Shoichi Ozawa
April 6, 1929 (96 years old) in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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
Credits
- 2007 · Free and Easy 18 as
- 1997 · The Eel as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
- 1993 · I Can Hear the Duck Singing as
- 1989 · A Sandcastle Model Family Home as
- 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
- 1981 · Rennyo and His Mother as
- 1981 · Eijanaika as Sakunojo
- 1979 · Vengeance Is Mine as Nisshinbo Section Manager
- 1978 · Winter's Flower as Chan
- 1977 · Boxer as Apartment Manager
- 1977 · The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro as
- 1975 · The Gate of Youth as
- 1974 · Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account as Fan
- 1974 · Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters as Gontaro Ishiyama / Rep. Yamada
- 1972 · Ichijo's Wet Lust as Ramen Shop Owner
- 1972 · The Golden Bat Shows Up as Seitaro Marukawa
- 1972 · Summer Soldiers as Tanikawa
- 1972 · The Pirates of Buban as
- 1971 · Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai as
- 1970 · The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan as Ushimatsu
- 1970 · Five Gents and a Kuniang as Ō Sōkai
- 1970 · Five Gents Fly to Taiwan as Chinkai Ō
- 1969 · The Girl I Abandoned as
- 1969 · 喜劇 深夜族 as
- 1969 · Black Comedy - Ah, Fool as
- 1969 · 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II as Tomitabayashi Shigeichi (sales)
- 1969 · 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu as Shigeru Tondabayashi (Sales Manager)
- 1968 · Scrap Collectors as
- 1968 · Sun Above, Death Below as
- 1968 · Japan's No. 1 Traitor as
- 1968 · The Human Bullet as
- 1968 · Young Challengers as Shintaro Namikawa
- 1968 · How to Be the Worst of Office Workers as
- 1968 · The Shy Deceiver as Narrator
- 1968 · Neon taiheiki as as Toshinori, Masumoto
- 1968 · Wild Ducks and Green Onions as
- 1968 · Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant as Han Pei-kan
- 1968 · Five Gents and Karate Grandpa as Han Ping-han (Hong Kong Buyer)
- 1967 · Traveling in Party as
- 1967 · Love for an Idiot as Jôji Kawai
- 1967 · Classmates as Sublieutenant Doi
- 1967 · Express Train as
- 1967 · Quick-Draw Dog as
- 1967 · Song of Love as Postman
- 1967 · Zoku izuko e as
- 1967 · Band of Ninja as Narrator
- 1967 · Explosion Course as Narrator
- 1966 · Once a Rainy Day as
- 1966 · Ohana han: Dai ni bu as Kamekichi Hosokura
- 1966 · The River Yokobori as Gamakuchi
- 1966 · 3 Raccoon Dogs as Rukichi Saruta
- 1966 · Ohana han as Kamekichi Hosokura
- 1966 · Till We Meet Again as
- 1966 · The Pornographers as Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
- 1966 · The Threat as
- 1966 · Silence Has No Wings as
- 1965 · Trigger Happy Romeo as Tadashi Hayakawa
- 1965 · A Smell of Money as
- 1965 · The Ghost of the One Eyed Man as
- 1965 · Pleasures of the Flesh as Hayami
- 1965 · Seisaku's Wife as Hyosuke
- 1965 · Color as
- 1965 · Cold Rice, Osan, Chan as
- 1965 · Story of a Prostitute as Akiyama
- 1965 · The Black Cat as
- 1965 · 駿河遊侠伝 度胸がらす as
- 1964 · The Donkey Comes on a Tank as
- 1964 · The Spying Sorceress as
- 1964 · The Scarlet Camellia as Seiichi
- 1964 · Revenge as Koyama Samon
- 1964 · Female Ninja Magic as Usuzumi
- 1964 · The Glamorous Ghost as
- 1964 · Sweet Sweat as Fujii
- 1964 · Gambling Den Breakdown as
- 1964 · Intentions of Murder as Kazuyuki Tamaru
- 1964 · A Story from Echigo as
- 1964