- Films
- 20
- Avg rating
- 7.31
- Peak run
- 1978’85
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Ken by the numbers
Average
7.31
8 rated films
Vote weighted
7.33
bigger films count more
Median
7.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.55
rating spread
Career
38y
1969 to 2006
Total votes
65.8K
across every film
Best
7.9
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Worst
6.5
The Pillow Book
Newest first
Filmography
| 2006 | Love and Honor | Shinnojo's fencing instructor | 7.7 | 4,643 |
| 2006 | A Long Walk | Matsutaro Yasuda | · | 263 |
| 2005 | The Samurai I Loved | Maki Sukezaemon | · | 327 |
| 1996 |  The Pillow Book | The Father | 6.5 | 14,358 |
| 1996 | Gonin 2 | Toyama Masamichi | · | 509 |
| 1989 | Shogun's Shadow | Igo Gyobu | · | 833 |
| 1989 | Zatoichi | Ronin | 7.0 | 2,100 |
| 1988 | Peacock King | Jikû Ajari | · | 589 |
| 1987 | Zegen | Iheiji Muraoka | · | 539 |
| 1985 |  Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Yukio Mishima | 7.9 | 17,305 |
| 1985 | Tracked | Tokichi Sakane | · | 252 |
| 1983 |  The Ballad of Narayama | Tatsuhei | 7.8 | 10,120 |
| 1983 | The Geisha | Katsuzo | · | 400 |
| 1981 | Why Not? | Furukawa | · | 743 |
| 1981 | Samurai Reincarnation | Musashi Miyamoto | 6.6 | 1,519 |
| 1981 | Edo Porn | Tetsuzo (Katsushika Hokusai) | · | 549 |
| 1979 | Vengeance Is Mine | Iwao Enokizu | 7.6 | 8,231 |
| 1978 | The Demon | Sôkichi Takeshita | 7.4 | 1,163 |
| 1974 | The Last Samurai | Hanjiro Nakamura | · | 442 |
| 1969 | Samurai Banners | · | · | 906 |
Better together?
Ken Ogata's regulars
- Shōhei ImamuraDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.70 avg▲+0.37
- Mitsuko BaishōCo-star · 3 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.34
- Hideo GoshaDirector and actor · 2 films
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Ken Ogata
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.