Tags:japan, ken ogata, obituary, sad, yukio mishima
Sorry I’ve been absent the last couple of days - my day job’s been kicking my ass the last week or so, but I felt the need to comment on the recent passing of Japanese actor Ken Ogata.
The first time I remember seeing Ogata was in Paul Schraeder’s flat-out-amazing biopic Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. Despite the fact that he didn’t really look like Yukio Mishima, Ogata projected his presence in a way that I’d rarely seen in biographical film. Unfortunately, Ogata was never very well-known in the West, which is truly a shame.
Fortunately, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters was recently released as part of the venerated Criterion Collection, so this is as good an opportunity to familiarize yourself with his work as any. You won’t be disappointed.
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