Ken Ogata

, better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 50 movies and 25 television series. For his merits and contribution to arts in 2000 received Japan's Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon.

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). 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).

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.

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. 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, he reprised the character twice in the film series later.

His last lead role was in A Long Walk (2006). Tracked Lead role 1986 House on Fire Lead role 1987 Zegen Lead role

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Shogun's Shadow Lead role Shaso Lead role Zatoichi, Darkness Is His Ally Rônin/Masterless samurai

Rainbow Kids Daigoro Igari 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"

The Hidden Blade Izo Last Quarter of the Moon The Man Who Wipes Mirrors Lead role 2005 The Samurai I Loved Maki Sukezaemon

Love and Honor A Long Walk Lead role 2008 Kitaro and the Millennium Curse Nurarihyon Final film role Television

Japanese dub The Golden Compass – Iorek Byrnison (2008)

Honours Medal with Purple Ribbon (2000) Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2008)