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Kazuo Oga

Name in Native Language: "男鹿和雄" (Japanese/JA)
Art Director / Animator / Screenwriter / Film Director | * 02/29/1952 (72) | Ōta (Japan)
Kazuo Oga (男鹿 和雄, Oga Kazuo, born 29 February 1952, in Akita Prefecture, Japan) is an art director and background artist for many Madhouse Studio and Studio Ghibli anime films. Oga has worked with major directors Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Osamu Dezaki. He also published two artbooks and directed a short animated film. ()

Kazuo Oga is an art director and background artist for many Studio Ghibli and Madhouse Studio anime films. Oga has worked with major directors Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Osamu Dezaki. He also published two artbooks and directed a short animated film.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Fantasy | Kids & Family

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Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, lending his services to those with gold—or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a plot to overthrow the government ...

Ninja Scroll

R

1993 | 3.9/5 | 1h 34min
Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
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A student tries to fix a problem he accidentally caused in OZ, a digital world, while pretending to be the fiancé of his friend at her grandmother's 90th birthday. ...

Summer Wars

PG

2009 | 3.8/5 | 1h 54min
Animation
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D has been hired to track down Meier Link, a notoriously powerful vampire who has abducted a woman, Charlotte Elbourne. D's orders are strict - find Charlotte, at any cost. For the first time, D faces ...

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

R

2000 | 3.8/5 | 1h 43min
Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Action
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Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ...

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

PG

2013 | 4.1/5 | 2h 17min
Animation, Drama, Fantasy
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Movies with Kazuo Oga as Actor(2)

as himself2014 Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya
as himself2007 A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest

Movies with Kazuo Oga as Crew(48)

Art/Background Designer2023 The Boy and the Heron
Art/Background Designer2018 Mirai
Art/Background Designer2017 Mary and The Witch's Flower
Art/Background Designer2016 In This Corner of the World
Art/Background Designer2015 The Boy and the Beast
Art/Background Designer2014 When Marnie Was There
Art/Art Direction2013 The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Art/Background Designer2012 A Letter to Momo
Art/Background Designer2010 The Secret World of Arrietty
Art/Background Designer2009 Summer Wars
Art/Background Designer2008 Ponyo
Art/Background Designer2007 Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
Art/Background Designer2006 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Art/Painter2006 The Night of Taneyamagahara
Directing/Director2006 The Night of Taneyamagahara
Writing/Screenplay2006 The Night of Taneyamagahara
Writing/Writer2006 The Night of Taneyamagahara
Art/Background Designer2004 Howl's Moving Castle
Art/Assistant Art Director2002 WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3
Art/Background Designer2001 Spirited Away
Art/Background Designer2000 Joseph: King of Dreams
Art/Background Designer2000 Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Art/Art Direction1997 Princess Mononoke
Art/Background Designer1997 Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots
Art/Background Designer1995 On Your Mark
Art/Background Designer1995 Whisper of the Heart
Art/Art Direction1994 Pom Poko
Art/Background Designer1993 Ninja Scroll
Art/Background Designer1992 Porco Rosso
Art/Background Designer1991 Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
Art/Art Direction1991 Only Yesterday
Art/Background Designer1989 Kiki's Delivery Service
Art/Art Direction1988 Girls In Summer Dresses, Hiroshima August 6 1945
Art/Art Direction1988 My Neighbor Totoro
Art/Background Designer1988 Demon City Shinjuku
Art/Art Direction1987 Wicked City
Art/Production Design1987 Wicked City
Art/Art Direction1986 Space-Time Traveler - Time Stranger
Art/Background Designer1986 Barefoot Gen 2
Art/Painter1985 The Dagger of Kamui
Art/Background Designer1984 Lensman
Art/Art Direction1983 Barefoot Gen
Art/Background Designer1983 Unico in the Island of Magic
Art/Painter1983 Harmagedon
Art/Assistant Art Director1982 Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie
Art/Art Direction1981 The Fantastic Adventures of Unico
Visual Effects/Animation1981 The Fantastic Adventures of Unico
Art/Background Designer1973 Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus

TV Shows/Series with Kazuo Oga as Crew(3)

Art/Assistant Art Director1978 Treasure Island
Art/Background Designer1975 Adventure of Gamba
Art/Art Direction1970 Tomorrow's Joe

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Friday, 02/29 1952 (February) in Ōta (Japan) (current age: 72 years + 57 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Akita Prefectural Kakunodate High School
Employer: Madhouse
Other names for Kazuo Oga (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Kazuo Ojika"
"男鹿 和雄"
"おが かずお" (Kana/Japanese)
Kazuo Oga frequently works together with these people:
Hayao Miyazaki (39x, Crew)
Shinji Otsuka (21x, Crew)
Yoji Takeshige (20x, Crew)
Yoshiaki Kawajiri (18x, Crew)
Toshio Suzuki (17x, Crew)
Masashi Ando (17x, Crew)
Makiko Futaki (14x, Crew)
Takeshi Seyama (14x, Crew)
Atsuko Tanaka (13x, Crew)
Michiyo Yasuda (12x, Crew)
Megumi Kagawa (12x, Crew)
Osamu Dezaki (8x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:625400, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024