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Denden

Denden

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

Known for

Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final

Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final

A Moon in the Ordinary

A Moon in the Ordinary

Spirit World

Living in Two Worlds

Living in Two Worlds

2024 • Yasuo Suzuki

The Parades

2024 • Keisuke

Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie

Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie

Mountain Woman

Insomniacs After School

Insomniacs After School

2023 • Director of a Historical Archive

Full filmography

Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final

Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final

2025

A Moon in the Ordinary

A Moon in the Ordinary

2025

Spirit World

2025 • Koji

Living in Two Worlds

Living in Two Worlds

2024 • Yasuo Suzuki

The Parades

2024 • Keisuke

Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie

Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie

2023

Mountain Woman

2023

Insomniacs After School

Insomniacs After School

2023 • Director of a Historical Archive

Rental Family

2023 • Koji Asada

A Man

2022 • Kosuge

A Turtle's Shell is a Human's Ribs

A Turtle's Shell is a Human's Ribs

2022 • Usazō Usagibayashi (voice)

I Am Makimoto

2022 • Undertaker Shimobayashi

Mugonkan

2022 • Shiino Chikara

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood

2021

Not Quite Dead Yet

Not Quite Dead Yet

2020 • Ramen Shop Owner

Stardust over the Town

Stardust over the Town

2020 • Nishi Kazuo

It Stopped Raining

It Stopped Raining

2020 • Professor

Ten: Akagi Shigeru Funeral Arc

Ten: Akagi Shigeru Funeral Arc

2019 • Soga Mitsui

Life: Untitled

2019 • Shitara

Black School Rules

Black School Rules

2019 • Shio Norizuki

The Forest of Love

The Forest of Love

2019 • Shigeru Ozawa

Blue Hour

2019 • Sunada's Father

Love Revolution

Love Revolution

2018

Yuukai Houtei: Seven Days

Yuukai Houtei: Seven Days

2018

The Bastard and the Beautiful World

The Bastard and the Beautiful World

2018 • (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)

Last Winter, We Parted

Last Winter, We Parted

2018

Fumiko's Legs

2018 • Tsukagoshi

The Other House

The Other House

2018

The Last Reunion

The Last Reunion

2017

Wilderness: Part 2

Wilderness: Part 2

2017 • Baba

Wilderness: Part 1

Wilderness: Part 1

2017 • Baba

Love and Other Cults

Love and Other Cults

2017 • Hisaya Kida

Mumon: The Land of Stealth

Mumon: The Land of Stealth

2017 • Kai Shimoyama

Tatara Samurai

2017 • Genzo

Black Rose

2017 • Tsunekichi Yasumoto

Sound of Waves

2017

Shippu Rondo

2016 • Yamano

Sniper

2016 • Yoshihiko Shirota

Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan

Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan

2016

Destruction Babies

Destruction Babies

2016

Lowlife Love

2016 • Kida

To Eat To Live

2016

Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie

Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie

2016

Something Like, Something Like It

Something Like, Something Like It

2016 • Shinsui Defunetei

Kazoku gokko

2015

The Daimon

2015

Making of Tokyo Tribe

Making of Tokyo Tribe

2015 • Self

Yakuza Apocalypse

Yakuza Apocalypse

2015 • Old Yakuza

Meikyu Sousa

2015 • Isao Kakizaki

Maestro!

2015

Pro Bono

2014 • Lawyer Sasaki

Tokyo Tribe

2014 • High Priest

Killers

2014 • Oyaji / Father at Jukai

Judge!

2014 • President of Chikuwadou

Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy

Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy

2014

The Kiyosu Conference

The Kiyosu Conference

2013 • Geni Maeda

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

2013 • Ramen Shop Owner

A Boy Called H

2013

The Daimon

2013

The Daimon 2

2013

Princess Sakura

Princess Sakura

2013 • Kiyoharu

The Serialist

2013

The Incredible Truth

The Incredible Truth

2013 • Hirai Tadao

7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies

7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies

2013 • Yasuoka

Memory Sculptor

Memory Sculptor

2013 • Jin

Suzuki Sensei

2013 • Teacher Tatsuo Kawano

The Samurai That Night

The Samurai That Night

2012 • Susumu Sato

The Land of Hope

The Land of Hope

2012 • Ken Suzuki

Like Someone in Love

Like Someone in Love

2012 • Hiroshi

SPEC: Heaven

2012 • Kenzo Ichiyanagi

Himizu

2012 • Kaneko

Cut

2011 • Takagaki

Early Autumn

2011

Someday

2011

Mr. Inukai Keeps a Dog

Mr. Inukai Keeps a Dog

2011

A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip

A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip

2011 • Akaihito

誰よりも君を愛す！

誰よりも君を愛す！

2011

Denden Interview

Denden Interview

2011

Journey of a Dying Wife

Journey of a Dying Wife

2011

Cold Fish

2011 • Yukio Murata

A Lone Scalpel

2010 • Shinji Okawa

月と嘘と殺人

月と嘘と殺人

2010

Golden Slumber

2010 • Kojima Yasuo

Boys on the Run

Boys on the Run

2010 • Tanaka

Yellow Kid

2010

Kanikôsen

2009 • Monk

Be Sure to Share

Be Sure to Share

2009 • Tanaka

Tokyo Sonata

2008 • Janitor

Gu Gu, the Cat

2008 • Kajiwara

Tokyo!

2008 • Car Pound Attendant (segment "Interior Design")

Climber's High

2008 • Masao Kamejima

Double Trouble

2008

Kabei: Our Mother

Kabei: Our Mother

2008 • Fukuda

Dororo

2007 • Praying Father

弁護士灰島秀樹

弁護士灰島秀樹

2006

Watcher in the Attic

Watcher in the Attic

2006

Love Tomato

2006

What the Snow Brings

What the Snow Brings

2005 • Tamotsu Fujimaki

DV: Domestic Violence

DV: Domestic Violence

2005

Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire

Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire

2004 • Showman

Onna no naka no futatsu no kao

Onna no naka no futatsu no kao

2004

Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy

Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy

2004

Shooting Stars in the Twilight

Shooting Stars in the Twilight

2002

Red Shadow

2001 • Bonnobei

Drowning Fish

2001

Eureka

2001 • Yoshida

Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai

Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai

2000

Ju-on: The Curse 2

Ju-on: The Curse 2

2000 • Yoshikawa

Ju-on: The Curse

Ju-on: The Curse

2000 • Yoshikawa

Uzumaki

2000 • Officer Futada

Kunoichi Financial Road

Kunoichi Financial Road

1999

Amateur Singing Contest

Amateur Singing Contest

1999

Unlucky Monkey

1998

Cure

1997 • OIda

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case

1995

MARKS

1995 • Medical examiner

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. III

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. III

1994

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. II

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. II

1994

Dark Society in the East

Dark Society in the East

1993

The Games Teachers Play

The Games Teachers Play

1992 • Unnamed Teacher

Ibu wa hatsukoi no yō ni

1991

The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses

The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses

1991

Something Like It

Something Like It

1981 • Shinsui

Denden – Biography, Known For & Filmography