Ken Ogata — Actor (38)
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11’09”01—September 11 (2002)
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Samira Makhmalbaf / Amos Gitai … actor: Ernest Borgnine / Maryam Karimi …
other title: 11 settembre 2001 / 11'09''01 – September 11 …
Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo (1980)
影の軍団 服部半蔵 IMDb TMDB
Eiichi Kudō actor: Teruhiko Saigō / Mikio Narita …
other title: 影の軍団 服部半蔵
The tale takes place around 1650, after the death of the third Tokugawa shogun, when ronin were expelled from Edo, the military capital. During the political instability following the death of Iemitsu Tokugawa, Hanzo's Iga ninja clan battles against the Koga clan as various factions vie to seize power. The child shogun Ietsuna is kidnapped but turns out to be hidden under (or over) everyone's noses in a castle turret which is reinforced by a comic book villain, the fire-spitting black ninja. The good ninja has to get through all the traps & save the child.
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The Last Samurai (1974)
狼よ落日を斬れ WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Kenji Misumi actor: Hideki Takahashi / Ken Ogata …
other title: Les derniers samouraïs / 狼よ落日を斬れ
The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
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Izo (2004)
IZO
Takashi Miike actor: Kazuya Nakayama / Kaori Momoi …
other title: IZO / Izo - The world can never be changed …
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.
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Shogun's Shadow (1989)
将軍家光の乱心 激突 IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Yasuo Furuhata actor: Ken Ogata / Sonny Chiba …
other title: 将軍家光の乱心 激突 / Der Schatten des Shogun …
A shogun's eldest son must do whatever it takes to survive a series of attempts on his life. He receives much-needed aid from seven warriors who are led by a strong leader.
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Samurai Banners (1969)
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Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Yoshiko Sakuma …
other title: 風林火山 / Das Banner des Samurai …
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?
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The Hidden Blade (2004)
隠し剣 鬼の爪
Yoji Yamada actor: Masatoshi Nagase / Takako Matsu …
other title: La Servante et le Samouraï / La espada oculta …
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.
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Gonin 2 (1996)
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Takashi Ishii actor: Ken Ogata / Shinobu Ôtake …
other title: GONIN2
Five women snatch one billion yen in jewellery from the yakuza, while construction manager Toyama burns for revenge against the mobsters who raped and caused the death of his wife. Before long, the yakuza and Toyama arrive at the women's hideout.
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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)
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Shintarō Katsu actor: Shintarō Katsu / Kanako Higuchi …
other title: Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman / La Légende de Zatoïchi, Vol. 26 : L'Odyssée finale …
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.
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Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
復讐するは我にあり
★ 9.4 5 ratings
Shōhei Imamura actor: Ken Ogata / Mayumi Ogawa …
other title: La vendetta è mia / A Vingança é Minha …
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
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The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
楢山節考
★ 8.4 11 ratings
Shōhei Imamura actor: Ken Ogata / Sumiko Sakamoto …
other title: La ballata di Narayama / A Balada de Narayama …
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.