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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 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
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2000s
- 2008
Garden of the Wind
Teizo Shiratori · 11 episodes
Bōshi
Shunpei Takayama
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
Nurarihyon
- 2006
- 2005
A Hardest Night!!
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The Samurai I Loved
Maki Sukezaemon
Miracle Banana
Takashi Yamamura
Ruri's Island
Yuzo Nakama · 10 episodes
Journey Along the Silk Road
Movie
- 2004
Last Quarter
Doujima
- 2003
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
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Time Limit
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Say Hello to Black Jack
TV
- 2002
- 2001
Prince Shōtoku
Soga no Umako
Prince Shotoku
Soga no Umako · 2 episodes
- 2000
1990s
- 1998
The Central Quicksand
Movie
- 1997
Gift
Yujiro Kishiwada（岸和田 裕二郎） · 1 episode
Mouri Motonari
TV
- 1996
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
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命捧げ候 夢追い坂の決闘
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- 1995
Goodbye Japan
Movie
- 1994
Stewardess's Sweetheart
TV
- 1993
Kokkai e ikô!
Movie
- 1992
Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
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Ai wa Doda
TV
- 1991
My Soul Is Slashed
Shutaro Ishikawa
Goodbye Mama
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Rainbow Kids
Inspector Daigoro Igari
- 1990
Shingo's Ten Duels
The narrator
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
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Memories of You
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Totteoki no Seishun
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Totteoki no Seishun
TV
- 1987
Zegen
Iheiji Muraoka
- 1986
House on Fire
Kazuo Katsura
- 1985
- 1984
Ana
Toru Mori
- 1983
Okinawan Boys
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- 1982
- 1981
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
Toyama no Kin-san
Scars of the Sun
Rintaro Motegi (Shuhei's Father)
- 1980
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Koga Shiro Samurai
1970s
- 1979
Red Storm
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Ashura no Gotoku
TV
- 1978
- 1977
Mount Hakkoda
Corporal Murayama
- 1975
Hissatsu Hitchu Shigotoya Kagyou
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- 1974
The Last Samurai
Nakamura Hanjiro
Hashū Hankachō
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Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
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- 1973
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
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- 1972
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1960s
- 1969
The Song from My Heart
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Lady with Seven Faces
Scholar
Farewell, My Beloved
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- 1968
The House of Wooden Blocks
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The Sex Check
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間諜
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- 1960
12 Ounces to Glory
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