Shoichi Ozawa
April 6, 1929 (95 years old) in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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, Ozawa launched his long running radio show.
Known For
Credits
- 2007 · Free and Easy 18 as
- 1997 · The Eel as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
- 1993 · I Can Hear the Duck Singing as
- 1989 · A Sandcastle Model Family Home as
- 1989 · Black Rain as Shokichi
- 1986 · Gonza the Spearman as Boatman
- 1983 · The Ballad of Narayama as Katsuzô
- 1982 · Nuclear Scrapbook as Narrator
- 1981 · Tora-san's Promise as Tsunesaburo
- 1981 · Rennyo and His Mother as
- 1981 · Why Not? as Sakunojo
- 1979 · Vengeance Is Mine as Nisshinbo Section Manager
- 1978 · Winter's Flower as Chan
- 1977 · Boxer as Apartment Manager
- 1977 · The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro as
- 1975 · The Gate of Youth as
- 1974 · Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian In Japan, Authentic Account as
- 1972 · Ichijo's Wet Lust as Ramen Shop Owner
- 1972 · The Golden Bat Shows Up as Seitaro Marukawa
- 1972 · Summer Soldiers as Tanikawa
- 1972 · The Pirates of Buban as
- 1971 · Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai as
- 1970 · The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan as Ushimatsu
- 1969 · The Girl I Abandoned as
- 1969 · Black Comedy - Ah, Fool as
- 1968 · Scrap Collectors as
- 1968 · Sun Above, Death Below as
- 1968 · Japan for Sale as
- 1968 · The Human Bullet as
- 1968 · Young Challengers as Shintaro Namikawa
- 1968 · How to Be the Worst of Office Workers as
- 1968 · The Shy Deceiver as
- 1968 · Neon taiheiki as as Toshinori, Masumoto
- 1968 · Wild Ducks and Green Onions as
- 1967 · Traveling in Party as
- 1967 · Love for an Idiot as Jôji Kawai
- 1967 · Classmates as Sublieutenant Doi
- 1967 · Express Train as
- 1967 · Quick-Draw Dog as
- 1967 · Song of Love as Postman
- 1967 · Explosion Course as Narrator
- 1966 · Once a Rainy Day as
- 1966 · The River Yokobori as Gamakuchi
- 1966 · Till We Meet Again as
- 1966 · The Pornographers as Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
- 1966 · The Threat as
- 1966 · Silence Has No Wings as
- 1965 · Trigger Happy Romeo as Tadashi Hayakawa
- 1965 · A Smell of Money as
- 1965 · The Ghost of the One Eyed Man as
- 1965 · Pleasures of the Flesh as Hayami
- 1965 · Seisaku's Wife as Hyosuke
- 1965 · Cold Rice, Osan, Chan as
- 1965 · Story of a Prostitute as Akiyama
- 1965 · The Black Cat as
- 1964 · The Donkey Comes on a Tank as
- 1964 · The Spying Sorceress as
- 1964 · The Scarlet Camellia as Seiichi
- 1964 · Revenge as Koyama Samon
- 1964 · Female Ninja Magic as Usuzumi
- 1964 · The Glamorous Ghost as
- 1964 · Sweet Sweat as Fujii
- 1964 · Intentions of Murder as Kazuyuki Tamaru
- 1964 · A Story from Echigo as
- 1964 · Our Happiness Alone as
- 1964 · To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 as
- 1963 · The Insect Woman as Ken
- 1963 · The Gambling Monk as
- 1963 · The Maid Story as
- 1963 · Badge of the Night as
- 1963 · Bad Girl as
- 1963 · A Modern Samurai Village as Tajima Taichi
- 1962 · Elegant Beast as Pinosaku, the singer
- 1962 · Ponkotsu oyaji as
- 1962 · Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure as
- 1962 · Fresh Leaves as
- 1962 · Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi as
- 1962 · Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki as
- 1962 · Foundry Town as
- 1962 · Cat Changed Into Tiger as Life insurance agent
- 1962 · The Temple of Wild Geese as Kuniitsu Takami
- 1962 · Nippon no obaachan as
- 1961 · The Song of the Season as
- 1961 · That Guy and I as
- 1961 · Whistling in the Darkness as
- 1961 · Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū as
- 1961 · Living by Karate as Heisuke
- 1961 · A Killer Without a Grave as
- 1961 · Tokyo Knights as
- 1961 · Pigs and Battleships as Gunji
- 1961 · Dai shusse monogatari as
- 1960 · The War Without Weapons as
- 1960 · The Tokyo Mighty Guy as Hamakawa
- 1960 · Smashing the 0-Line as Lee
- 1960 · Jungle Block as
- 1960 · The Sleeping Beast Within as Reporter Horibe
- 1960 · He's the Witness as
- 1960 · Take Aim at the Police Van as Gorô Kashima
- 1959 · Room for Let as Minoru Eto
- 1959 · おヤエの家つき女中 as
- 1958 · Crimson Wings as Yukihiro Ando
- 1958 · Endless Desire as A teacher
- 1958 · Wolves of the Night as
- 1958 · Young Breasts as
- 1958 · The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow as Seikichi Kawarai
- 1958 · Nishi Ginza Station as Mantaro
- 1958 · Tōkyō no basugāru as
- 1958 · The Girl from Osaka as
- 1958 · Stolen Desire as Toshiro
- 1958 · A Slope in the Sun as
- 1958 · Forbidden Lips as
- 1957 · Temptation as
- 1957 · A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era as Kinzo
- 1957 · Inn of the Floating Weeds as Taki
- 1956 · Frankie the Milkman as Shingo Yamaguchi
- 1956 · Hungry Soul, Part II as Tachibana's Old Friend B
- 1956 · Our Town as Keikichi
- 1956 · Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District as Sankichi
- 1956 · Twice on a Certain Night as
- 1955 · Till We Meet Again as Doc Misawa
- 1955 · Burden of Love as Secretary Torii