Denden

Acting

Denden

Born 23 January 1950 · Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan · 76

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

Highlights

Cure1997 · Film · OIda
Why Don't You Play in Hell?2013 · Film · Ramen Shop Owner
Tokyo Sonata2008 · Film · Janitor
Cold Fish2011 · Film · Yukio Murata
Ju-on: The Curse2000 · Film · Yoshikawa
Like Someone in Love2012 · Film · Hiroshi

Filmography

Movies

124 films

Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final2025 · Film
A Moon in the Ordinary2025 · Film
Spirit World2025 · Film · Koji
Living in Two Worlds2024 · Film · Yasuo Suzuki
The Parades2024 · Film · Keisuke
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie2023 · Film · Nogami
Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie2023 · Film
Mountain Woman2023 · Film
Insomniacs After School2023 · Film · Director of a Historical Archive
Rental Family2023 · Film · Koji Asada
A Man2022 · Film · Kosuge
A Turtle's Shell is a Human's Ribs2022 · Film · Usazō Usagibayashi (voice)
I Am Makimoto2022 · Film · Undertaker Shimobayashi
Mugonkan2022 · Film · Shiino Chikara
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood2021 · Film
Not Quite Dead Yet2020 · Film · Ramen Shop Owner
Stardust over the Town2020 · Film · Nishi Kazuo
It Stopped Raining2020 · Film · Professor
Ten: Akagi Shigeru Funeral Arc2019 · Film · Soga Mitsui
Life: Untitled2019 · Film · Shitara
Black School Rules2019 · Film · Shio Norizuki
The Forest of Love2019 · Film · Shigeru Ozawa
Blue Hour2019 · Film · Sunada's Father
Mentai Piriri2019 · Film · Maruo
Love Revolution2018 · Film
Yuukai Houtei: Seven Days2018 · Film
The Bastard and the Beautiful World2018 · Film · (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
Last Winter, We Parted2018 · Film
Fumiko's Feet2018 · Film · Tsukagoshi
The Other House2018 · Film
The Last Reunion2017 · Film
Wilderness: Part 22017 · Film · Baba
Wilderness: Part 12017 · Film · Baba
Love and Other Cults2017 · Film · Hisaya Kida
Mumon: The Land of Stealth2017 · Film · Kai Shimoyama
Tatara Samurai2017 · Film · Genzo
Black Rose2017 · Film · Tsunekichi Yasumoto
Sound of Waves2017 · Film
Shippu Rondo2016 · Film · Yamano
Sniper2016 · Film · Yoshihiko Shirota
Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan2016 · Film
Destruction Babies2016 · Film
Lowlife Love2016 · Film · Kida
To Eat To Live2016 · Film
Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie2016 · Film
Something Like, Something Like It2016 · Film · Shinsui Defunetei
Kazoku gokko2015 · Film
The Daimon2015 · Film
Yakuza Apocalypse2015 · Film · Old Yakuza
Meikyu Sousa2015 · Film · Isao Kakizaki
Maestro!2015 · Film
Kiri no Hata2014 · Film · Lawyer Sasaki
Tokyo Tribe2014 · Film · High Priest
Killers2014 · Film · Oyaji / Father at Jukai
Judge!2014 · Film · President of Chikuwadou
Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy2014 · Film
The Kiyosu Conference2013 · Film · Geni Maeda
Why Don't You Play in Hell?2013 · Film · Ramen Shop Owner
A Boy Called H2013 · Film
The Daimon 22013 · Film
The Daimon2013 · Film
Princess Sakura2013 · Film · Kiyoharu
The Serialist2013 · Film
The Incredible Truth2013 · Film · Hirai Tadao
7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies2013 · Film · Yasuoka
Memory Sculptor2013 · Film · Jin
Suzuki Sensei2013 · Film · Teacher Tatsuo Kawano
The Samurai That Night2012 · Film · Susumu Sato
The Land of Hope2012 · Film · Ken Suzuki
Like Someone in Love2012 · Film · Hiroshi
SPEC: Heaven2012 · Film · Kenzo Ichiyanagi
SPEC: Life2012 · Film · Kenzo Ichiyanagi
Himizu2012 · Film · Kaneko
Cut2011 · Film · Takagaki
Early Autumn2011 · Film
Someday2011 · Film
Mr. Inukai Keeps a Dog2011 · Film
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip2011 · Film · Akaihito
誰よりも君を愛す！2011 · Film
Denden Interview2011 · Film
Journey of a Dying Wife2011 · Film
Cold Fish2011 · Film · Yukio Murata
A Lone Scalpel2010 · Film · Shinji Okawa
月と嘘と殺人2010 · Film
Boys on the Run2010 · Film · Tanaka
Golden Slumber2010 · Film · Kojima Yasuo
Yellow Kid2010 · Film
Kanikôsen2009 · Film · Monk
Be Sure to Share2009 · Film · Tanaka
Tokyo Sonata2008 · Film · Janitor
Gu Gu, the Cat2008 · Film · Kajiwara
Tokyo!2008 · Film · Car Pound Attendant (segment "Interior Design")
Climber's High2008 · Film · Masao Kamejima
Double Trouble2008 · Film
Kabei: Our Mother2008 · Film · Fukuda
Dororo2007 · Film · Praying Father
The Lawyer: Haijima Hideki2006 · Film
Yaneura no Sanposha2006 · Film
Love Tomato2006 · Film
What the Snow Brings2005 · Film · Tamotsu Fujimaki
DV: Domestic Violence2005 · Film
Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire2004 · Film · Showman
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao2004 · Film
Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy2004 · Film
Shooting Stars in the Twilight2002 · Film
Red Shadow2001 · Film · Bonnobei
Drowning Fish2001 · Film
Eureka2001 · Film · Yoshida
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai2000 · Film
Ju-on: The Curse 22000 · Film · Yoshikawa
Uzumaki2000 · Film · Officer Futada
Ju-on: The Curse2000 · Film · Yoshikawa
Kunoichi Financial Road1999 · Film
Amateur Singing Contest1999 · Film
Unlucky Monkey1998 · Film
Cure1997 · Film · OIda
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case1995 · Film
MARKS1995 · Film · Medical examiner
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. III1994 · Film
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. II1994 · Film
Dark Society in the East1993 · Film
The Games Teachers Play1992 · Film · Unnamed Teacher
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses1991 · Film
Something Like It1981 · Film · Shinsui

