Ken Ogata
Japanese actor (1937–2008)
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Akinobu Ogata (緒形 明伸, Ogata Akinobu; 20 July 1937 – 5 October 2008), better known by his stage name Ken Ogata (緒形 拳, Ogata Ken), was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 50 movies and 25 television series.[1] For his merits and contribution to arts in 2000 received Japan's Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon.[2]
Ken Ogata | |
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緒形 拳 | |
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| Born | 緒形 明伸 (Akinobu Ogata) July 20, 1937 |
| Died | October 5, 2008 (aged 71) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960–2008 |
| Awards | Japan Academy Prize Best Actor 1979 The Demon 1984 The Ballad of Narayama 1987 House on Fire |
Among many movie awards and nominations, he received three times Japan Academy Film Prize award for Best Actor for The Demon (1978), The Ballad of Narayama (1983) and House on Fire (1986), and in addition Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for The Catch and Okinawan Boys (1983).[3] Other notable roles were in Shohei Imamura's Vengeance Is Mine (1979), Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book (1996).[1][4]
Life
Ogata was born on July 20, 1937 in Tokyo, Japan. He started his acting career in 1958 as part of the Shinkokugeki theater troupe.[1][5]
His movie debut was 1960s Tooi Hitotsu No Michi, but his starring role as Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 1965 NHK Taiga drama Taikōki catapulted him to fame.[4][6] 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). His final appearance in the taiga drama was Fūrin Kazan in 2007. Besides the taiga drama series, Ogata portrayed Fujieda Baian in the Hissatsu series Hissatsu Shikakenin,[7] he reprised the character twice in the film series later.[8][9]
His last lead role was in A Long Walk (2006).[4] Mr. Ogata died of liver cancer 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).[1]
Ogata was a talented calligrapher and held a public exhibition in 1991.[6] His sons Kanta and Naoto are actors as well.[1]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Sex Check | |||
| 1969 | Samurai Banners | |||
| Farewell, My Beloved | ||||
| Lady with Seven Faces | ||||
| 1973 | Professional Killers: Assassin’s Quarry | Fujieda Baian | Lead role, Hissatsu series | |
| 1974 | Hissatsu Shikakenin Shunsetsu shikakebari | Fujieda Baian | Lead role, Hissatsu series | |
| Castle of Sand | Ken'ichi Miki | |||
| The Last Samurai | ||||
| 1977 | Mount Hakkoda | |||
| 1978 | The Demon | Lead role | ||
| 1979 | Vengeance Is Mine | Lead role | ||
| 1980 | Virus | |||
| 1981 | Samurai Reincarnation | Miyamoto Musashi | ||
| Eijanaika | ||||
| Edo Porn | Tetsuzō | Lead role | ||
| 1982 | Yaju-deka | Lead role | ||
| 1983 | The Ballad of Narayama | Lead role | ||
| The Catch | Lead role | |||
| Okinawan Boys | ||||
| The Geisha | Lead role | |||
| 1985 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Yukio Mishima | Lead role | |
| Oar | Lead role | [10] | ||
| Tracked | Lead role | [11] | ||
| 1986 | House on Fire | Lead role | ||
| 1987 | Zegen | Lead role | ||
| 1988 | A Chaos of Flowers | |||
| Oracion | ||||
| 1989 | Shogun's Shadow | Lead role | ||
| Shaso | Lead role | |||
| Zatoichi, Darkness Is His Ally | Rônin/Masterless samurai | |||
| 1991 | Rainbow Kids | Daigoro Igari | [12] | |
| My Soul Is Slashed | Lead role | |||
| 1992 | Dreams of Russia | Daikokuya Kōdayū | Lead role | |
| 1996 | The Pillow Book | |||
| 1999 | Shooting Star | Kikujirō Yamamoto | Lead role | |
| 2000 | Film Noir | Ichihara | ||
| 2001 | Man Walking on Snow | Nobuo Honma | Lead role | |
| 2002 | 11'09"01 September 11 | Episode 11: "Japan" | ||
| 2004 | The Hidden Blade | |||
| Izo | ||||
| Last Quarter of the Moon | ||||
| The Man Who Wipes Mirrors | Lead role | |||
| 2005 | The Samurai I Loved | Maki Sukezaemon | ||
| 2006 | Love and Honor | |||
| A Long Walk | Lead role | |||
| 2008 | Kitaro and the Millennium Curse | Nurarihyon | Final film role |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Taikōki | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Lead role, Taiga drama | [13] |
| 1966 | Minamoto no Yoshitsune | Benkei | Taiga drama | [14] |
| 1972 | Shin Heike Monogatari | Dr. Abe no Asadori | Taiga drama | [15] |
| Hissatsu Shikakenin | Fujieda Baian | Lead role, Hissatsu series | ||
| 1975 | Hissatsu Hitchuu Shigotoya Kagyō | Hanbei | Lead role, Hissatsu series | |
| Tsūkai! Kōchiyama Sōshun | Chōji | Episode 15 | ||
| 1976 | Kaze to Kumo to Niji to | Fujiwara no Sumitomo | Taiga drama | [16] |
| Hissatsu Karakurinin | Yumeya Tokijirō | Lead role, Hissatsu series | ||
| Zatoichi Season 2 | Gonnosuke | Episode 12 "Money And Hell" | ||
| 1977–78 | Shin Hissatsu Karakurinin | Hiroshige, narrator | Hissatsu series | |
| 1978 | Ōgon no Hibi | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Taiga drama | [13] |
| 1979 | Ashura no Gotoku Part 1 | Satomi Takao | ||
| Zatoichi Season 4 | Hikotarō | Episode 6 "The Spinning Wheel" | ||
| 1982 | Tōge no Gunzō | Ōishi Kuranosuke | Lead role, Taiga drama | [17] |
| 1985 | Hagoku | Seitarō Sakuma | Lead role, television film | |
| 1988 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Television film | |
| 1991 | Taiheiki | Ashikaga Sadauji | Taiga drama | [18] |
| 1997 | Mōri Motonari | Amago Tsunehisa | Taiga drama | [19] |
| Gift | Yujiro Kishiwada | The final episode | ||
| 1998 | The Scorching Silk Road | Documentary | ||
| 1999 | Furuhata Ninzaburō | Kengo Kuroiwa | Episode 27 | |
| Dear Friend | Kiichi Satake | Television film | ||
| 2003 | Say Hello to Black Jack | Osamu Hattori | ||
| 2005 | Ruri's Island | Yūzō Nakama | ||
| 2006 | Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Hajime Sandaiji | Special appearance | |
| 2007 | Fūrin Kazan | Usami Sadamitsu | Taiga drama | [20] |
| 2008 | Bōshi | Shunpei Takayama | Lead role | |
| Garden of Breeze | Teizō Shiratori |
Japanese dub
- The Golden Compass – Iorek Byrnison (2008)