Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/20/1937
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
Кэн Огата오가타 켄绪形拳
Ken Ogata
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 prominent roles in subsequent programs. The following year, he portrayed Benkei in Minamoto no Yoshitsune...
Known For
Rainbow Kids
as Inspector Daigoro Igari
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
as Yukio Mishima
The Hidden Blade
as Chief Retainer Hori
Gonin 2
as Toyama Masamichi
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Unknown Role
The Peacock King
as Jiku Ajari
Virus
as Prof. Tsuchiya
The Ballad of Narayama
as Tatsuhei
Edo Porn
as Hokusai
Tracked
as Tokichi Sakane
House on Fire
as Kazuo Katsura
Oración
as Senzo Wataumi
Samurai Reincarnation
as Musashi Miyamoto
September 11
as Villager (segment "Japan")
Shogun's Shadow
as Igo Gyobu
Love and Honor
as Magohachiro Kibe
Vengeance Is Mine
as Iwao Enokizu
The Dream of Russia
as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
Heat Wave
as Police
A Chaos of Flowers
as Kan Yosano