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Denden

Born January 23, 1950 in Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan124 films

Denden (でんでん Denden, born Yoshihiro Ogata (緒方 義博); 23 January 1950) is a Japanese actor and former comedian. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1981.

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Cure posterFirst watchCure19977.6as OIdaA frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.View film

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Why Don't You Play in Hell? poster7.3Why Don't You Play in Hell?2013Tokyo Sonata poster7.4Tokyo Sonata2008Cold Fish poster6.9Cold Fish2011Ju-on: The Curse poster6.8Ju-on: The Curse2000Like Someone in Love poster6.9Like Someone in Love2012Tokyo! poster6.9Tokyo!2008Himizu poster7.0Himizu2012Eureka poster7.8Eureka2001

Filmography

124 films as actor
  1. 2025Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final
  2. 2025A Moon in the Ordinary
  3. 2025Spirit WorldKoji
  4. 2024Living in Two WorldsYasuo Suzuki
  5. 2024The ParadesKeisuke
  6. 2023We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The MovieNogami
  7. 2023Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie
  8. 2023Mountain Woman
  9. 2023Insomniacs After SchoolDirector of a Historical Archive
  10. 2023Rental FamilyKoji Asada
  11. 2022A ManKosuge
  12. 2022A Turtle's Shell is a Human's RibsUsazō Usagibayashi (voice)
  13. 2022I Am MakimotoUndertaker Shimobayashi
  14. 2022MugonkanShiino Chikara
  15. 2021The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
  16. 2020Not Quite Dead YetRamen Shop Owner
  17. 2020Stardust over the TownNishi Kazuo
  18. 2020It Stopped RainingProfessor
  19. 2019Ten: Akagi Shigeru Funeral ArcSoga Mitsui
  20. 2019Life: UntitledShitara
  21. 2019Black School RulesShio Norizuki
  22. 2019The Forest of LoveShigeru Ozawa
  23. 2019Blue HourSunada's Father
  24. 2019Mentai PiririMaruo
  25. 2018Love Revolution
  26. 2018Yuukai Houtei: Seven Days
  27. 2018The Bastard and the Beautiful World(segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
  28. 2018Last Winter, We Parted
  29. 2018Fumiko's FeetTsukagoshi
  30. 2018The Other House
  31. 2017The Last Reunion
  32. 2017Wilderness: Part 2Baba
  33. 2017Wilderness: Part 1Baba
  34. 2017Love and Other CultsHisaya Kida
  35. 2017Mumon: The Land of StealthKai Shimoyama
  36. 2017Tatara SamuraiGenzo
  37. 2017Black RoseTsunekichi Yasumoto
  38. 2017Sound of Waves
  39. 2016Shippu RondoYamano
  40. 2016SniperYoshihiko Shirota
  41. 2016Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan
  42. 2016Destruction Babies
  43. 2016Lowlife LoveKida
  44. 2016To Eat To Live
  45. 2016Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie
  46. 2016Something Like, Something Like ItShinsui Defunetei
  47. 2015Kazoku gokko
  48. 2015The Daimon
  49. 2015Yakuza ApocalypseOld Yakuza
  50. 2015Meikyu SousaIsao Kakizaki
  51. 2015Maestro!
  52. 2014Kiri no HataLawyer Sasaki
  53. 2014Tokyo TribeHigh Priest
  54. 2014KillersOyaji / Father at Jukai
  55. 2014Judge!President of Chikuwadou
  56. 2014Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy
  57. 2013The Kiyosu ConferenceGeni Maeda
  58. 2013Why Don't You Play in Hell?Ramen Shop Owner
  59. 2013A Boy Called H
  60. 2013The Daimon 2
  61. 2013The Daimon
  62. 2013Princess SakuraKiyoharu
  63. 2013The Serialist
  64. 2013The Incredible TruthHirai Tadao
  65. 20137 Days of Himawari & Her PuppiesYasuoka
  66. 2013Memory SculptorJin
  67. 2013Suzuki SenseiTeacher Tatsuo Kawano
  68. 2012The Samurai That NightSusumu Sato
  69. 2012The Land of HopeKen Suzuki
  70. 2012Like Someone in LoveHiroshi
  71. 2012SPEC: HeavenKenzo Ichiyanagi
  72. 2012SPEC: LifeKenzo Ichiyanagi
  73. 2012HimizuKaneko
  74. 2011CutTakagaki
  75. 2011Early Autumn
  76. 2011Someday
  77. 2011Mr. Inukai Keeps a Dog
  78. 2011A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous TripAkaihito
  79. 2011誰よりも君を愛す！
  80. 2011Journey of a Dying Wife
  81. 2011Cold FishYukio Murata
  82. 2010A Lone ScalpelShinji Okawa
  83. 2010月と嘘と殺人
  84. 2010Boys on the RunTanaka
  85. 2010Golden SlumberKojima Yasuo
  86. 2010Yellow Kid
  87. 2009KanikôsenMonk
  88. 2009Be Sure to ShareTanaka
  89. 2008Tokyo SonataJanitor
  90. 2008Gu Gu, the CatKajiwara
  91. 2008Tokyo!Car Pound Attendant (segment "Interior Design")
  92. 2008Climber's HighMasao Kamejima
  93. 2008Double Trouble
  94. 2008Kabei: Our MotherFukuda
  95. 2007DororoPraying Father
  96. 2006The Lawyer: Haijima Hideki
  97. 2006Yaneura no Sanposha
  98. 2006Love Tomato
  99. 2005What the Snow BringsTamotsu Fujimaki
  100. 2005DV: Domestic Violence
  101. 2004Rikidozan: A Hero ExtraordinaireShowman
  102. 2004Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
  103. 2004Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy
  104. 2002Shooting Stars in the Twilight
  105. 2001Red ShadowBonnobei
  106. 2001Drowning Fish
  107. 2001EurekaYoshida
  108. 2000Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
  109. 2000Ju-on: The Curse 2Yoshikawa
  110. 2000UzumakiOfficer Futada
  111. 2000Ju-on: The CurseYoshikawa
  112. 1999Kunoichi Financial Road
  113. 1999Amateur Singing Contest
  114. 1998Unlucky Monkey
  115. 1997CureOIda
  116. 1995Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
  117. 1995MARKSMedical examiner
  118. 1994Gotoshi Co. Ltd. III
  119. 1994Gotoshi Co. Ltd. II
  120. 1993Dark Society in the East