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Acting

Ken Ogata

Career: Active from 1965 to 2008, busiest in 1981 and 1996 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 50
top three billing

Average score: 71/100

Highest rated: The Ballad of Narayama
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ken Ogata Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.9, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.9, average 2.2
Situational Comedy
1.5, average 2.7
Wholesome
2.4, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 10
Character-Driven 8
Historical Drama 7
Revenge 4
Japanese Historical Drama 4
Character Study 4
Japanese Cinema 4
Feudal Japan 3
Social Commentary 3
Action 3
Complex Relationships 3
Emotional Journey 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

80

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

18 titles · average score 69

Garden of the Wind

TV show · as Teizo Shiratori

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse

50

as Nurarihyon

A Long Walk

79

as Matsutaro Yasuda

Love and Honor

79

as Magohachiro Kibe

Granny Gabai

72

as Tofu shop owner

The Samurai I Loved

73

as Maki Sukezaemon

Ruri's Island

TV show · as Yuzo Nakama

Man Walking on Snow

as Nobuo Honma

September 11

69

as Villager (segment "Japan")

Prince Shotoku

TV show · as Soga no Umako

Prince Shōtoku

as Soga no Umako

Film Noir

as Client

1990s

18 titles · average score 67

Mouri Motonari

TV show

Gift

TV show · as Yujiro Kishiwada（岸和田裕二郎）

Gonin 2

72

as Toyama Masamichi

TV show · as 金子高利

TV show

The Pillow Book

67

as The Father

Furuhata Ninzaburo

TV show

The Dream of Russia

as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain

Succession

as Daisaku Kadota

Rainbow Kids

67

as Inspector Daigoro Igari

My Soul Is Slashed

as Shutaro Ishikawa

Heat Wave

62

as Police

1980s

27 titles · average score 67

Shogun's Shadow

69

as Igo Gyobu

A Chaos of Flowers

as Kan Yosano

Zegen

72

as Iheiji Muraoka

House on Fire

57

as Kazuo Katsura

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

82

as Yukio Mishima

Oar

as Iwago Tomita

Tracked

61

as Tokichi Sakane

The Ballad of Narayama

87

as Tatsuhei

The Geisha

66

as Katsuzo

The Catch

68

as Fusajiro

Edo Porn

67

as Hokusai

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

as Koga Shiro Samurai

1970s

13 titles · average score 76

Vengeance Is Mine

86

as Iwao Enokizu

Ashura no Gotoku

TV show

The Demon

77

as Sokichi Takeshita

Ōgon no Hibi

TV show · as Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Mount Hakkoda

67

as Corporal Murayama

Hissatsu Hitchu Shigotoya Kagyou

TV show

The Last Samurai

75

as Nakamura Hanjiro

Professional Killers – Assignment by Night

as Baian Fujieda

The Castle of Sand

73

as Kenichi Miki

Hashū Hankachō

TV show

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

as Baian Fujieda

Professional Killers

TV show · as Baian Fujieda

1960s

4 titles · average score 67

Samurai Banners

67

as Hatanaka Buhei

Lady with Seven Faces

as Scholar

Minamoto no Yoshitsune

TV show · as Musashibo Benkei

Taikouki

TV show · as Toyotomi no Hideyoshi