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.​

Known For

Silence

as Old Samurai / Inoue

Yi Yi

as Mr. Ota

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

as Major Taniguchi

Tony Takitani

as Tony Takitani / Shozaburo Takitani

The Sun

as Emperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito

The Imaginary

as Mr. Bunting (voice)

Quartet

as Benjamin Takita

Hero

Beyond Goodbye

as Shinoda

The Day of Destruction

as Crescent Jiro