Deceased

How Did Ken Ogata Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 71

Also known asКэн Огата, 오가타 켄, 绪形拳, Ken Ogata, Akinobu OgataGenderMaleNationalityEmpire of JapanBorn20/07/1937Born inTokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, JapanDied05/10/2008 (aged 71)Died inMibuCauseliver cancerWikidataQ1370767 ↗TMDb#95345 ↗

Akinobu Ogata , better known by his stage name Ken Ogata , 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.

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Filmography91 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2008	Garden of the WindSeries	Teizo Shiratori	71
2008	Kitaro and the Millennium CurseMovie	Nurarihyon	71
2008	BōshiMovie	Shunpei Takayama	71
2006	Granny GabaiMovie	Tofu shop owner	69
2006	A Long WalkMovie	Matsutaro Yasuda	69
2006	Love and HonorMovie	Magohachiro Kibe	69
2005	Ruri's IslandSeries	Yuzo Nakama	68
2005	A Hardest Night!!Movie	—	68
2005	Miracle BananaMovie	Takashi Yamamura	68
2004	IzoMovie	Swordsman	67
2004	The Hidden BladeMovie	Chief Retainer Hori	67
2004	Last QuarterMovie	Doujima	67
2003	Say Hello to Black JackSeries	—	66
2003	The Man Who Wipes MirrorsMovie	—	66
2003	Time LimitMovie	—	66
2002	September 11Movie	Villager (segment "Japan")	65
2001	Prince ShōtokuMovie	Soga no Umako	64
2000	Film NoirMovie	Client	63
1999	Autumn BlossomsMovie	—	62
1997	GiftSeries	Yujiro Kishiwada（岸和田裕二郎）	60
1997	Mouri MotonariSeries	—	60
1996	SMAP×SMAPSeries	Skit Guest	59
1996	ナニワ金融道Series	金子高利	59
1996	Gonin 2Movie	Toyama Masamichi	59
1996	命捧げ候夢追い坂の決闘Movie	—	59
1996	The Way of Osaka Financing 1Movie	—	59
1995	The Pillow BookMovie	The Father	58
1994	Stewardess's SweetheartSeries	—	57
1994	Furuhata NinzaburoSeries	—	57
1993	Kokkai e ikô!Movie	—	56
1992	The Dream of RussiaMovie	Koudayu Daikokuya - captain	55
1992	SuccessionMovie	Daisaku Kadota	55
1992	Soyokaze Toki ni wa TsumujikazeMovie	—	55
1991	Rainbow KidsMovie	Inspector Daigoro Igari	54
1991	Heat WaveMovie	Police	54
1991	My Soul Is SlashedMovie	Shutaro Ishikawa	54
1991	Goodbye MamaMovie	—	54
1990	Shingo's Ten DuelsMovie	The narrator	53
1989	Zatoichi: Darkness Is His AllyMovie	Ronin	52
1989	Shogun's ShadowMovie	Igo Gyobu	52
1989	Company ExecutivesMovie	—	52
1988	OraciónMovie	Senzo Wataumi	51
1988	The Peacock KingMovie	Jiku Ajari	51
1988	Totteoki no SeishunSeries	—	51
1988	Totteoki no SeishunMovie	—	51
1988	Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord SpecialMovie	—	51
1988	Memories of YouMovie	—	51
1988	A Chaos of FlowersMovie	Kan Yosano	51
1987	Tokyo BordelloMovie	Policeman	50
1986	House on FireMovie	Kazuo Katsura	49
1985	OarMovie	Iwago Tomita	48
1985	Mishima: A Life in Four ChaptersMovie	Yukio Mishima	48
1985	TrackedMovie	Tokichi Sakane	48
1984	AnaMovie	Toru Mori	47
1984	Jugyo Sankan no OnnaMovie	Kyohei Tasaka	47
1983	The CatchMovie	Fusajiro	46
1983	Okinawan BoysMovie	—	46
1983	The GeishaMovie	Katsuzo	46
1983	The Ballad of NarayamaMovie	Tatsuhei	46
1982	Toge no GunzoSeries	Yoshio Oishi	45
1982	The DropoutMovie	Seiji Ohtaki	45
1981	EijanaikaMovie	Furukawa	44
1981	The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed JudgeMovie	Toyama no Kin-san	44
1981	Samurai ReincarnationMovie	Musashi Miyamoto	44
1981	Scars of the SunMovie	Rintaro Motegi (Shuhei's Father)	44
1981	Edo PornMovie	Hokusai	44
1980	VirusMovie	Prof. Tsuchiya	43
1980	The WickedMovie	Capt. Inoue	43
1980	Shadow Warriors: Hattori HanzoMovie	Koga Shiro Samurai	43
1979	Vengeance Is MineMovie	Iwao Enokizu	42
1979	Ashura no GotokuSeries	—	42
1979	Red StormSeries	—	42
1978	Ōgon no HibiSeries	Toyotomi Hideyoshi	41
1978	The DemonMovie	Sokichi Takeshita	41
1977	Mount HakkodaMovie	Corporal Murayama	40
1974	The Last SamuraiMovie	Nakamura Hanjiro	37
1974	The Castle of SandMovie	Kenichi Miki	37
1974	Professional Killers – Assignment by NightMovie	Baian Fujieda	37
1974	Hashū HankachōSeries	—	37
1973	Professional Killers – Assassin's QuarryMovie	Baian Fujieda	36
1972	Professional KillersSeries	Baian Fujieda	35
1971	A Woman Called EnMovie	—	34
1969	Samurai BannersMovie	Hatanaka Buhei	32
1969	Farewell, My BelovedMovie	—	32
1969	The Song from My HeartMovie	—	32
1968	The House of Wooden BlocksMovie	—	31
1968	The Sex CheckMovie	—	31
1966	Minamoto no YoshitsuneSeries	Musashibo Benkei	29
1965	TaikoukiSeries	Toyotomi no Hideyoshi	28
1964	間諜Movie	—	27
1960	12 Ounces to GloryMovie	—	23