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 ' and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama. In television, his starring role as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
in the 1965 NHK Taiga drama Taikōki catapulted him to fame. Ken went on to many prominent roles in subsequent programs. The
following year, he portrayed Benkei in Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
