Shoichi Ozawa
Biography
Shoichi Ozawa was a Japanese actor, radio host, singer, and prominent researcher and expert on Japanese folk art who also founded the Shabondama-za theater company. Born in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan on April 6, 1929, he graduated from Waseda University and began his acting career following college with his debut stage role in 1951. He subsequently appeared in television and film roles, acting quite frequently in films directed by Shohei Imamura and Yuzo Kawashima. In 1971, Ozawa launched his long running radio show. He had 145 known credits for acting during his career. Ozawa passed away on December 10, 2012 at the age of 83.
Career overview
Shoichi Ozawa was a Japanese actor, radio host, singer, and prominent researcher and expert on Japanese folk art who also founded the Shabondama-za theater company. Born in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, on April 6, 1929, Ozawa graduated from Waseda University and subsequently began his acting career. His professional stage debut took place in 1951 following the completion of his college education.
Over the course of his career, Ozawa accumulated 145 known credits in the acting field. He appeared in various television and film roles, working quite frequently in films directed by Shohei Imamura and Yuzo Kawashima. In addition to his screen and stage work, Ozawa launched a long running radio show in 1971.
Ozawa passed away at the age of 83 on December 10, 2012. Throughout his life and career, he maintained a multifaceted presence in Japanese entertainment and cultural research, spanning theater, television, film, radio, and folk art studies.
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- Free and Easy 18 (2007)
- The Eel (1997) as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
- I Can Hear the Duck Singing (1993)
- Black Rain (1989) as Shokichi
- A Sandcastle Model Family Home (1989)
- Gonza the Spearman (1986) as Boatman
- The Ballad of Narayama (1983) as Katsuzô
- Nuclear Scrapbook (1982) as Narrator
- Eijanaika (1981) as Sakunojo
- Eijanaika (1981) Producer
- Tora-san's Promise (1981) as Tsunesaburo
- Rennyo and His Mother (1981)
- Vengeance Is Mine (1979) as Nisshinbo Section Manager
- Winter's Flower (1978) as Chan
- Boxer (1977) as Apartment Manager
- The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro (1977)
- The Gate of Youth (1975)
- Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account (1974) as Fan
- Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account (1974) Production Coordinator
- Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters (1974) as Gontaro Ishiyama / Rep. Yamada
- Ichijo's Wet Lust (1972) as Ramen Shop Owner
- Summer Soldiers (1972) as Tanikawa
- The Pirates of Buban (1972)
- Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here (1972) as Seitaro Marukawa
- Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai (1971)
- The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan (1970) as Ushimatsu
- Five Gents Fly to Taiwan (1970) as Chinkai Ō
- Five Gents and a Kuniang (1970) as Ō Sōkai
- Prime Time Girls (1969)
- The Girl I Abandoned (1969)
- 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu (1969) as Shigeru Tondabayashi (Sales Manager)
- 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II (1969) as Tomitabayashi Shigeichi (sales)
- 喜劇 深夜族 (1969)
- Black Comedy - Ah, Fool (1969)
- Scrap Collectors (1968)
- Neon taiheiki (1968) as as Toshinori, Masumoto
- The Human Bullet (1968) as Sergeant
- The Shy Deceiver (1968) as Narrator
- Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant (1968) as Han Pei-kan
- Five Gents and Karate Grandpa (1968) as Han Ping-han (Hong Kong Buyer)
- Young Challengers (1968) as Shintaro Namikawa
