Shoichi Ozawa

Personal Info

Birthday

April 6, 1929

Day of Death

2012-12-10

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

Shôichi Ozawa

Соити Одзава

Сёити Одзава

Shoichi Ozawa

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.

Known For

The Ballad of Narayama

The Pornographers

The Insect Woman

Vengeance Is Mine

Take Aim at the Police Van

Story of a Prostitute

Pigs and Battleships

Winter's Flower

Filmography

1997
The Eel
as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
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
Why Not?
as Sakunojo
1979
Vengeance Is Mine
as Nisshinbo Section Manager
1978
Winter's Flower
as Chan
1977
Boxer
as Apartment Manager
1974
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
as Gontaro Ishiyama / Rep. Yamada
1972
Ichijo's Wet Lust
as Ramen Shop Owner
The Golden Bat Shows Up
as Seitaro Marukawa
Summer Soldiers
as Tanikawa
1970
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
as Ushimatsu
Five Gents and a Kuniang
as Ō Sōkai
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
as Chinkai Ō
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
as Tomitabayashi Shigeichi (sales)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
as Shigeru Tondabayashi (Sales Manager)
1968
Young Challengers
as Shintaro Namikawa
Neon taiheiki
as as Toshinori, Masumoto
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
as Han Pei-kan
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
as Han Ping-han (Hong Kong Buyer)
1967
Love for an Idiot
as Jôji Kawai
Classmates
as Sublieutenant Doi
Song of Love
as Postman
Explosion Course
as Narrator
1966
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
as Kamekichi Hosokura
The River Yokobori
as Gamakuchi
Ohana han
as Kamekichi Hosokura
The Pornographers
as Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
1965
Trigger Happy Romeo
as Tadashi Hayakawa
Pleasures of the Flesh
as Hayami
Seisaku's Wife
as Hyosuke
Story of a Prostitute
as Akiyama
1964
The Scarlet Camellia
as Seiichi
Revenge
as Koyama Samon
Female Ninja Magic
as Usuzumi
Sweet Sweat
as Fujii
Intentions of Murder
as Kazuyuki Tamaru
1963
The Insect Woman
as Ken
A Modern Samurai Village
as Tajima Taichi
1962
Elegant Beast
as Pinosaku, the singer
Cat Changed Into Tiger
as Life insurance agent
The Temple of Wild Geese
as Kuniitsu Takami
1961
Living by Karate
as Heisuke
Pigs and Battleships
as Gunji
1960
The Tokyo Mighty Guy
as Hamakawa
Smashing the 0-Line
as Lee
The Sleeping Beast Within
as Reporter Horibe
Take Aim at the Police Van
as Gorô Kashima
1959
Room for Let
as Minoru Eto
1958
Crimson Wings
as Yukihiro Ando
Endless Desire
as A teacher
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
as Seikichi Kawarai
Nishi Ginza Station
as Mantaro
Stolen Desire
as Toshiro
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Kinzo
Inn of the Floating Weeds
as Taki
1956
Frankie the Milkman
as Shingo Yamaguchi
Hungry Soul, Part II
as Tachibana's Old Friend B
Our Town
as Keikichi
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
as Sankichi
1955
Till We Meet Again
as Doc Misawa
Burden of Love
as Secretary Torii