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Japanese actor and comedian
Issey Ogata
Born 尾形 一成 Kazushige Ogata
(1952-02-22 ) February 22, 1952 (age 72) Nationality Japanese Occupation(s) Model, actor, novelist Years active 1971–present
Issey Ogata (イッセー尾形 , Issei Ogata , born 22 February 1952) is a Japanese
actor and comedian. He was interested in plays since childhood. After he graduated from Toyotama High School in Japan, he joined a theatrical company and appeared on the stage. Later, he jumped at the opportunity to be an entertainer when he took the gold medal at the audition called "Birth of Comedians". Then, he started garnering roles on Japanese TV. Shows he appeared on include
Fuji TV 's Evil Grandmother and
NHK 's RinRinto .
He performs in Life Never Stops by himself at GyanGyan Theater in
Shibuya . Furthermore, he has had starring roles in major art-house films, including Ota in
Edward Yang 's
Yi Yi , the title character in
Jun Ichikawa 's
Tony Takitani (an adaptation of the
Haruki Murakami short story), the role of Japanese Emperor
Hirohito in
Aleksandr Sokurov 's
The Sun , and
Inoue Masashige in
Martin Scorsese 's
Silence .
Filmography
Films
Sorekara (1985), Terao
Sorobanzuku (1986), Hanazuki
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy (1986), Train conductor
Tora-san Goes North (1987), The doctor
Bu Su (1987), Kitazaki
Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987), Police officer
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You (1988), Salesman
Shaso (1989), Hirofumi Takeshita
Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989), Travel agency worker
Tora-san, My Uncle (1989), Old man on the train
Future Memories: Last Christmas (1992), Mysterious man
Yi Yi (2000), Ota
Tony Takitani (2004), Tony Takitani
The Sun (2005),
Hirohito
The Homeless Student (2008), Ichirō Tamura
Library War: The Wings of Revolution (2012), Kurato Tōma
Teacher and Stray Cat (2015), Kyoichi Morii
Hero (2015), Takao Kinoshita
Silence (2016),
Inoue Masashige
Magic Kimono (2017) (
Latvian and Japan co production)
When Will You Return? (2017), Tadashi Ashimura
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2018), Kazuo Kudō
The Manga Master (2018),
Kitazawa Rakuten
Sorokin no mita Sakura (2019)
Hakai no Hi (2020)
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021), Yoshimi Taniguchi
[1]
Deemo: Memorial Keys (2022), Nutcracker
[2]
Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower (2023), Sudarban (voice)
[3]
The Imaginary (2023), Mr. Bunting (voice)
[4]
Television
Dokuganryū Masamune (1987),
Kokubu Morishige
Priceless (2012), Shū Zaizen
Smoking Gun (2014), Shigeru Tasaka
Quartet (2017), Yutaka Iemori
Sakanoue Animal Clinic Story (2018), Zenjirō Tokumaru
Manpuku (2018), Kazutaka Gōda
Idaten (2019),
Hidejirō Nagata
Scarlet (2019)
Yuganda Hamon (2019), Kakiuchi
Taiyō no Ko (2020)
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (2021), Minomura Rizaemon
[5]
Taiga Drama ga Umareta Hi (2023)
[6]
What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023),
Torii Tadayoshi
[7]
Phoenix: Eden17 (2023), Sudarban (voice)
[3]
Dubbing
References
External links
International National Academics Artists Other