Denden

Biography

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.

Career Overview

Denden has 129 screen credits in a career dating back to 1981. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently Wilderness Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Emergency Interrogation Room, Cold Fish, Fumiko's Feet. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

129

Birth Date

1950-01-23 00:00:00

Birth Place

Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan

Known For

• 

  Emergency Interrogation Room
• 

  Cold Fish
• 

  Fumiko's Feet
• 

  Cure
• 

  I Am Makimoto
• 

  Lowlife Love

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

• Wilderness Collection (2 titles)
• Ju-On / The Grudge (2 titles)
• Ju-on Collection (2 titles)
• SPEC Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Ren Osugi (2 collaborations)
• Tarō Suwa (2 collaborations)
• Taijirō Tamura (2 collaborations)
• Yuki Amami (1 collaborations)
• Tetsushi Tanaka (1 collaborations)
• Mokomichi Hayami (1 collaborations)
• Fumiyo Kohinata (1 collaborations)
• Kosuke Suzuki (1 collaborations)
• Masao Kusakari (1 collaborations)
• Mitsuru Fukikoshi (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (129 credits)

  • Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • A Moon in the Ordinary

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Spirit World

    Koji

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Light of My Lion

    Yoshimi Torakichi

    actor

    actors

    - Episode 11 (2024) ... Yoshimi Torakichi actor actors

    - Episode 10 (2024) ... Yoshimi Torakichi actor actors

    - Episode 9 (2024) ... Yoshimi Torakichi actor actors

    - Episode 8 (2024) ... Yoshimi Torakichi actor actors

    - Episode 7 (2024) ... Yoshimi Torakichi actor actors
    2024
  • Living in Two Worlds

    Yasuo Suzuki

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • The Parades

    Keisuke

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Mountain Woman

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Insomniacs After School

    Director of a Historical Archive

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Rental Family

    Koji Asada

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • THE DAYS

    actor

    actors

    - A Scenario of Japan's Collapse (2023) ... actor actors

    - Decide the Conditions for Evacuation (2023) ... actor actors

    - I Can No Longer Leave Here Alive (2023) ... actor actors

    - Our Company Has Lost Its Mind (2023) ... actor actors

    - It Would Mean Turning Our Backs on Fukushima (2023) ... actor actors
    2023
  • A Man

    Kosuge

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • A Turtle's Shell is a Human's Ribs

    Usazō Usagibayashi (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • I Am Makimoto

    Undertaker Shimobayashi

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Mugonkan

    Shiino Chikara

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Not Quite Dead Yet

    Ramen Shop Owner

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Stardust over the Town

    Nishi Kazuo

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • It Stopped Raining

    Professor

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Ten: Akagi Shigeru Funeral Arc

    Soga Mitsui

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Life: Untitled

    Shitara

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Black School Rules

    Shio Norizuki

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • The Forest of Love

    Shigeru Ozawa

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Blue Hour

    Sunada's Father

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Love Revolution

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Yuukai Houtei: Seven Days

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • The Bastard and the Beautiful World

    (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Last Winter, We Parted

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Fumiko's Feet

    Tsukagoshi

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • The Other House

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • The Last Reunion

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Wilderness: Part 2

    Baba

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Wilderness: Part 1

    Baba

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Love and Other Cults

    Hisaya Kida

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Mumon: The Land of Stealth

    Kai Shimoyama

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Tatara Samurai

    Genzo

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Black Rose

    Tsunekichi Yasumoto

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Sound of Waves

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Shippu Rondo

    Yamano

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Sniper

    Yoshihiko Shirota

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Destruction Babies

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Lowlife Love

    Kida

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • To Eat To Live

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Something Like, Something Like It

    Shinsui Defunetei

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Kazoku gokko

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • The Daimon

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Making of Tokyo Tribe

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Yakuza Apocalypse

    Old Yakuza

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Meikyu Sousa

    Isao Kakizaki

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Maestro!

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Pro Bono

    Lawyer Sasaki

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Tokyo Tribe

    High Priest

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Killers

    Oyaji / Father at Jukai

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Judge!

    President of Chikuwadou

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Emergency Interrogation Room

    Susumu Hishimoto

    actor

    actors

    - Episode 9 (2025) ... Susumu Hishimoto actor actors

    - Episode 8 (2025) ... Susumu Hishimoto actor actors

    - Episode 7 (2025) ... Susumu Hishimoto actor actors

    - Episode 6 (2025) ... Susumu Hishimoto actor actors

    - Episode 5 (2025) ... Susumu Hishimoto actor actors
    2014
  • Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • The Kiyosu Conference

    Geni Maeda

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Why Don't You Play in Hell?

    Ramen Shop Owner

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • A Boy Called H

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • The Daimon 2

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • The Daimon

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • The Serialist

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • The Incredible Truth

    Hirai Tadao

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Amachan

    Rokurō Osanai

    actor

    actors

    - Episode 157 (2013) ... 长内六郎 actor actors

    - Episode 156 (2013) ... 长内六郎 actor actors

    - Episode 155 (2013) ... 长内六郎 actor actors

    - Episode 154 (2013) ... 长内六郎 actor actors

    - Episode 153 (2013) ... 长内六郎 actor actors
    2013
  • 7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies

    Yasuoka

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Memory Sculptor

    Jin

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Suzuki Sensei

    Teacher Tatsuo Kawano

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • The Samurai That Night

    Susumu Sato

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • The Land of Hope

    Ken Suzuki

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Like Someone in Love

    Hiroshi

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Making of Himizu

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • SPEC: Heaven

    Kenzo Ichiyanagi

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Himizu

    Kaneko

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Cut

    Takagaki

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Early Autumn

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Someday

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Mr. Inukai Keeps a Dog

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip

    Akaihito

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • 誰よりも君を愛す！

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Denden Interview

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Journey of a Dying Wife

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Cold Fish

    Yukio Murata

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • A Lone Scalpel

    Shinji Okawa

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • 月と嘘と殺人

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Golden Slumber

    Kojima Yasuo

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Boys on the Run

    Tanaka

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Yellow Kid

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Kanikôsen

    Monk

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Be Sure to Share

    Tanaka

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Tokyo Sonata

    Janitor

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Gu Gu, the Cat

    Kajiwara

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Tokyo!

    Car Pound Attendant (segment "Interior Design")

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Climber's High

    Masao Kamejima

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Double Trouble

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Kabei: Our Mother

    Fukuda

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Dororo

    Praying Father

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Galileo

    - Premonition ~ Murder Device of Horror Loved by the Beautiful Wife (2007) ... actor actors
    2007
  • 弁護士 灰島秀樹

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Yaneura no Sanposha

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Love Tomato

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • What the Snow Brings

    Tamotsu Fujimaki

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • DV: Domestic Violence

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire

    Showman

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Onna no naka no futatsu no kao

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Shooting Stars in the Twilight

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

    - Episode 20 (2006) ... actor actors
    2002
  • Red Shadow

    Bonnobei

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Drowning Fish

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Eureka

    Yoshida

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Ju-on: The Curse 2

    Yoshikawa

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Ju-on: The Curse

    Yoshikawa

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Uzumaki

    Officer Futada

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Kunoichi Financial Road

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Amateur Singing Contest

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Unlucky Monkey

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Cure

    OIda

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • MARKS

    Medical examiner

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Gotoshi Co. Ltd. III

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Gotoshi Co. Ltd. II

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Dark Society in the East

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • The Games Teachers Play

    Unnamed Teacher

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Ibu wa hatsukoi no yō ni

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Something Like It

    Shinsui

    actor

    actors
    1981