Denden
Known for
Acting
Life
Born 1950 (age 76)
Born in
Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan
Credits
View on IMDb178 acting credits
Biography
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.
Known For
Cure
27 Dec 1997
Cold Fish
29 Jan 2011
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
14 Sep 2013
Ju-on: The Curse
11 Feb 2000
Tokyo Sonata
27 Sep 2008
Like Someone in Love
15 Sep 2012
Uzumaki
11 Feb 2000
Tokyo!
16 Aug 2008
Photos
Filmography
2026
- ドラフトキング －BORDER LINE－1 episode
- Ten Strokes to Youas Susumu Kazami1 episode
2025
- Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final
- A Moon in the Ordinary
- Unsung Heroesas Yozo Ohara8 episodes
- Spirit Worldas Koji
2024
- Someone in this townas Kondo Toshio4 episodes
- Light of My Lionas Yoshimi Torakichi11 episodes
- Living in Two Worldsas Yasuo Suzuki
- I Hear the Sunspotas Sagawa Genji12 episodes
- The Paradesas Keisuke
2023
- We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movieas Nogami
- Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie
- Mountain Woman
- Insomniacs After Schoolas Director of a Historical Archive
- Rental Familyas Koji Asada
- THE DAYS8 episodes
- Lawyer Sodomas Makoto Shinozaki7 episodes
- Draft Kingas Rikuo Shimobe10 episodes
2022
- A Manas Kosuge
- A Turtle's Shell is a Human's Ribsas Usazō Usagibayashi (voice)
- Atom's Last Shotas Kengo Yaegashi9 episodes
- I Am Makimotoas Undertaker Shimobayashi
- Mugonkanas Shiino Chikara
- ISHIKO and HANEO: You're Suing Me?1 episode
- GAME OF SPYas Shigenobu Kugayama16 episodes
- The Honest Realtoras Kagekatsu Todo1 episode
2020
- Unsung Cinderella, Midori, the Hospital Pharmacistas Kanji Aragami11 episodes
- The Forest of Love: Deep Cutas Shigeru Ozawa7 episodes
- Not Quite Dead Yetas Ramen Shop Owner
- Stardust over the Townas Nishi Kazuo
- It Stopped Rainingas Professor
2019
- Ten: Akagi Shigeru Funeral Arcas Soga Mitsui
- Life: Untitledas Shitara
- Black School Rulesas Shio Norizuki
- Death Officeas Ishima10 episodes
- The Forest of Loveas Shigeru Ozawa
- Yasuragi no Toki: Michi1 episode
- Detective Akechi Kogoroas Tarao2 episodes
- Blue Houras Sunada's Father
- Mentai Piririas Maruo
2018
- Love Revolution
- Yuukai Houtei: Seven Days
- Ten：The Nice Guy on the Path of Tenhoas Mitsui Soga（僧我 三威）12 episodes
- The Bastard and the Beautiful Worldas (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
- Last Winter, We Parted
- Fumiko's Feetas Tsukagoshi
- The Other House
- BG: Personal Bodyguardas Yuji Sato1 episode
2017
- The Last Reunion
- Wilderness: Part 2as Baba
- Wilderness: Part 1as Baba
- Muyoan Retirement Training1 episode
- Love and Other Cultsas Hisaya Kida
- MPD: Animal Unitas Shokichi Nidegawa10 episodes
- Mumon: The Land of Stealthas Kai Shimoyama
- Tatara Samuraias Genzo
- Black Roseas Tsunekichi Yasumoto
- Sound of Waves
- Naotora: The Lady Warlordas 奥山朝利50 episodes
2016
- Shippu Rondoas Yamano
- Sniperas Yoshihiko Shirota
- Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan
- Natsuko Kira1 episode
- Destruction Babies
- Lowlife Loveas Kida
- To Eat To Live
- Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie
- Something Like, Something Like Itas Shinsui Defunetei
2015
- Kazoku gokko
- The Daimon
- Seven Detectivesas Yoshio Kojima1 episode
- Dokonjō Gaeruas Machida10 episodes
- Yakuza Apocalypseas Old Yakuza
- Meikyu Sousaas Isao Kakizaki
- Maestro!
