Shoichi Ozawa
Born: 1929-04-06 in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died: 2012-12-10
Known For: Acting
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, Ozawa launched his long running radio show.
Filmography
2007
1997
- The Eel as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
1989
- Black Rain as Shokichi
- A Sandcastle Model Family Home
1986
- Gonza the Spearman as Boatman
1983
- The Ballad of Narayama as Katsuzô
1982
- Nuclear Scrapbook as Narrator
1981
- Eijanaika as Sakunojo
- Rennyo and His Mother
- Tora-san's Promise as Tsunesaburo
1979
- Vengeance Is Mine as Nisshinbo Section Manager
1978
- Winter's Flower as Chan
1977
- Boxer as Apartment Manager
- The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1975
1974
- Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account as Fan
- Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters as Gontaro Ishiyama / Rep. Yamada
1972
- Ichijo's Wet Lust as Ramen Shop Owner
- Summer Soldiers as Tanikawa
- The Pirates of Buban
- The Golden Bat Shows Up as Seitaro Marukawa
1970
- Five Gents and a Kuniang as Ō Sōkai
- Five Gents Fly to Taiwan as Chinkai Ō
- The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan as Ushimatsu
1969
- The Girl I Abandoned
- 喜劇 深夜族
- 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu as Shigeru Tondabayashi (Sales Manager)
- 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II as Tomitabayashi Shigeichi (sales)
- Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1968
- Neon taiheiki as as Toshinori, Masumoto
- Wild Ducks and Green Onions
- Scrap Collectors
- Sun Above, Death Below
- The Human Bullet
- Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant as Han Pei-kan
- Japan's No. 1 Traitor
- The Shy Deceiver as Narrator
- How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
- Five Gents and Karate Grandpa as Han Ping-han (Hong Kong Buyer)
- Young Challengers as Shintaro Namikawa
1967
- Traveling in Party
- Love for an Idiot as Jôji Kawai
- Express Train
- Classmates as Sublieutenant Doi
- Song of Love as Postman
- Zoku izuko e
- Band of Ninja as Narrator
- Quick-Draw Dog
- Explosion Course as Narrator
1966
- Silence Has No Wings
- The Pornographers as Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
- Ohana han: Dai ni bu as Kamekichi Hosokura
- The Threat
- The River Yokobori as Gamakuchi
- 3 Raccoon Dogs as Rukichi Saruta
- Once a Rainy Day
- Ohana han as Kamekichi Hosokura
- Till We Meet Again
1965
- Story of a Prostitute as Akiyama
- 駿河遊侠伝 度胸がらす
- Seisaku's Wife as Hyosuke
- Pleasures of the Flesh as Hayami
- The Black Cat
- Color
- Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
- The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
- Trigger Happy Romeo as Tadashi Hayakawa
- A Smell of Money
1964
- A Story from Echigo
- Intentions of Murder as Kazuyuki Tamaru
- The Scarlet Camellia as Seiichi
- To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
- The Spying Sorceress
- The Glamorous Ghost
- Female Ninja Magic as Usuzumi
- Our Happiness Alone
- Revenge as Koyama Samon
- Gambling Den Breakdown
- The Donkey Comes on a Tank
- Sweet Sweat as Fujii
1963
- The Insect Woman as Ken
- The Gambling Monk
- Bad Girl
- The Maid Story
- Badge of the Night
- A Modern Samurai Village as Tajima Taichi
1962
- Foundry Town
- The Temple of Wild Geese as Kuniitsu Takami
- Cat Changed Into Tiger as Life insurance agent
- Elegant Beast as Pinosaku, the singer
- Ponkotsu oyaji
- Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
- Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki
- Fresh Leaves
- Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
- Nippon no obaachan
1961
1960
- Take Aim at the Police Van as Gorô Kashima
- The Sleeping Beast Within as Reporter Horibe
- Smashing the 0-Line as Lee
- Jungle Block
- The War Without Weapons
- The Tokyo Mighty Guy as Hamakawa
- 六三制愚連隊
- He's the Witness
1959
- おヤエの家つき女中
- Elegy to Youth
- おヤエのママさん女中
- Room for Let as Minoru Eto
1958
- Stolen Desire as Toshiro
- Nishi Ginza Station as Mantaro
- Tokyo Bus Girl
- A Slope in the Sun
- Forbidden Lips
- Young Breasts
- Endless Desire as A teacher
- The Girl from Osaka
- Crimson Wings as Yukihiro Ando
- Wolves of the Night
- The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow as Seikichi Kawarai
1957
1956
- Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District as Sankichi
- Twice on a Certain Night
- Hungry Soul, Part II as Tachibana's Old Friend B
- Frankie the Milkman as Shingo Yamaguchi
- Our Town as Keikichi
1955
- Burden of Love as Secretary Torii
- Till We Meet Again as Doc Misawa