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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...
Known for
SMAP×SMAPSeries • 1996
Furuhata NinzaburoSeries • 1994
Professional KillersSeries • 1972
TaikoukiSeries • 1965
Toge no GunzoSeries • 1982
Minamoto no YoshitsuneSeries • 1966
VirusMovie • 1980
The Ballad of NarayamaMovie • 1983
Vengeance Is MineMovie • 1979
Mishima: A Life in Four ChaptersMovie • 1985
The Castle of SandMovie • 1974
The Pillow BookMovie • 1995
Love and HonorMovie • 2006
Edo PornMovie • 1981
Samurai ReincarnationMovie • 1981
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His AllyMovie • 1989
The DemonMovie • 1978
September 11Movie • 2002
IzoMovie • 2004
Shogun's ShadowMovie • 1989
Samurai BannersMovie • 1969
The Last SamuraiMovie • 1974
The Hidden BladeMovie • 2004