Ken Ogata

Actor

Born: July 20, 1937
Died: October 5, 2008 (age 71)
From: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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…

Filmography (78)

Bōshi
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
Autumn Blossoms (1999)
The Central Quicksand (1998)
Gonin 2 (1996)
Toyama Masamichi
The Way of Osaka Financing 1 (1996)
Goodbye Japan (1995)
The Pillow Book (1995)
The Father
Kokkai e ikô! (1993)
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze (1992)
Succession (1992)
Daisaku Kadota
The Dream of Russia (1992)
Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
My Soul Is Slashed (1991)
Shutaro Ishikawa
Goodbye Mama (1991)