). 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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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.

Ken Ogata

His sons Kanta and Naoto are actors.

Television

  • NHK taiga drama
  • Taikōki – Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1965)
  • Minamoto no Yoshitsune – Benkei (1966)
  • Shin Heike Monogatari – Dr. Abe no Asadori (1972)
  • Kaze to Kumo to Niji to – Fujiwara no Sumitomo (1976)
  • Ōgon no Hibi – Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1978)
  • Tōge no Gunzō – Ōishi Kuranosuke (1982)
  • Taiheiki – Ashikaga Sadauji (1991)
  • Mōri Motonari – Amago Tsunehisa (1997)
  • Fūrin Kazan – Usami Sadamitsu (2007)
  • Hissatsu Shikakenin – Fujieda Baian (ABC, 1972)
  • Hissatsu Hitchuu Shigotoya Kagyō –Hanbei (ABC 1975)
  • Hissatsu Karakurinin  (ABC 1976)
  • Gift – Yujiro Kishiwada (CX, 1997)
  • The Scorching Silk Road (Documentary, TBS, 1998)
  • Furuhata Ninzaburō – Kengo Kuroiwa (CX, 1999)
  • Sailor Suit and Machine Gun – Hajime Sandaiji (TBS, 2006)
  • Boushi – Shunpei Takayama (NHK Hiroshima, 2008)
  • Honours

  • Medal with Purple Ribbon (2000)
  • Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2008)
  • Filmography

