
Ken Ogata
Acting
Born: 1937-07-20 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died: 2008-10-05
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 promi
🎬 Movies (20)
Bōshi
2008
Shunpei Takayama

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
2008
Nurarihyon

Love and Honor
2006
Magohachiro Kibe

Granny Gabai
2006
Tofu shop owner

A Long Walk
2006
Matsutaro Yasuda

A Hardest Night!!
2005

The Samurai I Loved
2005
Maki Sukezaemon

Miracle Banana
2005
Takashi Yamamura

Journey Along the Silk Road
2005

The Hidden Blade
2004
Chief Retainer Hori

Last Quarter
2004
Doujima

Izo
2004
Swordsman

The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
2003

Time Limit
2003

Man Walking on Snow
2002
Nobuo Honma

September 11
2002
Villager (segment "Japan")

Prince Shōtoku
2001
Soga no Umako

Film Noir
2000
Client
Autumn Blossoms
1999

The Central Quicksand
1998
📺 TV Shows (20)

Garden of the Wind
2008
Teizo Shiratori

Ruri's Island
2005
Yuzo Nakama

Say Hello to Black Jack
2003

Prince Shotoku
2001
Soga no Umako

Gift
1997
Yujiro Kishiwada(岸和田 裕二郎)

Mouri Motonari
1997
橋の雨
1996
Hachigatsu no Love Song
1996

SMAP×SMAP
1996
Skit guest

SMAP×SMAP
1996
Skit Guest
ナニワ金融道
1996
金子 高利

Furuhata Ninzaburo
1994

Stewardess's Sweetheart
1994
動く壁
1994

Ai wa Doda
1992

Totteoki no Seishun
1988

Toge no Gunzo
1982
Yoshio Oishi

Red Storm
1979

Ashura no Gotoku
1979

Ōgon no Hibi
1978
Toyotomi Hideyoshi