Shoichi Ozawa
- Acting
- April 6, 1929 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
- December 10, 2012
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
Filmography
- Free and Easy 18
- Kah-chan · Landlord
- The Eel · Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
- I Can Hear the Duck Singing
- A Sandcastle Model Family Home
- Black Rain · Shokichi
- Gonza the Spearman · Boatman
- The Ballad of Narayama · Katsuzô
- Nuclear Scrapbook · Narrator
- Tora-san's Promise · 常三郎
- Rennyo and His Mother
- Eijanaika · Sakunojo, Producer
- Vengeance Is Mine · Nisshinbo Section Manager
- Winter's Flower · Chan
- The Boxer · Apartment Manager
- The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
- The Gate of Youth
- Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account · Fan, Production Coordinator
- Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters · Gontaro Ishiyama / Rep. Yamada
- Ichijo's Wet Lust · Ramen Shop Owner
- Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here · Seitaro Marukawa
- Summer Soldiers · Tanikawa
- The Pirates of Buban
- Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
- The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan · Ushimatsu
- Five Gents and a Kuniang · Ō Sōkai
- Five Gents Fly to Taiwan · Chinkai Ō
- Prime Time Girls
- The Girl I Abandoned
- 喜劇 深夜族
- Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
- 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II · Tomitabayashi Shigeichi (sales)
- 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu · Shigeru Tondabayashi (Sales Manager)
- Scrap Collectors
- Sun Above, Death Below
- Japan's No. 1 Traitor
- The Human Bullet · Sergeant
- Young Challengers · Shintaro Namikawa
- How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
- The Shy Deceiver · Narrator
- The Neon Taiheiki · as Toshinori, Masumoto
- Wild Ducks and Green Onions
- Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant · Han Pei-kan
- Five Gents and Karate Grandpa · Han Ping-han (Hong Kong Buyer)
- Traveling in Party
- Love for an Idiot · Jôji Kawai
- Classmates · Sublieutenant Doi
- Express Train
- Quick-Draw Dog
- Song of Love · Postman
- Zoku izuko e
- Band of Ninja · Narrator
- Explosion Course · Narrator
- Once a Rainy Day
- Ohana han: Dai ni bu · Kamekichi Hosokura
- The River Yokobori · Gamakuchi
- 3 Raccoon Dogs · Rukichi Saruta
- Ohana han · Kamekichi Hosokura
- Till We Meet Again
- The Pornographers · Subuyan Ogata
- The Threat
- Silence Has No Wings
- Trigger Happy Romeo · Tadashi Hayakawa
- A Smell of Money
- Masseur War Story
- The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
- Pleasures of the Flesh · Hayami
- Color
- Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
- Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
- Story of a Prostitute · Akiyama
- The Black Cat
- 駿河遊侠伝 度胸がらす
- The Donkey Comes on a Tank
- The Spying Sorceress
- The Scarlet Camellia · Seiichi
- Revenge · Koyama Samon
- The Glamorous Ghost
- Female Ninja Magic · Usuzumi
- Sweet Sweat · Fujii