Issey Ogata

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Issey Ogata (born 22 February 1952 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka), 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 "Evil Grandmother" of Fuji TV and "RinRinto" of NHK drama. He now performs plays by himself "Life Never Stops" at GyanGyan Theater in Shibuya, which has gained immense popularity. Furthermore, he has had starring roles in major art-house films, including Ota in the great Edward Yang's highly regarded Yi Yi: A One and a Two, the title character in Jun Ichikawa's Tony Takitani (an adaptation of the Haruki Murakami short story), and has played the role of Japanese Emperor Hirohito in Aleksandr Sokurov's 2005 film, The Sun. Description above from the Wikipedia article Issey Ogata, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Most Known For

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

DEEMO Memorial Keys

as Nutcracker (voice)

What Will You Do, Ieyasu?

as Torii Tadayoshi

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Beyond Goodbye

as Shinoda

Silence

as Old Samurai / Inoue

Radiation House

as Toru Kikushima

Phoenix: Eden17

as Sudarban (voice)

Hero

Yi Yi

as Mr. Ota

Quartet

as Benjamin Takita

PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

as Toru Yamada

Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai

as Self

Eerie: Invisible Face

as Kenjiro Hotokeue

The Imaginary

as Mr. Bunting (voice)

Modern Young Monha

Kotaro Lives Alone

Smoking Gun

as Shigeru Tasaka

Izakaya Bottakuri

Rinrin to

as 幸吉の父・貞吉