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​

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Love and Honor

Magohachiro Kibe

Movie 2006

Tokyo Bordello

Movie 1987

The Pillow Book

The Father

Movie 1995

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")

Movie 1985

The Ballad of Narayama

Tatsuhei

Movie 1983

Vengeance Is Mine

Iwao Enokizu

Movie 1979

Gonin 2

Toyama Masamichi

Movie 1996

The Geisha

Katsuzo

Movie 1983

The Last Samurai

Nakamura Hanjiro

Movie 1974

Samurai Reincarnation

Musashi Miyamoto

Movie 1981

The Samurai I Loved

Maki Sukezaemon

Movie 2005

Edo Porn

Hokusai

Movie 1981

Heat Wave

Police

Movie 1991

Tracked

Tokichi Sakane

Movie 1985

Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special

Movie 1988

Mount Hakkoda

Corporal Murayama

Movie 1977

The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

Toyama no Kin-san

Movie 1981

Oar

Iwago Tomita

Movie 1985

Film Noir

Client

Movie 2000

The Demon

Sokichi Takeshita

Movie 1978

Miracle Banana

Takashi Yamamura

Movie 2005

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

Koga Shiro Samurai

Movie 1980

A Hardest Night!!

Movie 2005

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse

Nurarihyon

Movie 2008

The Catch

Fusajiro Kohama

Movie 1983

A Woman Called En

Movie 1971

A Long Walk

Matsutaro Yasuda

Movie 2006

Totteoki no Seishun

Movie 1988

Autumn Blossoms

Movie 1999

Man Walking on Snow

Nobuo Honma

Movie 2001

Kokkai e ikô!

Movie 1993

Goodbye Japan

Movie 1995

The Way of Osaka Financing 1

Movie 1996

The Dream of Russia

Koudayu Daikokuya - captain

Movie 1992

Why Not?

Furukawa

Movie 1981

Journey Along the Silk Road

Movie 2005

Zegen

Iheiji Muraoka

Movie 1987

House on Fire

Kazuo Katsura

Movie 1986

My Soul Is Slashed

Shutaro Ishikawa

Movie 1991

Bōshi

Shunpei Takayama

Movie 2008

The Castle of Sand

Kenichi Miki

Movie 1974

A Chaos of Flowers

Kan Yosano

Movie 1988

The House of Wooden Blocks

Movie 1968

The Sex Check

Movie 1968

Memories of You

Movie 1988

Rainbow Kids

Inspector Daigoro Igari

Movie 1991

Shingo's Ten Duels

The narrator

Movie 1990

Company Executives

Movie 1989

古畑任三郎 黒岩博士の恐怖

Movie 1999

The Dropout

Seiji Ohtaki

Movie 1982

Virus

Prof. Tsuchiya

Movie 1980

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

Baian Fujieda

Movie 1973

Professional Killers – Assignment by Night

Baian Fujieda

Movie 1974

Oración

Senzo Wataumi

Movie 1988

Farewell, My Beloved

Movie 1969

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

Movie 1989

11’09”01—September 11

Villager (segment "Japan")

Movie 2002

Izo

Swordsman

Movie 2004

Last Quarter

Doujima

Movie 2004

Lady with Seven Faces

Scholar

Movie 1969

Okinawan Boys

Movie 1983

Goodbye Mama

Movie 1991

Samurai Banners

Hatanaka Buhei

Movie 1969

The Hidden Blade

Chief Retainer Hori

Movie 2004

Time Limit

Movie 2003

The Wicked

Movie 1980

Jugyo Sankan no Onna

Kyohei Tasaka

Movie 1984

Ana

Toru Mori

Movie 1984

Succession

Daisaku Kadota

Movie 1992

Granny Gabai

Tofu shop owner

Movie 2006

The Man Who Wipes Mirrors

Movie 2003

The Central Quicksand

Movie 1998

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Toge no Gunzo

Yoshio Oishi

Tv 1982

Ōgon no Hibi

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Tv 1978

Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Musashibo Benkei

Tv 1966

Taikouki

Toyotomi no Hideyoshi

Tv 1965

Ruri's Island

Yuzo Nakama

Tv 2005

Furuhata Ninzaburo

Tv 1994

Hachigatsu no Love Song

Tv 1996

Stewardess's Sweetheart

Tv 1994

Mouri Motonari

Tv 1997

Ai wa Doda

Tv 1992

Akai Arashi

Tv 1979

Garden of the Wind

Teizo Shiratori

Tv 2008

橋の雨

Tv 1996

SMAP×SMAP

Skit guest

Tv 1996

SMAP×SMAP

Skit Guest

Tv 1996

Gift

Yujiro Kishiwada(岸和田 裕二郎)

Tv 1997

必殺仕掛人(TVシリーズ)

Tv 1972

ナニワ金融道

金子 高利

Tv 1996

Prince Shotoku

Soga no Umako

Tv 2001

Ashura no Gotoku

Tv 1979

動く壁

Tv 1994

Professional Killers

Baian Fujieda

Tv 1972

Hashū Hankachō

Tv 1974