Shoichi Ozawa
Birthday
1929/04/06
Day of death
2012/12/10 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also know as
Shôichi Ozawa , Соити Одзава, Сёити Одзава
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.
Acting
(1997) The Eel
as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
(1961) Pigs and Battleships
as Gunji
(1963) A Modern Samurai Village
as Tajima Taichi
(1967) Explosion Course
as Narrator
(1983) The Ballad of Narayama
as Katsuzô
(1966) The Pornographers
as Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
(1963) The Insect Woman
as Ken
(1958) Stolen Desire
as Toshiro
(1968) Neon taiheiki
as as Toshinori, Masumoto
(1962) Foundry Town
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(1962) Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki
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(1966) The River Yokobori
as Gamakuchi
(1960) Take Aim at the Police Van
as Gorô Kashima
(1965) Pleasures of the Flesh
as Hayami
(1961) Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
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(1963) Badge of the Night
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(1971) Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
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(1982) Nuclear Scrapbook
as Narrator
(1966) Silence Has No Wings
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(1968) Japan for Sale
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(1968) The Human Bullet
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(1957) A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Kinzo
(1962) Elegant Beast
as Pinosaku, the singer
(1968) How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
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(1969) Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
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(1958) Forbidden Lips
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(1965) Seisaku's Wife
as Hyosuke
(1986) Gonza the Spearman
as Boatman
(1989) A Sandcastle Model Family Home
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(1970) The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
as Ushimatsu
(1968) Wild Ducks and Green Onions
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(1962) Fresh Leaves
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(1962) Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
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(1974) Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian In Japan, Authentic Account
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(1967) Quick-Draw Dog
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(1961) Whistling in the Darkness
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(1979) Vengeance Is Mine
as Nisshinbo Section Manager
(1956) Frankie the Milkman
as Shingo Yamaguchi
(1962) Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
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(1962) Ponkotsu oyaji
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(1960) He's the Witness
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(1993) I Can Hear the Duck Singing
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(1958) Wolves of the Night
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(1978) Winter's Flower
as Chan
(1981) Why Not?
as Sakunojo
(1972) Ichijo's Wet Lust
as Ramen Shop Owner
(1967) Love for an Idiot
as Jôji Kawai
(1977) Boxer
as Apartment Manager
(1989) Black Rain
as Shokichi
(1960) The Sleeping Beast Within
as Reporter Horibe
(1981) Rennyo and His Mother
as ---
(1961) Dai shusse monogatari
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(1959) おヤエの家つき女中
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(1960) Smashing the 0-Line
as Lee
(1972) The Golden Bat Shows Up
as Seitaro Marukawa
(1967) Classmates
as Sublieutenant Doi
(1965) Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
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(1967) Express Train
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(1960) The War Without Weapons
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(1958) The Girl from Osaka
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(1956) Our Town
as Keikichi
(1965) The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
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(1964) The Glamorous Ghost
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(1965) A Smell of Money
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(1958) Endless Desire
as A teacher
(1965) Story of a Prostitute
as Akiyama
(1981) Tora-san's Promise
as Tsunesaburo
(1966) Once a Rainy Day
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(1958) A Slope in the Sun
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(1964) A Story from Echigo
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(1961) The Song of the Season
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(1963) Bad Girl
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(1961) Tokyo Knights
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(1964) Revenge
as Koyama Samon
(1956) Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
as Sankichi
(1958) Young Breasts
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(1966) The Threat
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(1959) Room for Let
as Minoru Eto
(1964) Our Happiness Alone
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(1964) Female Ninja Magic
as Usuzumi
(1964) The Scarlet Camellia
as Seiichi
(1962) The Temple of Wild Geese
as Kuniitsu Takami
(1968) Scrap Collectors
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(1965) The Black Cat
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(1961) A Killer Without a Grave
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(1963) The Maid Story
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(1967) Traveling in Party
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(1955) Till We Meet Again
as Doc Misawa
(1972) Summer Soldiers
as Tanikawa
(1961) Living by Karate
as Heisuke
(1957) Inn of the Floating Weeds
as Taki
(1964) Intentions of Murder
as Kazuyuki Tamaru
(1965) Trigger Happy Romeo
as Tadashi Hayakawa
(1964) Sweet Sweat
as Fujii
(1968) Young Challengers
as Shintaro Namikawa
(1960) Jungle Block
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(1962) Nippon no obaachan
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(1966) Till We Meet Again
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(1964) The Spying Sorceress
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(1963) The Gambling Monk
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(1955) Burden of Love
as Secretary Torii
(1975) The Gate of Youth
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(1969) The Girl I Abandoned
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(1964) The Donkey Comes on a Tank
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(2007) Free and Easy 18
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(1961) That Guy and I
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(1977) The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
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(1956) Hungry Soul, Part II
as Tachibana's Old Friend B
(1972) The Pirates of Buban
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(1956) Twice on a Certain Night
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(1962) Cat Changed Into Tiger
as Life insurance agent
(1958) Crimson Wings
as Yukihiro Ando
(1957) Temptation
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(1968) The Shy Deceiver
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(1967) Song of Love
as Postman
(1958) The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
as Seikichi Kawarai
(1968) Sun Above, Death Below
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(1964) To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
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(1958) Nishi Ginza Station
as Mantaro
(1960) The Tokyo Mighty Guy
as Hamakawa
(1958) Tōkyō no basugāru
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(1965) Color
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(1967) Zoku izuko e
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(1959) 青春蛮歌
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(1964) 鉄火場破り
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(1965) 駿河遊侠伝 度胸がらす
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