Shoichi Ozawa
Acting
Born April 6, 1929, 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
- 2007Free and Easy 18
- 2001Kah-chan — Landlord
- 1997The Eel — Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
- 1993I Can Hear the Duck Singing
- 1989A Sandcastle Model Family Home
- 1989Black Rain — Shokichi
- 1986Gonza the Spearman — Boatman
- 1983The Ballad of Narayama — Katsuzô
- 1982Nuclear Scrapbook — Narrator
- 1981Eijanaika — Sakunojo, Producer
- 1981Rennyo and His Mother
- 1981Tora-san's Promise — 常三郎
- 1979Vengeance Is Mine — Nisshinbo Section Manager
- 1978Winter's Flower — Chan
- 1977The Boxer — Apartment Manager
- 1977The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
- 1975The Gate of Youth
- 1974Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters — Gontaro Ishiyama / Rep. Yamada
- 1974Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account — Fan, Production Coordinator
- 1972Ichijo's Wet Lust — Ramen Shop Owner
- 1972Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here — Seitaro Marukawa
- 1972Summer Soldiers — Tanikawa
- 1972The Pirates of Buban
- 1971Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
- 1970Five Gents Fly to Taiwan — Chinkai Ō
- 1970Five Gents and a Kuniang — Ō Sōkai
- 1970The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan — Ushimatsu
- 19695 Gents Fly to Kyushu — Shigeru Tondabayashi (Sales Manager)
- 19695 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II — Tomitabayashi Shigeichi (sales)
- 1969Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
- 1969Prime Time Girls
- 1969The Girl I Abandoned
- 1969喜劇 深夜族
- 1968Five Gents and Karate Grandpa — Han Ping-han (Hong Kong Buyer)
- 1968Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant — Han Pei-kan
- 1968How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
- 1968Japan's No. 1 Traitor
- 1968Scrap Collectors
- 1968Sun Above, Death Below
- 1968The Human Bullet — Sergeant
- 1968The Neon Taiheiki — as Toshinori, Masumoto
- 1968The Shy Deceiver — Narrator
- 1968Wild Ducks and Green Onions
- 1968Young Challengers — Shintaro Namikawa
- 1967Band of Ninja — Narrator
- 1967Classmates — Sublieutenant Doi
- 1967Explosion Course — Narrator
- 1967Express Train
- 1967Love for an Idiot — Jôji Kawai
- 1967Quick-Draw Dog
- 1967Song of Love — Postman
- 1967Traveling in Party
- 1967Zoku izuko e
- 19663 Raccoon Dogs — Rukichi Saruta
- 1966Ohana han — Kamekichi Hosokura
- 1966Ohana han: Dai ni bu — Kamekichi Hosokura
- 1966Once a Rainy Day
- 1966Silence Has No Wings
- 1966The Pornographers — Subuyan Ogata
- 1966The River Yokobori — Gamakuchi
- 1966The Threat
- 1966Till We Meet Again
- 1965A Smell of Money
- 1965Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
- 1965Color
- 1965Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
- 1965Masseur War Story
- 1965Pleasures of the Flesh — Hayami
- 1965Story of a Prostitute — Akiyama
- 1965The Black Cat
- 1965The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
- 1965Trigger Happy Romeo — Tadashi Hayakawa
- 1965駿河遊侠伝 度胸がらす
- 1964A Story from Echigo
- 1964Female Ninja Magic — Usuzumi
- 1964Gambling Den Breakdown
- 1964Intentions of Murder — Kazuyuki Tamaru
- 1964Our Happiness Alone
- 1964Revenge — Koyama Samon
- 1964Sweet Sweat — Fujii
- 1964The Donkey Comes on a Tank
- 1964The Glamorous Ghost
- 1964The Scarlet Camellia — Seiichi
- 1964The Spying Sorceress
- 1964To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
- 1963A Modern Samurai Village — Tajima Taichi
- 1963Bad Girl
- 1963Badge of the Night
- 1963The Gambling Monk
- 1963The Insect Woman — Ken
- 1963The Maid Story
- 1963Under the Roof of Young Tokyo — Toshio Kitamura (Ritsuko's husband)
- 1962Cat Changed Into Tiger — Life insurance agent
- 1962Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
- 1962Elegant Beast — Paburisuta Pinosaku
- 1962Foundry Town
- 1962Fresh Leaves
- 1962Nippon no obaachan
- 1962Ponkotsu oyaji
- 1962Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
- 1962Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki
- 1962The Temple of Wild Geese — Kuniitsu Takami
- 1961A Killer Without a Grave
- 1961Dai shusse monogatari
- 1961Living by Karate — Heisuke
- 1961Pigs and Battleships — Gunji
- 1961That Guy and I
- 1961The Song of the Season
- 1961Tokyo Knights
- 1961Whistling in the Darkness
- 1961Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
- 1960He's the Witness
- 1960Jungle Block
- 1960Smashing the 0-Line — Lee
- 1960Take Aim at the Police Van — Gorô Kashima
- 1960The Sleeping Beast Within — Reporter Horibe
- 1960The War Without Weapons — Kiyoshi, farmer
- 1960Tokyo Mighty Guy — Hamakawa
- 1960六三制愚連隊
- 1959Elegy to Youth
- 1959My Second Brother
- 1959Room for Let — Minoru Eto
- 1959おヤエのママさん女中
- 1959おヤエの家つき女中
- 1958A Slope in the Sun
- 1958Crimson Wings — Yukihiro Ando
- 1958Endless Desire — A teacher
- 1958Forbidden Lips
- 1958Nishi Ginza Station — Mantaro
- 1958Stolen Desire — Toshiro
- 1958The Girl from Osaka
- 1958The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow — Seikichi Kawarai
- 1958Tokyo Bus Girl
- 1958Wolves of the Night
- 1958Young Breasts
- 1958Zoku fûfu hyakkei — Thief
- 1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era — Kinzo
- 1957Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki
- 1957Inn of the Floating Weeds — Taki
- 1957Temptation
- 1956Frankie the Milkman — Shingo Yamaguchi
- 1956Hungry Soul, Part II — Tachibana's Old Friend B
- 1956Our Town — Keikichi
- 1956Sound of Youth
- 1956Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District — Sankichi
- 1956Twice on a Certain Night
- 1955Burden of Love — Secretary Torii
- 1955Floating Weeds Diary — Union Member
- 1955Till We Meet Again — Doc Misawa