---
name: "Issey Ogata"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/issey-ogata"
fi1m_id: "issey-ogata"
imdb_id: "nm0644521"
tmdb_id: 143037
wikidata_id: "Q3155705"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 February 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T03:12:04.006178+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."
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# Issey Ogata

## Identity

Issey Ogata

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/issey-ogata
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** issey-ogata
- **IMDb ID:** nm0644521
- **TMDB ID:** 143037
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3155705
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issey_Ogata, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3155705, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644521/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/143037

Actor. Born 22 February 1952 in Fukuoka, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 February 1952, Fukuoka, Japan
- **Also known as:** イッセー尾形, Issei Ogata
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issey_Ogata, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3155705, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644521/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/143037

## Coming up

- *In My Father's Room* (2027-01-29)

## Biography

Issey Ogata (also credited as Issei Ogata or イッセー尾形) is a Japanese actor and comedian. Born on 22 February 1952 in Fukuoka, he developed an interest in theatre from childhood. After graduating from Toyotama High School, he joined a theatrical company and later won a gold medal at the "Birth of Comedians" audition, leading to television roles including appearances in Fuji TV's *Evil Grandmother* and NHK's *RinRinto*.

Ogata is known for his one-man stage performances, including the long-running *Life Never Stops* at GyanGyan Theater in Shibuya. His film credits include Mr. Ota in Edward Yang's *Yi Yi* (2000), the dual title roles in Jun Ichikawa's *Tony Takitani* (2004), Emperor Hirohito in Aleksandr Sokurov's *The Sun* (2005), and Inoue in Martin Scorsese's *Silence* (2016). He has also appeared in *Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle* (2021) and provided voice work for *The Imaginary* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Yi Yi* (2000), Fi1m 92, as Mr. Ota — [page](https://film.one/film/yi-yi.md)

