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Ken Ogata

1937 - 2008

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Akinobu Ogata (緒形 明伸, Ogata Akinobu; 20 July 1937 – 5 October 2008), better known by his stage name Ken Ogata (緒形 拳, Ogata Ken), 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Ogata is the 3,336th most popular actor (down from 3,209th in 2019), the 1,081st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,037th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ken Ogata ranks 3,336 out of 13,578. Before him are Dennis Franz, Alan Thicke, Nikolai Grinko, Harry Langdon, John Carroll Lynch, and Peter Jacobson. After him are T.J. Miller, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Cécile de France, Ray Walston, Kristen Bell, and Sergei Yursky.

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Among people born in 1937, Ken Ogata ranks 281. Before him are Peter Stein, Irina Solovyova, Alexandra Zabelina, Jiří Dienstbier, Antonio Rattín, and Juan José Saer. After him are Vittorio Adorni, Francisco Xavier do Amaral, Vitaly Zholobov, Albert Brülls, Gary Hocking, and Jennifer Welles. Among people deceased in 2008, Ken Ogata ranks 195. Before him are René Harris, Vija Artmane, B. R. Chopra, Germaine Tillion, Lennart Bergelin, and Patrick Hillery. After him are Marlyn Meltzer, Paavo Haavikko, Grigory Romanov, John Phillip Law, Lydia Shum, and Yury Glazkov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ken Ogata ranks 1,081 out of 6,245. Before him are Morihiro Saito (1928), Ninomiya Sontoku (1787), Chieko Baisho (1941), Shiho Kaneda (1965), Toshihiko Okimune (1959), and Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910). After him are Kazuo Koike (1936), Tsutomu Seki (1930), Kōtoku Shūsui (1871), Sekiryo Kaneda (1901), Miyuki Nakajima (1952), and Kaoru Kakinami (1966).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Ken Ogata ranks 39. Before him are Tōru Furuya (1953), Tadanobu Asano (1973), Sayuri Yoshinaga (1945), Noriko Ohara (1935), Rentarō Mikuni (1923), and Chieko Baisho (1941). After him are Kyōko Kagawa (1931), Yoko Shimada (1953), Chishū Ryū (1904), Haruo Nakajima (1929), Yūsaku Matsuda (1949), and Norio Wakamoto (1945).

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