Issey Ogata
Issey Ogata 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, the role of Japanese Emperor Hirohito in Aleksandr Sokurov's The Sun, and Inoue Masashige in Martin Scorsese's Silence.
Filmography
Films
Sorekara, TeraoSorobanzuku, HanazukiTora-san's Bluebird Fantasy, Train conductorTora-san Goes North, The doctorBu Su, KitazakiTora-san Plays Daddy, Police officerKaisha monogatari: Memories of You, SalesmanShaso, Hirofumi TakeshitaTora-san Goes to Vienna, Travel agency workerTora-san, My Uncle, Old man on the trainFuture Memories: Last Christmas, Mysterious manYi Yi, OtaTony Takitani, Tony TakitaniThe Sun, HirohitoThe Homeless Student, Ichirō TamuraLibrary War: The Wings of Revolution, Kurato TōmaTeacher and Stray Cat, Kyoichi MoriiHero, Takao KinoshitaSilence, Inoue MasashigeMagic Kimono When Will You Return?, Tadashi AshimuraThe Miracle of Crybaby Shottan, Kazuo KudōThe Manga Master, Kitazawa RakutenSorokin no mita Sakura Hakai no Hi Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, Yoshimi TaniguchiDeemo: Memorial Keys, NutcrackerPhoenix: Reminiscence of Flower, Sudarban The Imaginary, Mr. Bunting
Television
Dokuganryū Masamune, Kokubu MorishigePriceless, Shū ZaizenSmoking Gun, Shigeru TasakaQuartet, Yutaka IemoriSakanoue Animal Clinic Story, Zenjirō TokumaruManpuku, Kazutaka GōdaIdaten, Hidejirō NagataScarlet Yuganda Hamon, KakiuchiTaiyō no Ko Reach Beyond the Blue Sky, Minomura RizaemonWe're Not "Gaijin"! Taiga Drama ga Umareta Hi What Will You Do, Ieyasu?, Torii TadayoshiPhoenix: Eden17, Sudarban Beyond Goodbye, Shinoda
Dubbing
Legend of the Demon Cat, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang