--- name: "Denden" canonical: "https://film.one/person/denden" fi1m_id: "denden" imdb_id: "nm0218942" tmdb_id: 137028 wikidata_id: "Q11234476" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 January 1950" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-05T04:34:33.336117+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Denden ## Identity Denden - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/denden - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** denden - **IMDb ID:** nm0218942 - **TMDB ID:** 137028 - **Wikidata ID:** Q11234476 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11234476, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0218942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137028 Actor. Born 23 January 1950 in Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 January 1950, Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan - **Also known as:** Ogata Yoshihiro, Yoshihiro Ogata, 緒方 義博 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11234476, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0218942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137028 ## Biography Denden, born Yoshihiro Ogata on 23 January 1950 in Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan, is a Japanese actor and former comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in the early 1980s under the name Kanichi Tadokoro before transitioning to acting. His film debut came in 1981 with *Something Like It*. He has appeared in more than one hundred films, including *Cure* (1997) as Oida, *Ju-on: The Curse* (2000) as Yoshikawa, *Tokyo Sonata* (2008) as a janitor, *Cold Fish* (2010) as Yukio Murata, and *Like Someone in Love* (2012) as Hiroshi. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Cure* (1997), Fi1m 85, as OIda — [page](https://film.one/film/cure.md) ## Complete filmography (178) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Ten Strokes to You* (2026), series, as Susumu Kazami - *Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final* (2025), Actor - *A Moon in the Ordinary* (2025), Actor - *Unsung Heroes* (2025), series, as Yozo Ohara - *Spirit World* (2025), as Koji - *Someone in this town* (2024), series, as Kondo Toshio - *Light of My Lion* (2024), series, as Yoshimi Torakichi - *Living in Two Worlds* (2024), as Yasuo Suzuki - *I Hear the Sunspot* (2024), series, as Sagawa Genji - *The Parades* (2024), as Keisuke - *We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie* (2023), as Nogami - *Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie* (2023), Actor - *Mountain Woman* (2023), Actor - *Insomniacs After School* (2023), as Director of a Historical Archive - *Rental Family* (2023), as Koji Asada - *THE DAYS* (2023), series, Actor - *Lawyer Sodom* (2023), series, as Makoto Shinozaki - *Draft King* (2023), series, as Rikuo Shimobe - *A Man* (2022), as Kosuge - *A Turtle's Shell is a Human's Ribs* (2022), as Usazō Usagibayashi (voice) - *Atom's Last Shot* (2022), series, as Kengo Yaegashi - *I Am Makimoto* (2022), as Undertaker Shimobayashi - *Mugonkan* (2022), as Shiino Chikara - *ISHIKO and HANEO: You're Suing Me?* (2022), series, Actor - *GAME OF SPY* (2022), series, as Shigenobu Kugayama - *The Honest Realtor* (2022), series, as Kagekatsu Todo - *The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood* (2021), Actor - *Unsung Cinderella, Midori, the Hospital Pharmacist* (2020), series, as Kanji Aragami - *The Forest of Love: Deep Cut* (2020), series, as Shigeru Ozawa - *Not Quite Dead Yet* (2020), as Ramen Shop Owner - *Stardust over the Town* (2020), as Nishi Kazuo - *It Stopped Raining* (2020), as Professor - *Ten: Akagi Shigeru Funeral Arc* (2019), as Soga Mitsui - *Distorted Ripples* (2019), series, as Isao Ando - *Life: Untitled* (2019), as Shitara - *Black School Rules* (2019), as Shio Norizuki - *Death Office* (2019), series, as Ishima - *The Forest of Love* (2019), as Shigeru Ozawa - *Yasuragi no Toki: Michi* (2019), series, Actor - *Detective Akechi Kogoro* (2019), series, as Tarao - *Blue Hour* (2019), as Sunada's Father - *Mentai Piriri* (2019), as Maruo - *Love Revolution* (2018), Actor - *Yuukai Houtei: Seven Days* (2018), Actor - *Ten：The Nice Guy on the Path of Tenho* (2018), series, as Mitsui Soga（僧我 三威） - *The Bastard and the Beautiful World* (2018), as (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!) - *Last Winter, We Parted* (2018), Actor - *Fumiko's Feet* (2018), as Tsukagoshi - *The Other House* (2018), Actor - *BG: Personal Bodyguard* (2018), series, as Yuji Sato - *The Last Reunion* (2017), Actor - *Wilderness: Part 2* (2017), as Baba - *Wilderness: Part 1* (2017), as Baba - *Muyoan Retirement Training* (2017), series, Actor - *Love and Other Cults* (2017), as Hisaya Kida - *MPD: Animal Unit* (2017), series, as Shokichi Nidegawa - *Mumon: The Land of Stealth* (2017), as Kai Shimoyama - *Tatara Samurai* (2017), as Genzo - *Black Rose* (2017), as Tsunekichi Yasumoto - *Sound of Waves* (2017), Actor - *Naotora: The Lady Warlord* (2017), series, as 奥山朝利 - *Shippu Rondo* (2016), as Yamano - *Sniper* (2016), as Yoshihiko Shirota - *Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan* (2016), Actor - *Natsuko Kira* (2016), series, Actor - *Destruction Babies* (2016), Actor - *Lowlife Love* (2016), as Kida - *To Eat To Live* (2016), Actor - *Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie* (2016), Actor - *Something Like, Something Like It* (2016), as Shinsui Defunetei - *Kazoku gokko* (2015), Actor - *The Daimon* (2015), Actor - *Seven Detectives* (2015), series, as Yoshio Kojima - *Dokonjō Gaeru* (2015), series, as Machida - *Yakuza Apocalypse* (2015), as Old Yakuza - *Meikyu Sousa* (2015), as Isao Kakizaki - *Maestro!* (2015), Actor - *Toward the Wilderness* (2015), series, as Tomita - *Kiri no Hata* (2014), as Lawyer Sasaki - *Nobunaga Concerto* (2014), series, as Takugen - *Tokyo Tribe* (2014), as High Priest - *Truth of Zero* (2014), series, as Hiroshi Hosaka - *Tokusou* (2014), series, as Rokuro Okumura - *The Long Goodbye* (2014), series, as Shady doctor - *Killers* (2014), as Oyaji / Father at Jukai - *Judge!* (2014), as President of Chikuwadou - *Emergency Interrogation Room* (2014), series, as Susumu Hishimoto - *Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy* (2014), Actor - *The Kiyosu Conference* (2013), as Geni Maeda - *Why Don't You Play in Hell?* (2013), as Ramen Shop Owner - *A Boy Called H* (2013), Actor - *The Daimon 2* (2013), Actor - *The Daimon* (2013), Actor - *Princess Sakura* (2013), as Kiyoharu - *The Serialist* (2013), Actor - *The Incredible Truth* (2013), as Hirai Tadao - *Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?* (2013), series, as Masuda Kozo - *Amachan* (2013), series, as Rokurō Osanai - *7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies* (2013), as Yasuoka - *Memory Sculptor* (2013), as Jin - *Suzuki Sensei* (2013), as Teacher Tatsuo Kawano - *The Samurai That Night* (2012), as Susumu Sato - *The Land of Hope* (2012), as Ken Suzuki - *Like Someone in Love* (2012), as Hiroshi - *Beautiful Rain* (2012), series, as Muneta Kiyoshi - *SPEC: Heaven* (2012), as Kenzo Ichiyanagi - *SPEC: Life* (2012), as Kenzo Ichiyanagi - *Man of Destiny* (2012), series, as Shiro Ebisu - *Himizu* (2012), as Kaneko - *Cut* (2011), as Takagaki - *Early Autumn* (2011), Actor - *QP* (2011), series, as Leader of Kiowa Team - *Someday* (2011), Actor - *Mr. Inukai Keeps a Dog* (2011), Actor - *A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip* (2011), as Akaihito - *Suzuki Sensei* (2011), series, Actor - *誰よりも君を愛す！* (2011), Actor - *Denden Interview* (2011), Actor - *Journey of a Dying Wife* (2011), Actor - *Cold Fish* (2011), as Yukio Murata - *Winter Sakura* (2011), series, as Inaba Tetsuya - *Mr. Inukai Keeps a Dog* (2011), series, as Tadashi Torikai - *Love Strikes!* (2010), series, Actor - *A Lone Scalpel* (2010), as Shinji Okawa - *月と嘘と殺人* (2010), Actor - *Golden Slumber* (2010), as Kojima Yasuo - *Boys on the Run* (2010), as Tanaka - *Yellow Kid* (2010), Actor - *Kanikôsen* (2009), as Monk - *Be Sure to Share* (2009), as Tanaka - *Yukemuri Sniper* (2009), series, Actor - *Tokyo Sonata* (2008), as Janitor - *Gu Gu, the Cat* (2008), as Kajiwara - *Tokyo!* (2008), as Car Pound Attendant (segment "Interior Design") - *Climber's High* (2008), as Masao Kamejima - *Double Trouble* (2008), Actor - *Kabei: Our Mother* (2008), as Fukuda - *Dots and Lines* (2007), series, Actor - *Galileo* (2007), series, Actor - *Tanaka Express 3* (2007), series, Actor - *Dororo* (2007), as Praying Father - *The Lawyer: Haijima Hideki* (2006), Actor - *Yaneura no Sanposha* (2006), Actor - *Love Tomato* (2006), Actor - *What the Snow Brings* (2005), as Tamotsu Fujimaki - *Be with You* (2005), series, as Ogasawara Tomoya - *DV: Domestic Violence* (2005), Actor - *Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire* (2004), as Showman - *Onna no naka no futatsu no kao* (2004), Actor - *Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy* (2004), Actor - *AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo* (2002), series, Actor - *Shooting Stars in the Twilight* (2002), Actor - *Handoku!!!* (2001), series, Actor - *Red Shadow* (2001), as Bonnobei - *Drowning Fish* (2001), Actor - *Eureka* (2001), as Yoshida - *Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai* (2000), Actor - *Hanamura Daisuke* (2000), series, Actor - *Ju-on: The Curse 2* (2000), as Yoshikawa - *Ju-on: The Curse* (2000), as Yoshikawa - *Uzumaki* (2000), as Officer Futada - *Kunoichi Financial Road* (1999), Actor - *Amateur Singing Contest* (1999), Actor - *Keizoku: Unsolved Cases* (1999), series, as Yuichi Mizutani - *Unlucky Monkey* (1998), Actor - *Cure* (1997), as OIda — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/cure.md) - *Sa-shi-su-se-so!?* (1997), series, Actor - *Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case* (1995), Actor - *MARKS* (1995), as Medical examiner - *Gotoshi Co. Ltd. III* (1994), Actor - *Gotoshi Co. Ltd. II* (1994), Actor - *Dark Society in the East* (1993), Actor - *Gosei Sentai Dairanger* (1993), series, as Bird Cage Vagrant - *The Games Teachers Play* (1992), as Unnamed Teacher - *Ibu wa hatsukoi no yō ni* (1991), Actor - *The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses* (1991), Actor - *Taiheiki* (1991), series, as Masafusa Jingûji - *Something Like It* (1981), as Shinsui ## Gallery - ![Denden](https://film.one/media/person/5692857/gallery-4418254baea7.jpg) Denden — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Denden_%22Something_Like_Something_Like_It%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_28th_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_%2822243428719%29.jpg/1280px-Denden_%22Something_Like_Something_Like_It%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_28th_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_%2822243428719%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Denden](https://film.one/media/person/5692857/gallery-f1e2352aa6bf.jpg) Denden — Image via TMDB - ![Denden](https://film.one/media/person/5692857/gallery-7d3a0973fec1.jpg) Denden — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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