Ken Ogata - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	20-July-1937
Place of Birth	Ushigome, Tokyo (Tokyo)
Nationality	Japan
Also know as	Akinobu Ogata, Ogata Akinobu, Ogata Ken, ç·’å½¢ æ‹³, Akinobu Ogata, ç·’å½¢ æ˜Žä¼¸
Profession	Actor
Ken Ogata 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 Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 1965 NHK Taiga drama TaikÅki 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 ÅŒgon no Hibi, and returned to the lead as ÅŒishi Kuranosuke in TÅge no GunzÅ, the 1982 ChÅ«shingura. Another featured appearance in a Taiga drama was in Taiheiki. Mr. Ogata died on October 5, 2008, just days after finishing his role in the production of the Fuji TV drama "Kaze no Garden", filmed in the rural Furano area of northern Japan. In his final role, Ogata, himself 71 years of age, played a doctor involved in the end-of-life care of elderly patients.

Awards by Ken Ogata

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ken Ogata.

1993

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan","Keisho sakazuki

1992

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Rainbow Kids","My Soul Is Slashed
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Goodbye Mama

1990

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Shaso","Gekitotsu

1989

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	A Chaos of Flowers","Oracion","Memories of You

1988

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Zegen

1987

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Honored for : House on Fire

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	House on Fire

1986

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Oar","Tracked

1984

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Honored for : The Ballad of Narayama, The Catch, The Geisha

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	The Ballad of Narayama","The Geisha","The Catch

1982

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Edo Porn

1980

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Vengeance Is Mine

1979

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Honored for : The Demon

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	The Demon

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