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 Greenaways The Pillow Book, Paul Schraders Mishima A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamuras 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
Magohachiro Kibe
Film 2006
Film 1987
The Father
Film 1995
Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")
Film 1985
Tatsuhei
Film 1983
Iwao Enokizu
Film 1979
Toyama Masamichi
Film 1996
Katsuzo
Film 1983
Nakamura Hanjiro
Film 1974
Musashi Miyamoto
Film 1981
Maki Sukezaemon
Film 2005
Hokusai
Film 1981
Police
Film 1991
Tokichi Sakane
Film 1985
Film 1988
Corporal Murayama
Film 1977
Toyama no Kin-san
Film 1981
Iwago Tomita
Film 1985
Client
Film 2000
Sokichi Takeshita
Film 1978
Takashi Yamamura
Film 2005
Koga Shiro Samurai
Film 1980
Film 2005
Nurarihyon
Film 2008
Fusajiro Kohama
Film 1983
Film 1971
Matsutaro Yasuda
Film 2006
Film 1988
Film 1999
Nobuo Honma
Film 2001
Film 1993
Film 1995
Film 1996
Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
Film 1992
Furukawa
Film 1981
Film 2005
Iheiji Muraoka
Film 1987
Kazuo Katsura
Film 1986
Shutaro Ishikawa
Film 1991
Shunpei Takayama
Film 2008
Kenichi Miki
Film 1974
Kan Yosano
Film 1988
Film 1968
Film 1968
Film 1988
Inspector Daigoro Igari
Film 1991
The narrator
Film 1990
Film 1989
Film 1999
Seiji Ohtaki
Film 1982
Prof. Tsuchiya
Film 1980
Baian Fujieda
Film 1973
Baian Fujieda
Film 1974
Senzo Wataumi
Film 1988
Film 1969
Film 1989
Villager (segment "Japan")
Film 2002
Swordsman
Film 2004
Doujima
Film 2004
Scholar
Film 1969
Film 1983
Film 1991
Hatanaka Buhei
Film 1969
Chief Retainer Hori
Film 2004
Film 2003
Film 1980
Kyohei Tasaka
Film 1984
Toru Mori
Film 1984
Daisaku Kadota
Film 1992
Tofu shop owner
Film 2006
Film 2003
Film 1998
Yoshio Oishi
Tv 1982
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Tv 1978
Musashibo Benkei
Tv 1966
Toyotomi no Hideyoshi
Tv 1965
Yuzo Nakama
Tv 2005
Tv 1994
Tv 1996
Tv 1994
Tv 1997
Tv 1992
Tv 1979
Teizo Shiratori
Tv 2008
Tv 1996
Skit guest
Tv 1996
Skit Guest
Tv 1996
Yujiro Kishiwada(岸和田 裕二郎)
Tv 1997
Tv 1972
金子 高利
Tv 1996
Soga no Umako
Tv 2001
Tv 1979
Tv 1994
Baian Fujieda
Tv 1972
Tv 1974