Kazuo Oga

Age: N/A | From: Senboku, Akita, Japan

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Person Details

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Aliases: Kazuo Ojika , 男鹿和雄

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Senboku, Akita, Japan

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Movie Involvements: 49

TV Involvements: 1

Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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Ponyo

(2008) Background Designer

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Spirited Away

(2001) Background Designer

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Joseph: King of Dreams

(2000) Background Designer

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Howl's Moving Castle

(2004) Background Designer

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In This Corner of the World

(2016) Background Designer

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My Neighbor Totoro

(1988) Art Direction

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Whisper of the Heart

(1995) Background Designer

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Summer Wars

(2009) Background Designer

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2014	Self	Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya 2014-11-27 Movie
2007	himself	A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest 2007-12-19 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Art

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2017	Background Designer	Mary and the Witch's Flower 2017-07-08 Movie
2016	Background Designer	In This Corner of the World 2016-11-12 Movie
2015	Background Designer	The Boy and the Beast 2015-07-11 Movie
2014	Background Designer	When Marnie Was There 2014-07-19 Movie
2013	Art Direction	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya 2013-11-23 Movie
2011	Background Designer	A Letter to Momo 2011-09-10 Movie
2010	Background Designer	The Secret World of Arrietty 2010-07-16 Movie
2009	Background Designer	Summer Wars 2009-08-01 Movie
2008	Background Designer	Ponyo 2008-07-19 Movie
2007	Background Designer	Highlander: The Search for Vengeance 2007-06-05 Movie
2006	Background Designer	The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 2006-07-15 Movie
	Painter	The Night of Taneyamagahara 2006-07-07 Movie
2004	Background Designer	Howl's Moving Castle 2004-11-19 Movie
2002	Assistant Art Director	WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3 2002-03-30 Movie
2001	Background Designer	Spirited Away 2001-07-20 Movie
2000	Background Designer	Joseph: King of Dreams 2000-11-07 Movie
	Background Designer	Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust 2000-08-25 Movie
1997	Background Designer	Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots 1997-12-20 Movie
	Art Direction	Princess Mononoke 1997-07-12 Movie
1995	Background Designer	On Your Mark 1995-07-15 Movie
	Background Designer	Whisper of the Heart 1995-07-15 Movie
1994	Art Direction	Pom Poko 1994-07-16 Movie
	Production Design	Pom Poko 1994-07-16 Movie
1993	Background Designer	Ninja Scroll 1993-06-05 Movie
1992	Background Designer	Porco Rosso 1992-07-18 Movie
1991	Background Designer	Urusei Yatsura 6: Always My Darling 1991-08-16 Movie
	Art Direction	Only Yesterday 1991-07-20 Movie
1989	Background Designer	Kiki's Delivery Service 1989-07-29 Movie
1988	Background Designer	Demon City Shinjuku 1988-10-23 Movie
	Art Direction	Girls In Summer Dresses, Hiroshima August 6 1945 1988-08-07 Movie
	Art Direction	My Neighbor Totoro 1988-04-16 Movie
1987	Art Direction	Wicked City 1987-04-19 Movie
	Production Design	Wicked City 1987-04-19 Movie
1986	Art Direction	Space-Time Traveler - Time Stranger 1986-12-20 Movie
	Background Designer	Barefoot Gen 2 1986-06-14 Movie
1985	Painter	The Dagger of Kamui 1985-01-01 Movie
1984	Background Designer	Lensman 1984-06-07 Movie
1983	Art Direction	Barefoot Gen 1983-07-21 Movie
	Background Designer	Unico in the Island of Magic 1983-07-16 Movie
	Painter	Harmagedon: Genma Wars 1983-03-12 Movie
1982	Assistant Art Director	Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie 1982-07-03 Movie
1981	Art Direction	The Fantastic Adventures of Unico 1981-03-14 Movie
1973	Background Designer	Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus 1973-03-17 Movie
1970	Art Direction	Tomorrow's Joe 1970-04-01 TV Show
Year	Role	Movie/Tv