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.
Filmography
all 118
Movies 118
Narrator 2
Producer 1
Free and Easy 18 (2007)
Movie
Landlord
Kah-chan (2001)
Movie
Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
The Eel (1997)
Movie
I Can Hear the Duck Singing (1993)
Movie
Actor
A Sandcastle Model Family Home (1989)
Movie
Shokichi
Black Rain (1989)
Movie
Boatman
Gonza the Spearman (1986)
Movie
Katsuzô
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Movie
Narrator
Nuclear Scrapbook (1982)
Movie
Tsunesaburo
Tora-san's Promise (1981)
Movie
Rennyo and His Mother (1981)
Movie
Producer
Why Not? (1981)
Movie
Nisshinbo Section Manager
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Movie
Chan
Winter's Flower (1978)
Movie
Apartment Manager
Boxer (1977)
Movie
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro (1977)
Movie
The Gate of Youth (1975)
Movie
Actor
Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian In Japan, Authentic Account (1974)
Movie
Ramen Shop Owner
Ichijo's Wet Lust (1972)
Movie
Tanikawa
Summer Soldiers (1972)
Movie
Actor
The Pirates of Buban (1972)
Movie
Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai (1971)
Movie
Ushimatsu
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan (1970)
Movie
The Girl I Abandoned (1969)
Movie
Actor
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool (1969)
Movie
Dream
Scrap Collectors (1968)
Movie
Sun Above, Death Below (1968)
Movie
Japan for Sale (1968)
Movie
The Human Bullet (1968)
Movie
Actor
Young Challengers (1968)
Movie
Actor
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers (1968)
Movie
The Shy Deceiver (1968)
Movie
Toshinori, Masumoto
Neon taiheiki (1968)
Movie
Wild Ducks and Green Onions (1968)
Movie
Traveling in Party (1967)
Movie
Jôji Kawai
Love for an Idiot (1967)
Movie
Postman
Song of Love (1967)
Movie
Express Train (1967)
Movie
Sublieutenant Doi
Classmates (1967)
Movie
Actor
Quick-Draw Dog (1967)
Movie
Narrator
Explosion Course (1967)
Movie
Once a Rainy Day (1966)
Movie
Gamakuchi
The River Yokobori (1966)
Movie
Till We Meet Again (1966)
Movie
Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
The Pornographers (1966)
Movie
The Threat (1966)
Movie
Actor
Silence Has No Wings (1966)
Movie
Actor
Trigger Happy Romeo (1965)
Movie
A Smell of Money (1965)
Movie
The Ghost of the One Eyed Man (1965)
Movie
Hayami
Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
Movie
Hyosuke
Seisaku's Wife (1965)
Movie
Matasaburo Nakamura (episode 1)
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan (1965)
Movie
Colonel
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (1965)
Movie
Akiyama
Story of a Prostitute (1965)
Movie
The Black Cat (1965)
Movie
The Donkey Comes on a Tank (1964)
Movie
The Spying Sorceress (1964)
Movie
Seiichi
The Scarlet Camellia (1964)
Movie
Koyama Samon
Revenge (1964)
Movie
Usuzumi
Female Ninja Magic (1964)
Movie
The Glamorous Ghost (1964)
Movie
Sweet Sweat (1964)
Movie
Kazuyuki Tamaru
Intentions of Murder (1964)
Movie
Tomekichi Segami, O-Shin's husband
A Story from Echigo (1964)
Movie
Our Happiness Alone (1964)
Movie
Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama (1964)
Movie
Ken
The Insect Woman (1963)
Movie
The Gambling Monk (1963)
Movie
The Maid Story (1963)
Movie
Tenrei Ôhara
Badge of the Night (1963)
Movie
Bad Girl (1963)
Movie
Actor
A Modern Samurai Village (1963)
Movie
Pinosaku, the singer
Elegant Beast (1962)
Movie
Ponkotsu oyaji (1962)
Movie
Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure (1962)
Movie
Fresh Leaves (1962)
Movie
Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi (1962)
Movie
Actor
Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki (1962)
Movie
Teacher at the Juvenile Classification Office
Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow (1962)
Movie
Life insurance agent
Cat Changed Into Tiger (1962)
Movie
Kuniitsu Takami
The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)
Movie
Nippon no obaachan (1962)
Movie
That Guy and I (1961)
Movie
Whistling in the Darkness (1961)
Movie
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū (1961)
Movie
Heisuke
Living by Karate (1961)
Movie
A Killer Without a Grave (1961)
Movie
Actor
Tokyo Knights (1961)
Movie
7
Gunji
Pigs and Battleships (1961)
Movie
1
The War Without Weapons (1960)
Movie
Hamakawa
The Tokyo Mighty Guy (1960)
Movie
Lee
Smashing the 0-Line (1960)
Movie
Jungle Block (1960)
Movie
Reporter Horibe
The Sleeping Beast Within (1960)
Movie
He's the Witness (1960)
Movie
Gorô Kashima
Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
Movie
Minoru Eto
Room for Let (1959)
Movie
Yukihiro Ando
Crimson Wings (1958)
Movie
A teacher
Endless Desire (1958)
Movie
Wolves of the Night (1958)
Movie
Young Breasts (1958)
Movie
Seikichi Kawarai
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow (1958)
Movie
Mantaro
Nishi Ginza Station (1958)
Movie
The Girl from Osaka (1958)
Movie
Toshiro
Stolen Desire (1958)
Movie
A Slope in the Sun (1958)
Movie
Forbidden Lips (1958)
Movie
Temptation (1957)
Movie
Kinzo
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
Movie
Taki
Inn of the Floating Weeds (1957)
Movie
Shingo Yamaguchi
Frankie the Milkman (1956)
Movie
Tachibana's Old Friend B
Hungry Soul, Part II (1956)
Movie
Keikichi
Our Town (1956)
Movie
Sankichi
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956)
Movie
Twice on a Certain Night (1956)
Movie
Doc Misawa
Till We Meet Again (1955)
Movie
Secretary Torii
Burden of Love (1955)
Movie
Ratings
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1929-04-06
Deathday2012-12-10 (83 years old)
Birth Name小澤 昭一
Birth PlaceTokyo, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As小沢昭一, Shôichi Ozawa , Соити Одзава, Сёити Одзава
AwardsBlue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class, Medal with Purple Ribbon, Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize, Golden Arrow Award, Kikuchi Kan Prize
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