Shoichi Ozawa
Actor, Producer
April 6, 1929 — December 10, 2012 (83 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2007 | |
| 2001 | Kah-chan · as Landlord |
| 1999 | Owls' Castle · as Imai Sokyu |
| 1998 | Dr. Akagi · as Cast |
| 1997 | The Eel · as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | Black Rain · as Shokichi |
| 1986 | Gonza the Spearman · as Boatman |
| 1983 | The Ballad of Narayama · as Katsuzô |
| 1981 | Tora-san's Promise · as Tsunesaburo |
| 1981 | Why Not? · as Sakunojo |
| 1979 | Vengeance Is Mine · as Nisshinbo Section Manager |
| 1978 | Winter's Flower · as Chan |
| 1977 | The Boxer · as Apartment Manager |
| 1977 | |
| 1975 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1972 | Ichijo's Wet Lust · as Ramen Shop Owner |
| 1972 | Summer Soldiers · as Tanikawa |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan · as Ushimatsu |
| 1970 | Zoku shachô gaku ABC · as Ō Sōkai |
| 1970 | Shachô gaku ABC · as Chinkai Ō |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | Zoku shachô enmachô · as Tomitabayashi Shigeichi (sales) |
| 1969 | Shachô enmachô · as Shigeru Tondabayashi (sales Manager) |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | The Shy Deceiver · as Narrator |
| 1968 | Neon taiheiki · as As Toshinori, Masumoto |
| 1968 | Zoku shacho hanjôki · as Han Pei-Kan |
| 1968 | Shachô hanjôki · as Han Ping-Han (hong Kong Buyer) |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | Love for an Idiot · as Jôji Kawai |
| 1967 | Âa dôki no sakura · as Sublieutenant Doi |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | Song of Love · as Postman |
| 1967 | Kigeki ekimae gakuen · as Cast |
| 1967 | Band of Ninja · as Narrator |
| 1966 | The River Yokobori · as Gamakuchi |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | The Pornographers · as Yoshimoto 'subu' Ogata |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | The Pleasures of the Flesh · as Hayami |
| 1965 | Seisaku's Wife · as Hyosuke |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | Gulliver's Space Travels: Beyond the Moon · as Colonel |
| 1965 | Story of a Prostitute · as Akiyama |
| 1965 | Gendai akutô jingi · as Ikeda |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | The Scarlet Camellia · as Seiichi |
| 1964 | Revenge · as Koyama Samon |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Female Ninja Magic · as Usuzumi |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Intentions of Murder · as Kazuyuki Tamaru |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | |
| 1963 | The Insect Woman · as Ken |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Eden no umi · as Takaoka |
| 1963 | Wakai Tokyo no yane no shita · as Toshio Kitamura |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Samurai no ko · as Tajima Taichi |
| 1963 | Sararîman monogatari: Katte kuruzo to isamashiku · as Kyûtarô Inukai |
| 1962 | The Graceful Brute · as Pinosaku, The SingerOn Plex |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | The Temple of Wild Geese · as Kuniitsu Takami |
| 1961 | Dojokko no uta · as Cast |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Koi o suru yori toku o shiro · as Yasugorô Yasuda |
| 1961 | Otôchan wa daigakusei · as Cast |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Ôatari hyappatsu hyakuchû · as Cast |
| 1961 | A Hell of a Guy · as Heisuke |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Pigs and Battleships · as Gunji |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | Tokyo Mighty Guy · as Hamakawa |
| 1960 | Smashing the 0-Line · as Lee |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | The Sleeping Beast Within · as Reporter Horibe |
| 1960 | Take Aim at the Police Van · as Gorô Kashima |
| 1959 | Hatoba no muhômono · as Cast |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Seishun banka · as Chôtarô Kaibara |
| 1959 | Season of Affairs · as Cast |
| 1959 | Kenjû 0 gô · as Narrator |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Tsuki wa chikyû o mawatteru · as Cast |
| 1959 | Arashi o yobu yûjô · as Narrator |
| 1958 | Kurenai no tsubasa · as Yukihiro Ando |
| 1958 | Endless Desire · as A Teacher |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Asu o kakeru otoko · as Seikichi Kawarai |
| 1958 | Nishi Ginza Station · as Mantaro |
| 1958 | Ôsaka musume to yarô-domo · as Cast |
| 1958 | Stolen Desire · as Toshiro |
| 1958 | Utsukushii anju-san · as Ôtake's Son |
| 1958 | |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate · as Kinzo |
| 1957 | Inn of the Floating Weeds · as Taki |
| 1956 | Gyûnyû ya Furankî · 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 |
| 1955 | Till We Meet Again · as Doc Misawa |
| 1955 | Burden of Love · as Secretary Torii |
| 1981 |
| 2007 | Bokura no jidai · as Self |
| 1976 | Tetsuko's Room · as Self |
| 1974 | Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, a Docu-Drama · as Production Coordinator |