- Toward the Wildernessas Tomita8 episodes
2014
- Kiri no Hataas Lawyer Sasaki
- Nobunaga Concertoas Takugen11 episodes
- Tokyo Tribeas High Priest
- Truth of Zeroas Hiroshi Hosaka8 episodes
- Tokusouas Rokuro Okumura5 episodes
- The Long Goodbyeas Shady doctor1 episode
- Killersas Oyaji
- Judge!as President of Chikuwadou
- Emergency Interrogation Roomas Susumu Hishimoto46 episodes
- Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy
2013
- The Kiyosu Conferenceas Geni Maeda
- Why Don't You Play in Hell?as Ramen Shop Owner
- A Boy Called H
- The Daimon 2
- The Daimon
- Princess Sakuraas Kiyoharu
- The Serialist
- The Incredible Truthas Hirai Tadao
- Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?as Masuda Kozo10 episodes
- Amachanas Rokurō Osanai157 episodes
- 7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppiesas Yasuoka
- Memory Sculptoras Jin
- Suzuki Senseias Teacher Tatsuo Kawano
2012
- The Samurai That Nightas Susumu Sato
- The Land of Hopeas Ken Suzuki
- Like Someone in Loveas Hiroshi
- Beautiful Rainas Muneta Kiyoshi12 episodes
- SPEC: Heavenas Kenzo Ichiyanagi
- SPEC: Lifeas Kenzo Ichiyanagi
- Man of Destinyas Shiro Ebisu10 episodes
- Himizuas Kaneko
2011
- Cutas Takagaki
- Early Autumn
- QPas Leader of Kiowa Team12 episodes
- Someday
- Mr. Inukai Keeps a Dog
- A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Tripas Akaihito
- Suzuki Sensei10 episodes
- 誰よりも君を愛す！
- Denden Interview
- Journey of a Dying Wife
- Cold Fishas Yukio Murata
- Winter Sakuraas Inaba Tetsuya3 episodes
- Mr. Inukai Keeps a Dogas Tadashi Torikai12 episodes
2010
- Love Strikes!12 episodes
- A Lone Scalpelas Shinji Okawa
- 月と嘘と殺人
- Boys on the Runas Tanaka
- Golden Slumberas Kojima Yasuo
- Yellow Kid
2009
- Kanikôsenas Monk
- Be Sure to Shareas Tanaka
- Yukemuri Sniper12 episodes
2008
- Tokyo Sonataas Janitor
- Gu Gu, the Catas Kajiwara
- Tokyo!as Car Pound Attendant (segment "Interior Design")
- Climber's Highas Masao Kamejima
- Double Trouble
- Kabei: Our Motheras Fukuda
2007
- Dots and Lines2 episodes
- Galileo1 episode
- Tanaka Express 31 episode
- Dororoas Praying Father
2005
- What the Snow Bringsas Tamotsu Fujimaki
- Be with Youas Ogasawara Tomoya10 episodes
- DV: Domestic Violence
2004
2001
- Handoku!!!1 episode
- Red Shadowas Bonnobei
- Drowning Fish
- Eurekaas Yoshida
2000
- Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
- Hanamura Daisuke1 episode
- Ju-on: The Curse 2as Yoshikawa
- Uzumakias Officer Futada
- Ju-on: The Curseas Yoshikawa
1999
- Kunoichi Financial Road
- Amateur Singing Contest
- Keizoku: Unsolved Casesas Yuichi Mizutani1 episode
1998
1997
- Cureas OIda
- Sa-shi-su-se-so!?40 episodes
1995
1993
- Dark Society in the East
- Gosei Sentai Dairangeras Bird Cage Vagrant1 episode
1992
- The Games Teachers Playas Unnamed Teacher
1991
- Ibu wa hatsukoi no yō ni
- The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
- Taiheikias Masafusa Jingûji49 episodes
1981
- Something Like Itas Shinsui