Shoichi Ozawa

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

The Ballad of Narayama

The Insect Woman

The Eel

Vengeance Is Mine

Black Rain

Intentions of Murder

Story of a Prostitute

Pigs and Battleships

All Movies (144)

• Free and Easy 182007
• The Eel1997 · as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
• I Can Hear the Duck Singing1993
• A Sandcastle Model Family Home1989
• Black Rain1989 · as Shokichi
• Gonza the Spearman1986 · as Boatman
• The Ballad of Narayama1983 · as Katsuzô
• Nuclear Scrapbook1982 · as Narrator
• Tora-san's Promise1981 · as Tsunesaburo
• Rennyo and His Mother1981
• Eijanaika1981 · as Sakunojo
• Vengeance Is Mine1979 · as Nisshinbo Section Manager
• Winter's Flower1978 · as Chan
• Boxer1977 · as Apartment Manager
• The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro1977
• The Gate of Youth1975
• Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account1974 · as Fan
• Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters1974 · as Gontaro Ishiyama / Rep. Yamada
• Ichijo's Wet Lust1972 · as Ramen Shop Owner
• Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here1972 · as Seitaro Marukawa
• Summer Soldiers1972 · as Tanikawa
• The Pirates of Buban1972
• Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai1971
• The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan1970 · as Ushimatsu
• Five Gents and a Kuniang1970 · as Ō Sōkai
• Five Gents Fly to Taiwan1970 · as Chinkai Ō
• Prime Time Girls1969
• The Girl I Abandoned1969
• 喜劇 深夜族1969
• Black Comedy - Ah, Fool1969
• 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II1969 · as Tomitabayashi Shigeichi (sales)
• 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu1969 · as Shigeru Tondabayashi (Sales Manager)
• Scrap Collectors1968
• Sun Above, Death Below1968
• Japan's No. 1 Traitor1968
• The Human Bullet1968
• Young Challengers1968 · as Shintaro Namikawa
• How to Be the Worst of Office Workers1968
• The Shy Deceiver1968 · as Narrator
• Neon taiheiki1968 · as as Toshinori, Masumoto
• Wild Ducks and Green Onions1968
• Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant1968 · as Han Pei-kan
• Five Gents and Karate Grandpa1968 · as Han Ping-han (Hong Kong Buyer)
• Traveling in Party1967
• Love for an Idiot1967 · as Jôji Kawai
• Classmates1967 · as Sublieutenant Doi
• Express Train1967
• Quick-Draw Dog1967
• Song of Love1967 · as Postman
• Zoku izuko e1967
• Band of Ninja1967 · as Narrator
• Explosion Course1967 · as Narrator
• Once a Rainy Day1966
• Ohana han: Dai ni bu1966 · as Kamekichi Hosokura
• The River Yokobori1966 · as Gamakuchi
• 3 Raccoon Dogs1966 · as Rukichi Saruta
• Ohana han1966 · as Kamekichi Hosokura
• Till We Meet Again1966
• The Pornographers1966 · as Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
• The Threat1966
• Silence Has No Wings1966
• Trigger Happy Romeo1965 · as Tadashi Hayakawa
• A Smell of Money1965
• The Ghost of the One Eyed Man1965
• Pleasures of the Flesh1965 · as Hayami
• Seisaku's Wife1965 · as Hyosuke
• Color1965
• Cold Rice, Osan, Chan1965
• Story of a Prostitute1965 · as Akiyama
• The Black Cat1965
• 駿河遊侠伝　度胸がらす1965
• The Donkey Comes on a Tank1964
• The Spying Sorceress1964
• The Scarlet Camellia1964 · as Seiichi
• Revenge1964 · as Koyama Samon
• The Glamorous Ghost1964
• Female Ninja Magic1964 · as Usuzumi
• Sweet Sweat1964 · as Fujii
• Gambling Den Breakdown1964
• Intentions of Murder1964 · as Kazuyuki Tamaru
• A Story from Echigo1964
• Our Happiness Alone1964
• To Your Majesty, The Emperor 21964
• The Insect Woman1963 · as Ken
• The Gambling Monk1963
• The Maid Story1963
• Badge of the Night1963
• Bad Girl1963
• A Modern Samurai Village1963 · as Tajima Taichi
• Elegant Beast1962 · as Paburisuta Pinosaku
• Ponkotsu oyaji1962
• Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure1962
• Fresh Leaves1962
• Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi1962
• Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki1962
• Foundry Town1962
• Cat Changed Into Tiger1962 · as Life insurance agent
• The Temple of Wild Geese1962 · as Kuniitsu Takami
• Nippon no obaachan1962
• The Song of the Season1961
• That Guy and I1961
• Whistling in the Darkness1961
• Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū1961
• Living by Karate1961 · as Heisuke
• A Killer Without a Grave1961
• Tokyo Knights1961
• Pigs and Battleships1961 · as Gunji
• Dai shusse monogatari1961
• The War Without Weapons1960
• Tokyo Mighty Guy1960 · as Hamakawa
• Smashing the 0-Line1960 · as Lee
• Jungle Block1960
• The Sleeping Beast Within1960 · as Reporter Horibe
• He's the Witness1960
• 六三制愚連隊1960
• Take Aim at the Police Van1960 · as Gorô Kashima
• My Second Brother1959
• Elegy to Youth1959
• Room for Let1959 · as Minoru Eto
• おヤエの家つき女中1959
• おヤエのママさん女中1959
• Crimson Wings1958 · as Yukihiro Ando
• Endless Desire1958 · as A teacher
• Wolves of the Night1958
• Young Breasts1958
• The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow1958 · as Seikichi Kawarai
• Nishi Ginza Station1958 · as Mantaro
• Tokyo Bus Girl1958
• The Girl from Osaka1958
• Stolen Desire1958 · as Toshiro
• A Slope in the Sun1958
• Forbidden Lips1958
• Temptation1957
• A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era1957 · as Kinzo
• Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki1957
• Inn of the Floating Weeds1957 · as Taki
• Frankie the Milkman1956 · as Shingo Yamaguchi
• Hungry Soul, Part II1956 · as Tachibana's Old Friend B
• Our Town1956 · as Keikichi
• Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District1956 · as Sankichi
• Seishun no oto1956
• Twice on a Certain Night1956
• Till We Meet Again1955 · as Doc Misawa
• Burden of Love1955 · as Secretary Torii