Issey Ogata (イッセー尾形, Issei Ogata; born February 22, 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.
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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
Deemo: Memorial Keys (2022), Nutcracker
Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower (2023), Sudarban (voice)
The Imaginary (2023), Mr. Bunting (voice)
Memorizu (2026), Makoto
Fujiko (2026)
In My Father's Room (2027), Yuichi Hashima
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
We're Not "Gaijin"! (2021)
Taiga Drama ga Umareta Hi (2023)
What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023), Torii Tadayoshi
Phoenix: Eden17 (2023), Sudarban (voice)
Beyond Goodbye (2024), Shinoda
Blossom (2026), Ushimaru Koyama
Dubbing
Legend of the Demon Cat (2018), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (Zhang Luyi)