Ken Ogata

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Vengeance Is Mine review by chungking from London,England

highly accomplished film 25 November 2005
...ce of nature, stealing money and murdering as he goes. A great performance from Ken Ogata. There’s a hint about what lead him to this life but it’s quite tenuous. He’s r... Read customer review

Love and Honour on DVD (2008)
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Mitsugoro Bando
Director: Yôji Yamada
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A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai (Kimura) and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.

68% from 367 members

Gonin 2 on DVD (1996)
Starring: Ken Ogata, Shinobu Otake, Kimiko Yo
Director: Takashi Ishii
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A sequel to his GONIN, which means five men, GONIN 2 features not five men this time, but five women who, like the five men in the first film, attempt to rip off the local yakuza. The film begins as Masamichi Toyama (Ogata), a man with a large gambling debt, is tracked down by his yakuza lenders ..read more »

49% from 304 members

The Pillow Book - Blu-ray (1995)
Starring: Vivian Wu, Ken Ogata, Ewan McGregor
Director: Peter Greenaway
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An arresting Japanese model seeks to indulge her fantasy of having calligraphy inked on her body, a whim based partly on her father's habit of painting poetry on her face when she was a girl and partly on readings from the 10th-century erotica tome "The Pillow Book." But the tables are turned when ..read more »

53% from 79 members

The Pillow Book on DVD (1995)
Starring: Vivian Wu, Ken Ogata, Ewan McGregor
Director: Peter Greenaway
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Peter Greenaway directed this elliptical and visually intricate tale of the far side of erotic and intellectual attraction. As a girl, Nagiko would receive a special gift each year from her father: a calligrapher (Ken Ogata) who would carefully paint a poem on her face, as her aunt (Hideko Yoshida) ..read more »

54% from 2,235 members

Zatoichi - The Blind Swordsman on DVD (1989)
Starring: Shintaro Katsu, Kanako Higuchi, Takanori Jinnai
Director: Shintaro Katsu
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Nomadic blind assassin Zatoichi travels around Japan, encountering gangs, gambling, and alcohol. When he gets caught up in a Yakuza power struggle, he's forced to take on the gangsters. ZATOICHI - THE BLIND SWORDSMAN is a classic samurai epic that tells of a man desperately struggling to adhere to ..read more »

69% from 214 members

Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Starring: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya
Director: Paul Schrader
Certificate:
A fictionalised account in four segments of the life of Japan's celebrated 20th century author Yukio Mishima...

73% from 68 members
Currently unavailable

The Ballad Of Narayama (1983)
Starring: Aki Takejô, Mitsuko Baishô, Nenji Kobayashi
Director: Shohei Imamura
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Shohei Imamura's 1983 film based on two stories by SHICHIRO FUKAZAWA won the Cannes Palme d'Or.

60% from 7 members
Not available for rental

The Ballad Of Narayama - Blu-ray (1983)
Starring: Aki Takejô, Mitsuko Baishô, Taiji Tonoyama
Director: Shohei Imamura
Certificate:
Shohei Imamura's 1983 film based on two stories by SHICHIRO FUKAZAWA won the Cannes Palme d'Or.

35% from 4 members
Not available for rental

Vengeance Is Mine - Blu-ray (1979)
Starring: Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Rentaro Mikuni
Director: Shohei Imamura
Certificate:
Japanese society is thrown into chaos as an elusive labourer embarks on a rampage of rape and murder. Based on the true story of Iwao Enokizu.

64% from 91 members
Not available for rental

Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Starring: Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Rentaro Mikuni
Director: Shohei Imamura
Certificate:
Japanese society is thrown into chaos as an elusive labourer embarks on a rampage of rape and murder. Based on the true story of Iwao Enokizu.

62% from 569 members
Not available for rental

Love and Honour - 3.5 stars
Gonin 2 - 2.5 stars
The Pillow Book - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Pillow Book - 2.5 stars
Zatoichi - The Blind Swordsman - 3.5 stars

The Ballad Of Narayama - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
The Ballad Of Narayama - 3.0 stars
Gonin 2 - 2.5 stars
The Pillow Book - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Pillow Book - 2.5 stars

Nijiko Kiyokawa - 4 times - show films
Mitsuko Baisho - 3 times - show films
Nenji Kobayashi - 3 times - show films
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Ken Mitsuishi - 2 times - show films

Shohei Imamura - 4 times - show films
Peter Greenaway - 2 times - show films
Takashi Ishii - 1 times - show films
Paul Schrader - 1 times - show films
Yôji Yamada - 1 times - show films