Akira Ogata
Directing · Director · Writer · Assistant Director
Saga, Japan
Active 1980–present · Awards: Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award
Akira Ogata ( 1959- ) is a Japanese film and theater director. He is from Saga Prefecture. He is a professor at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image.
Filmography
Kyoto Hippocrates (2026) — DirectorShin Godzilla (2016) — Marine BiologistThe Crazy Family (1984)The Private Detective Mike (2002) — DirectorThe Clone Returns Home (2008) — Waste Disposal WorkerEkeb of Dekye (2010) — DirectorThe Milkwoman (2005) — DirectorCrazy Thunder Road (1980) — Assistant DirectorBoy's Choir (2000) — DirectorTokyo Cabbageman K (1980) — Director · WriterThrough Their Eyes (2016) — DirectorKaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File (2013) — DirectorNoriben - The Recipe for Fortune (2009) — DirectorDiary of Beloved Wife: Feast (2006) — DirectorWhat's a Director? (2006)But only love… (2016)Have a Nice Day (2006) — DirectorSchool Ghost Story: Mononoke Special (2001) — DirectorWalk with a Friend (2014) — Director · ProducerDon't Steal My Heart (1992) — DirectorA Message for Maggie (1985) — Assistant DirectorRyoko!! (1996) — Director