    Actor
    2008
    Garden of the Wind (TV Series) as
    Teizo Shiratori
    - Natsuyukikazura (2008) - Teizo Shiratori
    - Yûforubia (2008) - Teizo Shiratori
    - Raimuzuiyâ (2008) - Teizo Shiratori
    - Furokkusu (2008) - Teizo Shiratori
    - Saponaria (2008) - Teizo Shiratori
    - Derufiniumu (2008) - Teizo Shiratori
    - Kanpanyura (2008) - Teizo Shiratori
    - Geraniumu (2008) - Teizo Shiratori
    - Taimu (2008) - Teizo Shiratori
    - Ezoengosaku (2008) - Teizo Shiratori
    - Sunôdoroppu (2008) - Teizo Shiratori
    2008
    Bôshi (TV Movie)
    2008
    Gegege no Kitarô: Sennen noroi uta as
    Nurarihyon
    2007
    The Trusted Confidant (TV Series) as
    Usami Sadamitsu
    - Kessen kawanakajima / The Decisive Battle - Kawanakajima (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Shitôgawa nakajima / Desperate Struggle - Kawanakajima (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Iza kawanakajima / The Crucial Moment- Kawanakajima (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Kessen zen'ya / Night Before the Decisive Battle (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Kantô shuppei / The Kanto Expedition (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Bôryaku! Okehazama / The Scheme! Okehazama (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Shingen ansatsu / Shingen's Assassination (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Shingen tanjô / Birth of Shingen (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Gunshi to gunshin / The Tactician and the God of War (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Hime no shi / The Princess' Death (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Kawanakajima! Ryûko gekitotsu / Kawanakajima! Clash Between the Dragon and Tiger (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Murakami tôbatsu / Subjugating Murakami (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Haha no yuigon / Mother's Will (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Sanada no honkai / Sanada's Desire (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Kansuke nerawareru / Kansuke is Captured (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Echigo sennyû / Infiltrating Echigo (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    - Tenka he no michi / The Road Towards Subjugating the Country (2007) - Usami Sadamitsu
    2007
    Ruri no shima supesharu 2007: Hatsukoi (TV Movie)
    2006
    Love and Honor as
    Shinnojo's fencing instructor
    2006
    Nagai sanpo as
    Matsutaro Yasuda
    2006
    Saga no gabai-baachan as
    Tofu shop owner
    2005
    Miracle Banana as
    Takashi Yamamura
    2005
    Semishigure as
    Maki Sukezaemon
    2005
    Ruri no Shima (TV Series) as
    Nakama Yuzo
    - Episode #1.10 (2005) - Nakama Yuzo
    - Episode #1.9 (2005) - Nakama Yuzo
    - Episode #1.8 (2005) - Nakama Yuzo
    - Episode #1.7 (2005) - Nakama Yuzo
    - Episode #1.6 (2005) - Nakama Yuzo
    - Episode #1.5 (2005) - Nakama Yuzo
    - Episode #1.4 (2005) - Nakama Yuzo
    - Episode #1.3 (2005) - Nakama Yuzo
    - Episode #1.2 (2005) - Nakama Yuzo
    - Episode #1.1 (2005) - Nakama Yuzo
    2005
    Seishun no mon: Chikuhô hen (TV Mini Series) as
    Toraji Yabe
    - Dai 2-ya (2005) - Toraji Yabe
    - Dai 1-ya (2005) - Toraji Yabe
    2004
    Proof of the Man (TV Mini Series) as
    Eizaburo Nasu
    - Episode #1.10 (2004) - Eizaburo Nasu
    - Episode #1.9 (2004) - Eizaburo Nasu
    - Episode #1.8 (2004) - Eizaburo Nasu
    - Episode #1.7 (2004) - Eizaburo Nasu
    - Episode #1.6 (2004) - Eizaburo Nasu
    - Episode #1.5 (2004) - Eizaburo Nasu
    - Kirizumi Onsen no Henshisha (2004) - Eizaburo Nasu
    - Episode #1.3 (2004) - Eizaburo Nasu
    - Episode #1.2 (2004) - Eizaburo Nasu
    - Episode #1.1 (2004) - Eizaburo Nasu
    2004
    The Hidden Blade as
    Chief Retainer Hori
    2004
    Last Quarter as
    Doujima
    2004
    Izo as
    Swordsman
    2003
    Mirâ o fuku otoko
    2003
    Time Limit (TV Movie)
    2003
    Say Hello to Black Jack (TV Mini Series) as
    Osamu Hattori
    2002
    September 11 as
    Villageois (segment "Japan")
    2001
    Prince Shotoku (TV Movie) as
    Soga no Umako
    2001
    Aruku, hito as
    Nobuo Honma
    2000
    Koroshi as
    Client
    2000
    Tezuka Osamu gekijou (TV Movie)
    2000
    Ryûsei as
    Kikujiro
    1999
    Atsumono as
    Mokuhei Umano
    1999
    Furuhata Ninzaburô (TV Series) as
    Kengo Kuroiwa
    - The Terror of Dr Kuroiwa (1999) - Kengo Kuroiwa
    1997
    Gift (TV Series) as
    Yujiro Kishiwada
    - Episode #1.11 (1997) - Yujiro Kishiwada
    - Episode #1.10 (1997) - Yujiro Kishiwada
    1997
    Môri Motonari (TV Series) as
    Tsunehisa Amago
    1996
    Hakusyuu no Toki (TV Movie) as
    Takenori Shindoh
    1996
    Gonin 2 as
    Toyama Masamichi
    1995
    The Pillow Book as
    The Father
    1995
    Sayonara Nippon!
    1993
    Homura tatsu (TV Series)
    1993
    Kokkai e ikô! as
    Shigeyoshi matsudaira
    1993
    Haru no ichizoku (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
    Gubbai Mama
    1991
    Heat Wave as
    Police
    1991
    Dai yûkai as
    Inspector Daigoro Igari
    1991
    Taiheiki (TV Series) as
    Sadauji Ashikaga
    1990
    Shingo juuban shoubu (TV Movie) as
    The narrator
    1989
    Shijou no tabibito (TV Series)
    1989
    Shaso as
    Heikichi Washio
    1989
    Zatoichi as
    Rônin / Masterless samurai
    1989
    Shogun's Shadow as
    Igo Gyobu
    1988
    Peacock King as
    Jikû Ajari
    1988
    Umi no muribushi (TV Movie)
    1988
    A Chaos of Flowers as
    Kan Yosano
    1988
    Oracion as
    Senzo Wataumi
    1988
    Niji no aru heya (TV Movie)
    1988
    Rabu sutori o kimini as
    Setsuo Nagata
    1987
    Tokyo Bordello as
    Police man
    1987
    Zegen as
    Iheiji Muraoka
    1986
    Kataku no hito as
    Kazuo Dan
    1985
    Usugeshô as
    Tokichi Sakane
    1985
    Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters as
    Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970") / Narrator
    1985
    Hagoku (TV Movie)
    1985
    Kai as
    Iwago Tomita
    1983
    Gyoei no mure as
    Fusajiro Kohama
    1983
    Okinawan Boys as
    Mr. Higa
    1983
    Yôkirô as
    Katsuzo
    1983
    The Ballad of Narayama as
    Tatsuhei
    1982
    Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery 2 (TV Movie)
    1982
    Yaju-deka as
    Seiji Ohtaki
    1982
    Tôge no gunzô (TV Series) as
    Kuranosuke ohuchi
    - Episode #1.1 (1982) - Kuranosuke ohuchi
    1981
    Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo vs the Tattooed Lord
    1981
    Kirigirisu (TV Movie) as
    Aritsu
    1981
    Takushî sanba (TV Series) as
    Eiichi Asada
    - Rojou no kouya (1981) - Eiichi Asada
    - Ai no katachi (1981) - Eiichi Asada
    - Yoru no shounen (1981) - Eiichi Asada
    1981
    Edo Porn as
    Tetsuzo (Katsushika Hokusai)
    1981
    Samurai Reincarnation as
    Musashi Miyamoto
    1981
    Taiyo no kizu ato
    1981
    Why Not? as
    Furukawa
    1980
    The Wicked as
    Inoue
    1980
    Virus: The End as
    Prof. Tsuchiya
    1980
    Shadow Warriors as
    Koga Shirobe
    1976
    Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (TV Series)
    - The Spinning Wheel (1979)
    - Money and Hell (1976)
    1979
    Vengeance Is Mine as
    Iwao Enokizu
    1979
    Ashura no gotoku (TV Series) as
    Takao Satomi
    - Gubijinsou (1979) - Takao Satomi
    - Sandomame (1979) - Takao Satomi
    - Onna shougatsu (1979) - Takao Satomi
    1978
    The Demon as
    Sôkichi Takeshita
    1978
    Akujo ni tsuite (TV Series) as
    Yoshio Watase
    1978
    Ôgon no hibi (TV Series)
    1977
    Hakkodasan as
    Corporal Murayama
    1977
    Akai gekiryû (TV Series) as
    Seiji Tashiro
    1976
    The Sun Never Cries
    1976
    Kaze to kumo to niji to (TV Series) as
    Sumitomo Fujiwara (1976)
    1975
    Hissatsu hitchû shigotoya kagyô (TV Series) as
    Hanbê
    1974
    The Castle of Sand as
    Kenichi Miki
    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
    1972
    Hissatsu shikakenin (TV Series) as
    Baian Fujieda
    - Shikakenin okite ni chôsen! (1973) - Baian Fujieda
    - Seigi ni karamareta shikakenin (1973) - Baian Fujieda
    - Uso no shikake ni shikake no makoto (1973) - Baian Fujieda
    - Shikake ni kita shinda otoko (1973) - Baian Fujieda
    - Wana ni shikakeru (1973) - Baian Fujieda
    - Yoko o muita shikakenin (1973) - Baian Fujieda
    - Sata nashi ni sata ari (1973) - Baian Fujieda
    - Kataki uchimasu utasemasu (1973) - Baian Fujieda
    - Shinôkôshô ôjikake (1973) - Baian Fujieda
    - Onna goroshi (1973) - Baian Fujieda
    - Ônimotsu konimotsu shikake no tetsudai (1973) - Baian Fujieda
    - Jigoku bana (1973) - Baian Fujieda
    - Yusuri takari korosareru (1973) - Baian Fujieda
    - Risô ni shikakero (1973) - Baian Fujieda
    - Yume o kaimasu urami mo kaimasu (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Hana no Yoshiwara jigoku no tegata (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Inochi kakete uttaemasu (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Hito goroshi hito dasuke (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Okite o yabutta shikakenin (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Yogoreta futari no kaoyaku (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Aki kaze futari tabi (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Ôoku jochû goroshi (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Inochi urimasu moraimasu (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Jigoku gokuraku kami hitoe (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Kako ni owareru shikakenin (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Hitodenashi keshimasu (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Kesu kao kesareru kao (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Koroshi no okite (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Shikakerareta shikakenin (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Antô shikakenin goroshi (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    - Shikakete shisonji nashi (1972) - Baian Fujieda
    1971
    En toiu onna
    1970
    Tange Sazen (TV Series) as
    Tange Samanosuke / Tange Sazen
    1969
    Taifû to zakuro (TV Series)
    1969
    Waga koi waga uta as
    Hitomi Yamaguchi
    1969
    Nanatsu no kao no onna
    1969
    Farewell, My Beloved as
    Tadayuki Kno
    1969
    Samurai Banners
    1968
    Tsumiki no hako as
    Yûji Sugiura
    1968
    The Sex Check as
    Shiro
    1965
    Takôki (TV Series)
    1960
    Tôi hitotsu no michi
    Miscellaneous
    2008
    Garden of the Wind (TV Series) (title - 11 episodes)
    - Natsuyukikazura (2008) - (title)
    - Yûforubia (2008) - (title)
    - Raimuzuiyâ (2008) - (title)
    - Furokkusu (2008) - (title)
    - Saponaria (2008) - (title)
    - Derufiniumu (2008) - (title)
    - Kanpanyura (2008) - (title)
    - Geraniumu (2008) - (title)
    - Taimu (2008) - (title)
    - Ezoengosaku (2008) - (title)
    - Sunôdoroppu (2008) - (title)
    Transportation Department
    1991
    Rhapsody in August (transportation)
    Thanks
    2007
    The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka (Video documentary short) (special thanks)
    Self
    2007
    Suteki na uchûsen chikyû gô (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Sekai isan no hikari to kage Vol. 7 (2007) - Self
    2007
    Scorsese on Imamura (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2006
    Ichibun: Takuya Kimura (Video documentary) as
    Self
    1988
    Tokugawa Ieyasu - TBS Warlord Special (TV Special)
    1986
    The 9th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1982
    The 5th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    Archive Footage
    1990
    Hollywood Mavericks (Documentary) as
    Yukio Mishima (uncredited)

    References

    Ken Ogata Wikipedia