Offscreen Notes
Ken Ogata (1937-2008)
Japanese actor Ken Ogata passed away on October 5, 2008, after battling with liver cancer. Ogata was a mainstay in Japanese cinema since the 1960s, working in both modern and period dramas and action films. Ogata worked with some of the most idiosyncratic Japanese directors of his time (Shohei Imamura, Takashi Ishii, Kaneto Shindo, Kinji Fukasaku, Kenji Misumi) also had a successful though limited crossover career working with international directors Paul Schrader (Mishima) and Peter Greenaway (Pillow Book).