Filmography

Series

53 shows

Ten Strokes to You2026 · Series · Susumu Kazami
Unsung Heroes2025 · Series · Yozo Ohara
Someone in this town2024 · Series · Kondo Toshio
Light of My Lion2024 · Series · Yoshimi Torakichi
I Hear the Sunspot2024 · Series · Sagawa Genji
THE DAYS2023 · Series
Lawyer Sodom2023 · Series · Makoto Shinozaki
Draft King2023 · Series · Rikuo Shimobe
Atom's Last Shot2022 · Series · Kengo Yaegashi
ISHIKO and HANEO: You're Suing Me?2022 · Series
GAME OF SPY2022 · Series · Shigenobu Kugayama
The Honest Realtor2022 · Series · Kagekatsu Todo
Welcome Home, Mone2021 · Series · Kawakubo Hiroshi
Unsung Cinderella, Midori, the Hospital Pharmacist2020 · Series · Kanji Aragami
The Forest of Love: Deep Cut2020 · Series · Shigeru Ozawa
Distorted Ripples2019 · Series · Isao Ando
Death Office2019 · Series · Ishima
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi2019 · Series
Detective Akechi Kogoro2019 · Series · Tarao
Ten：The Nice Guy on the Path of Tenho2018 · Series · Mitsui Soga（僧我 三威）
BG: Personal Bodyguard2018 · Series · Yuji Sato
Muyoan Retirement Training2017 · Series
MPD: Animal Unit2017 · Series · Shokichi Nidegawa
Naotora: The Lady Warlord2017 · Series · 奥山朝利
Natsuko Kira2016 · Series
Seven Detectives2015 · Series · Yoshio Kojima
Dokonjō Gaeru2015 · Series · Machida
Toward the Wilderness2015 · Series · Tomita
Nobunaga Concerto2014 · Series · Takugen
Truth of Zero2014 · Series · Hiroshi Hosaka
Tokusou2014 · Series · Rokuro Okumura
The Long Goodbye2014 · Series · Shady doctor
Emergency Interrogation Room2014 · Series · Susumu Hishimoto
Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?2013 · Series · Masuda Kozo
Amachan2013 · Series · Rokurō Osanai
Beautiful Rain2012 · Series · Muneta Kiyoshi
Man of Destiny2012 · Series · Shiro Ebisu
QP2011 · Series · Leader of Kiowa Team
Suzuki Sensei2011 · Series
Winter Sakura2011 · Series · Inaba Tetsuya
Mr. Inukai Keeps a Dog2011 · Series · Tadashi Torikai
Love Strikes!2010 · Series
Yukemuri Sniper2009 · Series
Dots and Lines2007 · Series
Galileo2007 · Series
Tanaka Express 32007 · Series
Be with You2005 · Series · Ogasawara Tomoya
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo2002 · Series
Handoku!!!2001 · Series
Hanamura Daisuke2000 · Series
Keizoku: Unsolved Cases1999 · Series · Yuichi Mizutani
Gosei Sentai Dairanger1993 · Series · Bird Cage Vagrant
Taiheiki1991 · Series · Masafusa Jingûji