Ken Ogata

Ken Ogata

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...

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Bōshi

as Shunpei Takayama

Love and Honor

as Magohachiro Kibe

Granny Gabai

as Tofu shop owner

A Long Walk

as Matsutaro Yasuda

Miracle Banana

as Takashi Yamamura

The Samurai I Loved

as Maki Sukezaemon

The Hidden Blade

as Chief Retainer Hori

Last Quarter

as Doujima

Izo

as Swordsman

Man Walking on Snow

as Nobuo Honma

September 11

as Villager (segment "Japan")

Prince Shōtoku

as Soga no Umako

Film Noir

as Client

Gonin 2

as Toyama Masamichi

The Pillow Book

as The Father

Succession

as Daisaku Kadota

The Dream of Russia

as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain

My Soul Is Slashed

as Shutaro Ishikawa

Heat Wave

as Police