Issey Ogata
Acting
Born February 22, 1952, Fukuoka, Japan
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.
Filmography
- 2027In My Father's Room
- 2026Fujiko — Kiyoshi Oishi
- Haguregumo — Yokujiro
- 2026Memorizu — Makoto
- イッセー尾形の週末父娘（おやこ）
- Beyond Goodbye — Shinoda
- 2024I'll Be Your Mirror — Yatsuro
- The Science Club — Shozo Nagamine
- 2023PHOENIX: Reminiscence of Flower — Sudarban (voice)
- Phoenix: Eden17 — Sudarban (voice)
- 2023Taiga Dorama ga Umareta Hi
- 2023The Imaginary — Mr. Bunting (voice)
- What Will You Do, Ieyasu? — Torii Tadayoshi
- 2023我が家の夢～WRCと恋のかけ橋～
- 2022DEEMO Memorial Keys — Nutcracker (voice)
- Modern Young Monha
- PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit — Toru Yamada
- 2021Gift of Fire
- Haruka no Hikari
- Kotaro Lives Alone
- 2021Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle — Major Taniguchi
- Our Summer ~River Side Family~ — 大津小太郎
- 2021Tsunagare Radio ~ Bokura no Afuri Days — Ise
- Oeda Ghost Story — Seian
- 2020The Day of Destruction — Crescent Jiro
- 2020Why Watch Yi Yi: A One and a Two... — Mr. Ota (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020天国からのラブソング
- Distorted Ripples — Tomonari Kakiuchi
- Hotarugusa — Yuzuki Yazaemon
- Radiation House — Toru Kikushima
- 2019The Manga Master — Rakuten Kitazawa
- 2019The Prisoner of Sakura — Commandant Kono
- Eerie: Invisible Face — Kenjiro Hotokeue
- Izakaya Bottakuri
- Mampuku — Goda Kazutaka
- 2018Moon Rabbit
- 2018The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan — Kazuo Kudo
- Ashi Girl — Nobushige Amano
- 2017Magic Kimono — Man
- Quartet — Benjamin Takita
- 2017When Will You Return? — Chu Ashimura
- 2016Silence — Old Samurai / Inoue
- 2015Hero
- 2015I am a Monk — Akira Arai
- 2015Teacher and Stray Cat — Kyoichi Morii
- Gu Gu the Cat — Kagawa
- Smoking Gun — Shigeru Tasaka
- 2014The Furthest End Awaits — Lawyer
- 2014This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer
- Kumokiri Nizaemon
- 2013The Road Less Travelled — Yoshiharu Yanashita
- 2012Library War: The Wings of Revolution — Kuroudo Touma (voice)
- Priceless — Zaizen Osamu
- 2012Shichou Shisu
- Angel's Share — Mister
- 2009Dear My Love — Masahiko Matsuyama
- 2008The Homeless Student — Ichiro Tamura
- 2005The Sun — Emperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito
- 2004Tony Takitani — Tony Takitani / Shozaburo Takitani
- AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
- 2001Misuzu — Saijo, Yaso
- 2000Yi Yi — Mr. Ota
- 1995Business Commando YAMAZAKI — Takuro Yamazaki
- 1993Kin chan no Cinema Jack
- 1991Bakayarō! 4 You! — (segment "サギるなジャパン")
- 1991Ghost Story: Flower House
- 1991Goaisatsu
- 1990Catastrophe — Okochi Genzo
- 1990Dotchi mo dotchi
- Rinrinto — Sadakichi Hatakeyama
- 1989Company Executives
- 1989No Life King
- 1989The Political Game
- 1989Tora-san Goes to Vienna — 旅行社员
- 1989Tora-san, My Uncle
- 1988Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad — Kimio Okamoto (Episode 3)
- 1988Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You — Salesman
- 1988Love and Action in Osaka
- 1988The Wives of Rokumeikan
- 1987BU・SU — Kitazaki
- 1987Carefree Goddesses
- 1987Tora-san Goes North — Hospital Doctor
- 1987Tora-san Plays Daddy — 警察
- 1986For Business — Hanazuki
- 1986Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera — Professor Horaguchi / Photo Shop Owner / Stranger at Train Station / Priest / Yodoba
- 1986Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy — Conductor
- Anmitsu Hime
- Like a River’s Flow — as himself
Appearances as themselves (3)
- 2017Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence — Self
- 2005Sunny Home — Self
- Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai — Self