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Denden
Japanese actor
Yoshihiro Ogata (緒方 義博, Ogata Yoshihiro; born 23 January 1950), better known as Denden (でんでん) and sometimes credited as Kanichi Tadokoro (田所 完一, Tadokoro Kan'ichi), is a Japanese actor and former comedian. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1981.
01Selected filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Something Like It | |||
| 1997 | Cure | Oida | ||
| 2000 | Uzumaki | Futada | ||
| Ju-on: The Curse | Yoshikawa | |||
| Ju-on: The Curse 2 | ||||
| Eureka | Yoshida | |||
| 2001 | Red Shadow | |||
| 2006 | Love Tomato | |||
| 2008 | Kabei: Our Mother | |||
| Climber's High | ||||
| 2010 | Cold Fish | |||
| Boys on the Run | ||||
| 2011 | Himizu | |||
| 2012 | Like Someone in Love | |||
| Land of Hope | ||||
| 2013 | The Kiyosu Conference | Maeda Gen'i | ||
| 2014 | Killers | |||
| Tokyo Tribe | Daishisan | |||
| 2016 | Destruction Babies | |||
| Shippu Rondo | ||||
| Nobunaga Concerto | ||||
| 2017 | Mumon: The Land of Stealth | Shimoyama Kai | ||
| 2018 | Tomiko no Ashi | |||
| Last Winter, We Parted | ||||
| 2019 | Blue Hour | |||
| Mentai Piriri | Maruo | |||
| The Forest of Love | Ozawa | |||
| Silent Rain | ||||
| Black School Rules | ||||
| 2020 | Not Quite Dead Yet | |||
| Stardust Over the Town | ||||
| 2021 | The Supporting Actors: The Movie | Himself | ||
| 2022 | A Man | |||
| I Am Makimoto | Shimobayashi | |||
| A Turtle's Shell Is a Human's Ribs | Usazō (voice) | |||
| 2023 | Mountain Woman | |||
| Insomniacs After School | ||||
| Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie | ||||
| 2024 | The Parades | |||
| Living in Two Worlds | Yasuo Suzuki | |||
| 2025 | A Moon in the Ordinary | |||
| Spirit World | Koji | French-Japanese film | ||
| Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final Movie | Susumu Hishimoto | |||
| 2026 | Karateka | Spanish film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Taiheiki | Jinguji Masafusa | Taiga drama | |
| 2010 | General Rouge no Gaisen | |||
| 2012 | Beautiful Rain | |||
| 2013 | Amachan | Asadora | ||
| 2014-2025 | Emergency Interrogation Room | Susumu Hishimoto | 5 seasons | |
| 2017 | Naotora: The Lady Warlord | Okuyama Tomotoshi | Taiga drama | |
| Hitoshi Ueki and Nobosemon | ||||
| 2018 | The Supporting Actors 2 | Himself | ||
| 2021 | Welcome Home, Monet | Hiroshi Kawakubo | Asadora | |
| 2022 | Ishiko and Haneo: You're Suing Me? | Kyōhei Yamada | ||
| 2023 | The Days | |||
| What Will You Do, Ieyasu? | Saishō Jōtai | Taiga drama | ||
| 2024 | Light of My Lion | Torakichi Yoshimi |
Sources and credits
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- Denden "Something Like Something Like It" at Opening Ceremony of the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (22243428719).jpg by Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0
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