## Complete filmography (88)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *In My Father's Room* (2027), Actor
- *Memorizu* (2026), as Makoto
- *Fujiko* (2026), as Kiyoshi Oishi
- *Haguregumo* (2026), series, as Yokujiro
- *イッセー尾形の週末父娘（おやこ）* (2025), series, Actor
- *Beyond Goodbye* (2024), series, as Shinoda
- *The Science Club* (2024), series, as Shozo Nagamine
- *I'll Be Your Mirror* (2024), as Yatsuro
- *The Imaginary* (2023), as Mr. Bunting (voice)
- *我が家の夢～WRCと恋のかけ橋～* (2023), Actor
- *PHOENIX: Reminiscence of Flower* (2023), as Sudarban (voice)
- *Phoenix: Eden17* (2023), series, as Sudarban (voice)
- *Taiga Dorama ga Umareta Hi* (2023), Actor
- *What Will You Do, Ieyasu?* (2023), series, as Torii Tadayoshi
- *PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit* (2022), series, as Toru Yamada
- *Modern Young Monha* (2022), series, Actor
- *DEEMO Memorial Keys* (2022), as Nutcracker (voice)
- *Our Summer ~River Side Family~* (2021), series, as 大津小太郎
- *Gift of Fire* (2021), Actor
- *Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle* (2021), as Major Taniguchi
- *Kotaro Lives Alone* (2021), series, Actor
- *Tsunagare Radio ~ Bokura no Afuri Days* (2021), as Ise
- *Haruka no Hikari* (2021), series, Actor
- *The Day of Destruction* (2020), as Crescent Jiro
- *Oeda Ghost Story* (2020), series, as Seian
- *天国からのラブソング* (2020), Actor
- *Why Watch Yi Yi: A One and a Two...* (2020), as Mr. Ota (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Manga Master* (2019), as Rakuten Kitazawa
- *Distorted Ripples* (2019), series, as Tomonari Kakiuchi
- *Hotarugusa* (2019), series, as Yuzuki Yazaemon
- *Radiation House* (2019), series, as Toru Kikushima
- *The Prisoner of Sakura* (2019), as Commandant Kono
- *Mampuku* (2018), series, as Goda Kazutaka
- *Moon Rabbit* (2018), Actor
- *The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan* (2018), as Kazuo Kudo
- *Eerie: Invisible Face* (2018), series, as Kenjiro Hotokeue
- *Izakaya Bottakuri* (2018), series, Actor
- *Magic Kimono* (2017), as Man
- *Ashi Girl* (2017), series, as Nobushige Amano
- *When Will You Return?* (2017), as Chu Ashimura
- *Quartet* (2017), series, as Benjamin Takita
- *Silence* (2016), as Old Samurai / Inoue
- *I am a Monk* (2015), as Akira Arai
- *Hero* (2015), Actor
- *Teacher and Stray Cat* (2015), as Kyoichi Morii
- *This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer* (2014), Actor
- *Gu Gu the Cat* (2014), series, as Kagawa
- *The Furthest End Awaits* (2014), as Lawyer
- *Smoking Gun* (2014), series, as Shigeru Tasaka
- *The Road Less Travelled* (2013), as Yoshiharu Yanashita
- *Kumokiri Nizaemon* (2013), series, Actor
- *Priceless* (2012), series, as Zaizen Osamu
- *Library War: The Wings of Revolution* (2012), as Kuroudo Touma (voice)
- *Shichou Shisu* (2012), Actor
- *Angel's Share* (2010), series, as Mister
- *Dear My Love* (2009), as Masahiko Matsuyama
- *The Homeless Student* (2008), as Ichiro Tamura
- *The Sun* (2005), as Emperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito
- *Tony Takitani* (2004), as Tony Takitani / Shozaburo Takitani
- *AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo* (2002), series, Actor
- *Misuzu* (2001), as Saijo, Yaso
- *Yi Yi* (2000), as Mr. Ota — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/yi-yi.md)
- *Business Commando YAMAZAKI* (1995), as Takuro Yamazaki
- *Kin chan no Cinema Jack* (1993), Actor
- *Bakayarō! 4 You!* (1991), as (segment "サギるなジャパン")
- *Ghost Story: Flower House* (1991), Actor
- *Goaisatsu* (1991), Actor
- *Dotchi mo dotchi* (1990), Actor
- *Catastrophe* (1990), as Okochi Genzo
- *Rinrinto* (1990), series, as Sadakichi Hatakeyama
- *Tora-san, My Uncle* (1989), Actor
- *No Life King* (1989), Actor
- *Tora-san Goes to Vienna* (1989), as 旅行社员
- *Company Executives* (1989), Actor
- *The Political Game* (1989), Actor
- *Love and Action in Osaka* (1988), Actor
- *Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You* (1988), as Salesman
- *The Wives of Rokumeikan* (1988), Actor
- *Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad* (1988), as Kimio Okamoto (Episode 3)
- *Tora-san Plays Daddy* (1987), as 警察
- *BU・SU* (1987), as Kitazaki
- *Tora-san Goes North* (1987), as Hospital Doctor
- *Carefree Goddesses* (1987), Actor
- *Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy* (1986), as Conductor
- *For Business* (1986), as Hanazuki
- *Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera* (1986), as Professor Horaguchi / Photo Shop Owner / Stranger at Train Station / Priest / Yodoba
- *Anmitsu Hime* (1983), series, Actor
- *Like a River’s Flow*, as as himself

## Gallery

- ![Issey Ogata](https://film.one/media/person/3932030/gallery-68791cc4453c.jpg) Issey Ogata — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Ogata_Issey_from_%22The_Manga_Master%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2018_%2845568362462%29.jpg/1280px-Ogata_Issey_from_%22The_Manga_Master%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2018_%2845568362462%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![第30回 東京国際映画祭 オープニングセレモニー イッセー尾形 (漫画誕生) (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/3932030/gallery-98a70896a41c.jpg) 第30回 東京国際映画祭 オープニングセレモニー イッセー尾形 (漫画誕生) (2018) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Ogata_Issey_from_%22The_Manga_Master%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2018_%2844705356445%29.jpg/1280px-Ogata_Issey_from_%22The_Manga_Master%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2018_%2844705356445%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Issey Ogata](https://film.one/media/person/3932030/gallery-c8ff12e40cb2.jpg) Issey Ogata — Image via TMDB

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