Ken Ogata

Ken Ogata, 1965

Ken Ogata ( Japanese 緒 形 拳 , Ogata Ken , actually: Akinobu Ogata 緒 形 明 伸 , Ogata Akinobu ); (* July 20, 1937 in Ushigome City Tokyo (today: Shinjuku , Tokyo ); † October 5, 2008 in Yokohama ) was a Japanese actor . He appeared in 97 films and received 13 different awards.

Life

Ogata was interested in the theater while still at school and became a member of the Shinkokugeki ensemble after graduating from high school. He was a member of this theater group from 1958 to 1968. In his first film, Tōi hitotsu no michi , he played the lead role, a young boxer. He gained greater popularity through two television series Takōki (1965) and Hissatsu shikakenin (1972–1973). For his role of the devilish father Sōkichi Takeshita in Yoshitarō Nomuras Kichiku (1978) he has received several awards. In 1979 he played the serial killer Iwao Enokizu in the film Fukushū suru wa ware ni ari, directed by Shōhei Imamura . He achieved international fame in the role of the farmer Tatsuhei with the film The Ballad of Narayama , here again directed by Shōhei Imamura. The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival . Directed by Paul Schrader , he played the role of the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima in Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters in 1985 . However, the film was never shown in Japan after protests. His best-known performance in an English language film was that of a calligrapher in The Bed Reading (1996), directed by Peter Greenaway . Here he played alongside Vivian Wu and Ewan McGregor .

He died of liver cancer on October 5, 2008. His sons Kanta (* 1966) and Naoto (* 1967) are also actors.

Filmography

• 1960: Tōi hitotsu no michi
• 1965: Takōki (TV series)
• 1968: Sekkusu chekku: Daini no sei
• 1968: Tsumiki no hako
• 1969: Taifū to zakuro (TV series)
• 1969: Nanatsu no kao no onna
• 1969: Wakare
• 1969: The Samurai's Banner
• 1969: Waga koi waga uta
• 1971: En toiu onna
• 1972–1973: Hissatsu shikakenin (TV series, 31 episodes)
• 1973: Hissatsu shikakenin: Baian ari jigoku
• 1974: Hissatsu shikakenin: Shunsetsu shikake bari
• 1974: Okami yo rakujitsu o kire
• 1974: Suna no utsuwa
• 1975: Hissatsu hitchū shigotoya kagyō (TV series)
• 1976: Kaze to kumo to niji to (TV series)
• 1976: Taiyō wa nakanai
• 1977: Akai gekiryū (TV series)
• 1977: Hakkodasan
• 1978: Akujo ni tsuite (TV series)
• 1978: Kichiku
• 1976–1979: Zatōichi monogatari (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1979: Kage no Gundan: Hattori Hanzo
• 1979: Ashura no gotoku (TV series)
• 1979: Fukushū suru wa ware ni ari
• 1980: Overkill - Through Hell to Eternity ( Fukkatsu no hi )
• 1980: Lethal injections
• 1981: The Thief and the Geisha ( Eijanaika )
• 1981: Makai tenshō
• 1981: Hokusai manga
• 1981: Takushī sanba (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1981: Kirigirisu (TV movie)
• 1982: Tōge no gunzō (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1982: Yaju-deka
• 1982: Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 2 (TV movie)
• 1983: The Ballad of Narayama ( Narayama bushikō )
• 1983: Yōkirō
• 1983: Okinawa no shonen
• 1983: Gyoei no mure
• 1985: Kai
• 1985: Hagoku (TV movie)
• 1985: Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters ( Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters )
• 1985: Usugeshō
• 1986: Kataku no hito
• 1987: Zegen
• 1987: Yoshiwara enjō
• 1988: Rabu sutori o kimi ni
• 1988: Niji no aru heya (TV movie)
• 1988: Yushun
• 1988: Hana no ran
• 1988: Kujaku-ō
• 1989: The Shogun's Shadow
• 1989: Zatōichi
• 1989: Shaso
• 1989: Shijō no tabibito (TV series)
• 1990: Shingo jūban shōbu (TV movie)
• 1991: Taiheiki (TV series)
• 1991: Dai yūkai
• 1991: Kagerō
• 1991: Gubbai Mama
• 1991: Kamitsukitai / Dorakiyura yori ai-0
• 1992: O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan
• 1992: Keisho Sakazuki
• 1993: Haru no ichizoku (TV series)
• 1993: Kokkai e ikō!
• 1993: Homura tatsu (TV series)
• 1995: Sayonara Nippon!
• 1996: The Pillow Book ( The Pillow Book )
• 1996: Gonin 2
• 1996: Hakushū no Toki (TV movie)
• 1997: Mōri Motonari (TV movie)
• 1999: Atsumono
• 2000: Ryūsei
• 2000: Tezuka Osamu gekijō (TV movie)
• 2000: Koroshi
• 2001: Aruku, hito
• 2001: Shotoku taishi (TV movie)
• 2002: 11'09 "01 - September 11 , episode: Japan
• 2003: Black Jack ni yoroshiku (TV series)
• 2003: Time Limit (TV movie)
• 2003: Mirā o fuku otoko
• 2004: Proof of the Man (TV series)
• 2004: Izo
• 2004: Kagen no tsuki
• 2004: The Hidden Blade
• 2005: Seishun no mon: Chikuhō hen (TV series)
• 2005: Ruri no Shima (TV series)
• 2005: Semishigure
• 2005: Mirakuru banana
• 2006: Saga no gabai-baachan
• 2006: Nagai sanpo
• 2006: Love and Honor - Bushi no ichibun
• 2007: Ruri no shima supesharu 2007: Hatsukoi (TV movie)
• 2008: Gegege no Kitarō: Sennen noroi uta
• 2008: Bōshi (TV movie)
• 2008: Kaze no gāden (TV series, four episodes)

Awards

Japanese Academy Award

• 1979: Best Actor for Kichiku
• 1984: Best leading actor for Narayama bushikō , Yōkirō and Gyoei no mure
• 1987: Best Actor for Kataku no hito
• 2009: Honorary award for his life's work

Blue Ribbon Award

• 1979: Best Actor for Kichiku
• 1984: Best leading actor for Narayama bushikō , Yōkirō , Gyoei no mure and Okinawa no shonen
• 2009: Special Award

Hochi Film Award

• 1978: Best Actor for Kichiku

Kinema Junpo Award

• 1979: Best Actor for Kichiku

Mainichi Film Concours

• 1979: Best Actor for Kichiku
• 1984: Best leading actor for Narayama bushikô , Yôkirô and Gyoei no mure
• 2009: Special Award

Yokohama Film Festival

• 1980: Best Actor for Fukushū suru wa ware ni ari

literature

• Hans-Michael Bock : Lexicon. Film Actor International . Henschel Verlag, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-89487-199-7 , p. 649.

Web links

Commons : Ken Ogata  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ken Ogata in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ken Ogata, Japanese Actor Famed for Films and TV, Dies at 71. The New York Times, October 17, 2008, accessed December 25, 2017 .