Shoichi Ozawa
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 6, 1929
- Died
- December 10, 2012 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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
Movie
Kah-chan
Movie · as Landlord
The Eel
Movie · as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
Movie
A Sandcastle Model Family Home
Movie
Black Rain
Movie · as Shokichi
Gonza the Spearman
Movie · as Boatman
The Ballad of Narayama
Movie · as Katsuzô
Nuclear Scrapbook
Movie · as Narrator
Eijanaika
Movie · as Sakunojo
Rennyo and His Mother
Movie
Tora-san's Promise
Movie · as 常三郎
Vengeance Is Mine
Movie · as Nisshinbo Section Manager
Winter's Flower
Movie · as Chan
The Boxer
Movie · as Apartment Manager
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
Movie
The Gate of Youth
Movie
Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account
Movie · as Fan
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
Movie · as Gontaro Ishiyama / Rep. Yamada
Ichijo's Wet Lust
Movie · as Ramen Shop Owner
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
Movie · as Seitaro Marukawa
Summer Soldiers
Movie · as Tanikawa
The Pirates of Buban
Movie
Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
Movie
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
Movie · as Ushimatsu
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Movie · as Chinkai Ō
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Movie · as Ō Sōkai
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
Movie
The Girl I Abandoned
Movie
喜劇 深夜族
Movie
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Movie · as Shigeru Tondabayashi (Sales Manager)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Movie · as Tomitabayashi Shigeichi (sales)
Prime Time Girls
Movie
The Neon Taiheiki
Movie · as as Toshinori, Masumoto
The Human Bullet
Movie · as Sergeant
Japan's No. 1 Traitor
Movie
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
Movie
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
Movie
Scrap Collectors
Movie
Young Challengers
Movie · as Shintaro Namikawa
The Shy Deceiver
Movie · as Narrator
Sun Above, Death Below
Movie
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Movie · as Han Ping-han (Hong Kong Buyer)
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Movie · as Han Pei-kan
Explosion Course
Movie · as Narrator
Quick-Draw Dog
Movie
Love for an Idiot
Movie · as Jôji Kawai
Classmates
Movie · as Sublieutenant Doi
Express Train
Movie
Traveling in Party
Movie
Song of Love
Movie · as Postman
Zoku izuko e
Movie
Band of Ninja
Movie · as Narrator
The Pornographers
Movie · as Subuyan Ogata
The River Yokobori
Movie · as Gamakuchi
Silence Has No Wings
Movie
Once a Rainy Day
Movie
The Threat
Movie
Till We Meet Again
Movie
Ohana han
Movie · as Kamekichi Hosokura
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
Movie · as Kamekichi Hosokura
3 Raccoon Dogs
Movie · as Rukichi Saruta
Pleasures of the Flesh
Movie · as Hayami
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Movie
The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
Movie
A Smell of Money
Movie
Story of a Prostitute
Movie · as Akiyama
The Black Cat
Movie
Trigger Happy Romeo
Movie · as Tadashi Hayakawa
Color
Movie
駿河遊侠伝 度胸がらす
Movie
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
Movie
Masseur War Story
Movie
The Glamorous Ghost
Movie
A Story from Echigo
Movie
Revenge
Movie · as Koyama Samon
Our Happiness Alone
Movie
Female Ninja Magic
Movie · as Usuzumi
The Scarlet Camellia
Movie · as Seiichi
Intentions of Murder
Movie · as Kazuyuki Tamaru
Sweet Sweat
Movie · as Fujii
The Spying Sorceress
Movie
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
Movie
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Movie
Gambling Den Breakdown
Movie
A Modern Samurai Village
Movie · as Tajima Taichi
The Insect Woman
Movie · as Ken
Badge of the Night
Movie
Bad Girl
Movie
The Maid Story
Movie
The Gambling Monk
Movie
Under the Roof of Young Tokyo
Movie · as Toshio Kitamura (Ritsuko's husband)
Foundry Town
Movie
Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki
Movie
Elegant Beast
Movie · as Paburisuta Pinosaku
Fresh Leaves
Movie
Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
Movie
Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
Movie
Ponkotsu oyaji
Movie
The Temple of Wild Geese
Movie · as Kuniitsu Takami
Nippon no obaachan
Movie
Cat Changed Into Tiger
Movie · as Life insurance agent
Pigs and Battleships
Movie · as Gunji
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
Movie
Whistling in the Darkness
Movie
Dai shusse monogatari
Movie
The Song of the Season
Movie
Tokyo Knights
Movie
A Killer Without a Grave
Movie
Living by Karate
Movie · as Heisuke
That Guy and I
Movie
Take Aim at the Police Van
Movie · as Gorô Kashima
He's the Witness
Movie
The Sleeping Beast Within
Movie · as Reporter Horibe
Smashing the 0-Line
Movie · as Lee
The War Without Weapons
Movie · as Kiyoshi, farmer
Jungle Block
Movie
Tokyo Mighty Guy
Movie · as Hamakawa
六三制愚連隊
Movie
おヤエの家つき女中
Movie
Room for Let
Movie · as Minoru Eto
Elegy to Youth
Movie
おヤエのママさん女中
Movie
My Second Brother
Movie
Stolen Desire
Movie · as Toshiro
Forbidden Lips
Movie
Wolves of the Night
Movie
The Girl from Osaka
Movie
Endless Desire
Movie · as A teacher
A Slope in the Sun
Movie
Young Breasts
Movie
Crimson Wings
Movie · as Yukihiro Ando
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
Movie · as Seikichi Kawarai
Nishi Ginza Station
Movie · as Mantaro
Tokyo Bus Girl
Movie
Zoku fûfu hyakkei
Movie · as Thief
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Movie · as Kinzo
Inn of the Floating Weeds
Movie · as Taki
Temptation
Movie
Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki
Movie
Frankie the Milkman
Movie · as Shingo Yamaguchi
Our Town
Movie · as Keikichi
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Movie · as Sankichi
Hungry Soul, Part II
Movie · as Tachibana's Old Friend B
Twice on a Certain Night
Movie
Sound of Youth
Movie
Till We Meet Again
Movie · as Doc Misawa
Burden of Love
Movie · as Secretary Torii
Floating Weeds Diary
Movie · as Union Member