- Sun Above, Death Below (1968)
- Wild Ducks and Green Onions (1968)
- Japan's No. 1 Traitor (1968)
- How to Be the Worst of Office Workers (1968)
- Express Train (1967)
- Love for an Idiot (1967) as Jôji Kawai
- Band of Ninja (1967) as Narrator
- Classmates (1967) as Sublieutenant Doi
- Song of Love (1967) as Postman
- Zoku izuko e (1967)
- Explosion Course (1967) as Narrator
- Traveling in Party (1967)
- Quick-Draw Dog (1967)
- The Pornographers (1966) as Subuyan Ogata
- Once a Rainy Day (1966)
- Silence Has No Wings (1966)
- The Threat (1966)
- Till We Meet Again (1966)
- Ohana han: Dai ni bu (1966) as Kamekichi Hosokura
- The River Yokobori (1966) as Gamakuchi
- Ohana han (1966) as Kamekichi Hosokura
- 3 Raccoon Dogs (1966) as Rukichi Saruta
- Color (1965)
- Story of a Prostitute (1965) as Akiyama
- Pleasures of the Flesh (1965) as Hayami
- Seisaku's Wife (1965) as Hyosuke
- The Ghost of the One Eyed Man (1965)
- Cold Rice, Osan, Chan (1965)
- The Black Cat (1965)
- Trigger Happy Romeo (1965) as Tadashi Hayakawa
- 駿河遊侠伝 度胸がらす (1965)
- A Smell of Money (1965)
- A Story from Echigo (1964)
- Intentions of Murder (1964) as Kazuyuki Tamaru
- Revenge (1964) as Koyama Samon
- The Scarlet Camellia (1964) as Seiichi
- Female Ninja Magic (1964) as Usuzumi
- Sweet Sweat (1964) as Fujii
- The Glamorous Ghost (1964)
- The Donkey Comes on a Tank (1964)
- Our Happiness Alone (1964)
- To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 (1964)
- The Spying Sorceress (1964)
- Gambling Den Breakdown (1964)
- The Insect Woman (1963) as Ken
- Bad Girl (1963)
- The Gambling Monk (1963)
- Badge of the Night (1963)
- A Modern Samurai Village (1963) as Tajima Taichi
- The Maid Story (1963)
- Elegant Beast (1962) as Paburisuta Pinosaku
- Foundry Town (1962)
- The Temple of Wild Geese (1962) as Kuniitsu Takami
- Fresh Leaves (1962)
- Nippon no obaachan (1962)
- Cat Changed Into Tiger (1962) as Life insurance agent
- Ponkotsu oyaji (1962)
- Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure (1962)
- Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki (1962)
- Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi (1962)
- Pigs and Battleships (1961) as Gunji
- Tokyo Knights (1961)
- Living by Karate (1961) as Heisuke
- A Killer Without a Grave (1961)
- That Guy and I (1961)
- Dai shusse monogatari (1961)
- The Song of the Season (1961)
- Whistling in the Darkness (1961)
- Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū (1961)
- Take Aim at the Police Van (1960) as Gorô Kashima
- The War Without Weapons (1960)
- The Sleeping Beast Within (1960) as Reporter Horibe
- Jungle Block (1960)
- Tokyo Mighty Guy (1960) as Hamakawa
- Smashing the 0-Line (1960) as Lee
- 六三制愚連隊 (1960)
- He's the Witness (1960)
- Room for Let (1959) as Minoru Eto
- My Second Brother (1959)
- おヤエの家つき女中 (1959)
- Elegy to Youth (1959)
- おヤエのママさん女中 (1959)
- Young Breasts (1958)
- Endless Desire (1958) as A teacher
- The Girl from Osaka (1958)
- A Slope in the Sun (1958)
- Crimson Wings (1958) as Yukihiro Ando
- Stolen Desire (1958) as Toshiro
- Nishi Ginza Station (1958) as Mantaro
- The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow (1958) as Seikichi Kawarai
- Forbidden Lips (1958)
- Tokyo Bus Girl (1958)
- Wolves of the Night (1958)
- Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki (1957)
- A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957) as Kinzo
- Temptation (1957)
- Inn of the Floating Weeds (1957) as Taki
- Frankie the Milkman (1956) as Shingo Yamaguchi
- Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956) as Sankichi
- Seishun no oto (1956)
- Twice on a Certain Night (1956)
- Our Town (1956) as Keikichi
- Hungry Soul, Part II (1956) as Tachibana's Old Friend B
- Burden of Love (1955) as Secretary Torii
- Till We Meet Again (1955) as Doc Misawa