Shoichi Ozawa
Actor
Born April 6, 1929 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.
Filmography
Free and Easy 18
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
Tsunesaburo
Rennyo and His Mother
Eijanaika
Sakunojo
Vengeance Is Mine
Nisshinbo Section Manager
Winter's Flower
Chan
Boxer
Apartment Manager
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
The Gate of Youth
Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account
Fan
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
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
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
Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
The Threat
Silence Has No Wings
Trigger Happy Romeo
Tadashi Hayakawa
The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
Pleasures of the Flesh
Hayami
Seisaku's Wife
Hyosuke
Color
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
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
Gambling Den Breakdown
Intentions of Murder
Kazuyuki Tamaru
A Story from Echigo
Our Happiness Alone
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
The Insect Woman
Ken
The Gambling Monk
The Maid Story
Badge of the Night
Bad Girl
A Modern Samurai Village
Tajima Taichi
Elegant Beast
Paburisuta Pinosaku
Ponkotsu oyaji
Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
Fresh Leaves
Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki
Foundry Town
Cat Changed Into Tiger
Life insurance agent
The Temple of Wild Geese
Kuniitsu Takami
Nippon no obaachan
The Song of the Season
That Guy and I
Whistling in the Darkness
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
Living by Karate
Heisuke
A Killer Without a Grave
Tokyo Knights
Pigs and Battleships
Gunji
Dai shusse monogatari
The War Without Weapons
Tokyo Mighty Guy
Hamakawa
Smashing the 0-Line
Lee
Jungle Block
The Sleeping Beast Within
Reporter Horibe
He's the Witness
六三制愚連隊
Take Aim at the Police Van
Gorô Kashima
My Second Brother
Elegy to Youth
Room for Let
Minoru Eto
おヤエの家つき女中
おヤエのママさん女中
Crimson Wings
Yukihiro Ando
Endless Desire
A teacher
Wolves of the Night
Young Breasts
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
Seikichi Kawarai
Nishi Ginza Station
Mantaro
Tokyo Bus Girl
Stolen Desire
Toshiro
A Slope in the Sun
Forbidden Lips
Temptation
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Kinzo
Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki
Inn of the Floating Weeds
Taki
Frankie the Milkman
Shingo Yamaguchi
Hungry Soul, Part II
Tachibana's Old Friend B
Our Town
Keikichi
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Sankichi
Seishun no oto
Twice on a Certain Night
Till We Meet Again
Doc Misawa
Burden of Love
Secretary Torii