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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Ogata, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Love and Honor
(Magohachiro Kibe)
Tokyo Bordello
The Pillow Book
(The Father)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
(Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970"))
The Ballad of Narayama
(Tatsuhei)
Vengeance Is Mine
(Iwao Enokizu)
Gonin 2
(Toyama Masamichi)
The Geisha
(Katsuzo)
The Last Samurai
(Nakamura Hanjiro)
Samurai Reincarnation
(Musashi Miyamoto)
The Samurai I Loved
(Maki Sukezaemon)
Edo Porn
(Hokusai)
Shogun's Shadow
(Igo Gyobu)
Heat Wave
(Police)
Tracked
(Tokichi Sakane)
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
Mount Hakkoda
(Corporal Murayama)
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
(Toyama no Kin-san)
Oar
(Iwago Tomita)
Film Noir
(Client)
The Demon
(Sokichi Takeshita)
Miracle Banana
(Takashi Yamamura)
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
(Koga Shiro Samurai)
A Hardest Night!!
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
(Nurarihyon)
The Catch
(Fusajiro Kohama)
A Woman Called En
A Long Walk
(Matsutaro Yasuda)
Totteoki no Seishun
Autumn Blossoms
Man Walking on Snow
(Nobuo Honma)
Kokkai e ikô!
Goodbye Japan
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
The Dream of Russia
(Koudayu Daikokuya - captain)
The Peacock King
(Jiku Ajari)
Why Not?
(Furukawa)
Journey Along the Silk Road
Zegen
(Iheiji Muraoka)
House on Fire
(Kazuo Katsura)
My Soul Is Slashed
(Shutaro Ishikawa)
Bōshi
(Shunpei Takayama)
The Castle of Sand
(Kenichi Miki)
A Chaos of Flowers
(Kan Yosano)
The House of Wooden Blocks
The Sex Check
Memories of You
Rainbow Kids
(Inspector Daigoro Igari)
Shingo's Ten Duels
(The narrator)
Company Executives
古畑任三郎 黒岩博士の恐怖
The Dropout
(Seiji Ohtaki)
Virus
(Prof. Tsuchiya)
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
(Baian Fujieda)
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
(Baian Fujieda)
Oracion
(Senzo Wataumi)
Farewell, My Beloved
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
11’09”01—September 11
(Villager (segment "Japan"))
Izo
(Swordsman)
Last Quarter
(Doujima)
Lady with Seven Faces
(Scholar)
Okinawan Boys
Goodbye Mama
Samurai Banners
(Hatanaka Buhei)
The Hidden Blade
(Chief Retainer Hori)
Time Limit
The Wicked
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
(Kyohei Tasaka)
Ana
(Toru Mori)
Succession
(Daisaku Kadota)
Granny Gabai
(Tofu shop owner)
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
The Central Quicksand
Toge no Gunzo
(Yoshio Oishi)
Ōgon no Hibi
(Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
(Musashibo Benkei)
Taikouki
(Toyotomi no Hideyoshi)
Ruri's Island
(Yuzo Nakama)
Furuhata Ninzaburo
Hachigatsu no Love Song
Stewardess's Sweetheart
Mouri Motonari
Ai wa Doda
Akai Arashi
Garden of the Wind
(Teizo Shiratori)
橋の雨
SMAP×SMAP
(Skit guest)
SMAP×SMAP
(Skit Guest)
Gift
(Yujiro Kishiwada（岸和田 裕二郎）)
必殺仕掛人（ＴＶシリーズ）
ナニワ金融道
(金子 高利)
Prince Shotoku
(Soga no Umako)
Ashura no Gotoku
動く壁
Professional Killers
(Baian Fujieda)