Shoichi Ozawa

ActorProducerProduction Apr 6 (died age 83) Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan 1955–2007 (52 year career)

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Biography

Shōichi Ozawa (小沢昭一, Ozawa Shōichi, April 6, 1929 – December 10, 2012) was a Japanese actor, radio host, singer, and prominent researcher and expert on Japanese folk art. He also founded the Shabondama-za theater company. Ozawa, who was born in Tokyo, graduated from Waseda University. He began acting after college, beginning with his debut stage role in 1951. He also appeared in television and film roles, acting quite frequently in films directed by Shohei Imamura and Yūzō Kawashima. In 1971, …

Known For

Film

The Ballad of Narayama

Katsuzô

Film

Vengeance Is Mine

Nisshinbo Section Manager

Film

Black Rain

Shokichi

Film

The Eel

Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor

Film

The Insect Woman

Ken

Film

Pigs and Battleships

Gunji

Film

The Pornographers

Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata

Film

Intentions of Murder

Kazuyuki Tamaru

Filmography

Acting (142)

Movies (142)

Free and Easy 18

2007

7.5

The Eel

1997

as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor

6.9

I Can Hear the Duck Singing

1993

A Sandcastle Model Family Home

Black Rain

as Shokichi

Gonza the Spearman

as Boatman

The Ballad of Narayama

1983

as Katsuzô

7.5

Nuclear Scrapbook

1982

as Narrator

Tora-san's Promise

as Tsunesaburo

Eijanaika

as Sakunojo

Rennyo and His Mother

1981

Vengeance Is Mine

1979

as Nisshinbo Section Manager

7.5

Winter's Flower

1978

as Chan

6.2

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

Boxer

as Apartment Manager

The Gate of Youth

Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account

1974

as Fan

3.3

Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters

1974

as Gontaro Ishiyama / Rep. Yamada

Ichijo's Wet Lust

as Ramen Shop Owner

The Pirates of Buban

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here

1972

as Seitaro Marukawa

Summer Soldiers

1972

as Tanikawa

6.0

Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai

1971

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

1970

as Chinkai Ō

Five Gents and a Kuniang

1970

as Ō Sōkai

The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan

1970

as Ushimatsu

6.8

The Girl I Abandoned

1969

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

1969

as Tomitabayashi Shigeichi (sales)

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool

1969

8.0

喜劇深夜族

1969

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

1969

as Shigeru Tondabayashi (Sales Manager)

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

1968

as Han Ping-han (Hong Kong Buyer)

Sun Above, Death Below

1968

6.0

How to Be the Worst of Office Workers

1968

Japan's No. 1 Traitor

The Shy Deceiver

as Narrator

The Human Bullet

Wild Ducks and Green Onions

1968

Young Challengers

1968

as Shintaro Namikawa

Scrap Collectors

1968

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

1968

as Han Pei-kan

Neon taiheiki

1968

as as Toshinori, Masumoto

Traveling in Party

Express Train

Song of Love

as Postman

Quick-Draw Dog

Zoku izuko e

Classmates

as Sublieutenant Doi

Band of Ninja

as Narrator

Love for an Idiot

as Jôji Kawai

Explosion Course

as Narrator

Ohana han: Dai ni bu

1966

as Kamekichi Hosokura

Silence Has No Wings

1966

6.8

Ohana han

1966

as Kamekichi Hosokura

The Pornographers

1966

as Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata

Till We Meet Again

The Threat

3 Raccoon Dogs

as Rukichi Saruta

Once a Rainy Day

1966

The River Yokobori

1966

as Gamakuchi

Story of a Prostitute

as Akiyama

Trigger Happy Romeo

as Tadashi Hayakawa

駿河遊侠伝　度胸がらす

A Smell of Money

The Ghost of the One Eyed Man

1965

Seisaku's Wife

1965

as Hyosuke

7.3

Pleasures of the Flesh

1965

as Hayami

5.6

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

Color

The Black Cat

Intentions of Murder

as Kazuyuki Tamaru

Our Happiness Alone

Revenge

as Koyama Samon

The Donkey Comes on a Tank

The Glamorous Ghost

The Spying Sorceress

Female Ninja Magic

as Usuzumi

A Story from Echigo

The Scarlet Camellia

as Seiichi

Sweet Sweat

as Fujii

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

1964

Gambling Den Breakdown

The Insect Woman

as Ken

The Gambling Monk

Bad Girl

The Maid Story

A Modern Samurai Village

1963

as Tajima Taichi

Badge of the Night

1963

Foundry Town

1962

7.6

Cat Changed Into Tiger

1962

as Life insurance agent

Ponkotsu oyaji

1962

Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure

1962

Fresh Leaves

1962

Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi

1962

Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki

1962

Elegant Beast

1962

as Pinosaku, the singer

7.1

The Temple of Wild Geese

as Kuniitsu Takami

Nippon no obaachan

Pigs and Battleships

as Gunji

A Killer Without a Grave

Tokyo Knights

Living by Karate

as Heisuke

Whistling in the Darkness

1961

Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū

1961

The Song of the Season

1961

That Guy and I

1961

10.0

Dai shusse monogatari

六三制愚連隊

Jungle Block

Smashing the 0-Line

as Lee

He's the Witness

Take Aim at the Police Van

1960

as Gorô Kashima

6.1

The Sleeping Beast Within

as Reporter Horibe

The Tokyo Mighty Guy

as Hamakawa

The War Without Weapons

Elegy to Youth

おヤエのママさん女中

おヤエの家つき女中

My Second Brother

Room for Let

as Minoru Eto

Stolen Desire

as Toshiro

A Slope in the Sun

Crimson Wings

as Yukihiro Ando

Tokyo Bus Girl

Endless Desire

as A teacher

Nishi Ginza Station

as Mantaro

The Girl from Osaka

Young Breasts

Wolves of the Night

Forbidden Lips

The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow

1958

as Seikichi Kawarai

6.0

Inn of the Floating Weeds

1957

as Taki

Temptation

1957

8.0

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

1957

as Kinzo

7.0

Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki

1957

Our Town

1956

as Keikichi

6.8

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

1956

as Sankichi

7.0

Twice on a Certain Night

Frankie the Milkman

as Shingo Yamaguchi

Hungry Soul, Part II

as Tachibana's Old Friend B

Burden of Love

as Secretary Torii

Till We Meet Again

as Doc Misawa

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Eijanaika

1981

Producer

6.1

Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account

1974

Production Coordinator

3.3