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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 6, 1929
Died
December 10, 2012
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
- Shôichi Ozawa
- Соити Одзава
- Сёити Одзава
Shoichi Ozawa
1.3 Popularity
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
7.5
Free and Easy 18
2007
6.9
Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
The Eel
1997
0.0
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
1993
0.0
A Sandcastle Model Family Home
1989
7.5
Shokichi
Black Rain
1989
7.0
Boatman
Gonza the Spearman
1986
7.5
Katsuzô
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
0.0
Narrator
Nuclear Scrapbook
1982
8.0
Tsunesaburo
Tora-san's Promise
1981
0.0
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
Credits
Free and Easy 18
2007
7.5
The Eel
as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
1997
6.9
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
1993
0.0
A Sandcastle Model Family Home
1989
0.0
Black Rain
as Shokichi
1989
7.5
Gonza the Spearman
as Boatman
1986
7.0
The Ballad of Narayama
as Katsuzô
1983
7.5
Nuclear Scrapbook
as Narrator
1982
0.0
Tora-san's Promise
as Tsunesaburo
1981
8.0
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
0.0
Why Not?
as Sakunojo
1981
6.4
Vengeance Is Mine
as Nisshinbo Section Manager
1979
7.5
Winter's Flower
as Chan
1978
6.2
Boxer
as Apartment Manager
1977
6.8
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
7.8
The Gate of Youth
1975
9.0
Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian In Japan, Authentic Account
1974
4.5
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
as Gontaro Ishiyama / Rep. Yamada
1974
0.0
Ichijo's Wet Lust
as Ramen Shop Owner
1972
5.8
The Golden Bat Shows Up
as Seitaro Marukawa
1972
0.0
Summer Soldiers
as Tanikawa
1972
6.0
The Pirates of Buban
1972
6.5
Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
1971
0.0
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
as Ushimatsu
1970
6.8
The Girl I Abandoned
1969
0.0
喜劇 深夜族
1969
0.0
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
0.0
Scrap Collectors
1968
0.0
Sun Above, Death Below
1968
6.0
Japan's No. 1 Traitor
1968
0.0
The Human Bullet
1968
6.1
Young Challengers
as Shintaro Namikawa
1968
0.0
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968
0.0
The Shy Deceiver
1968
7.0
Neon taiheiki
as as Toshinori, Masumoto
1968
0.0
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
1968
0.0
Traveling in Party
1967
6.0
Love for an Idiot
as Jôji Kawai
1967
6.0
Classmates
as Sublieutenant Doi
1967
6.5
Express Train
1967
6.0
Quick-Draw Dog
1967
0.0
Song of Love
as Postman
1967
6.0
Zoku izuko e
1967
0.0
Explosion Course
as Narrator
1967
0.0
🎬
Once a Rainy Day
1966
0.0
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
as Kamekichi Hosokura
1966
0.0
The River Yokobori
as Gamakuchi
1966
0.0
Ohana han
as Kamekichi Hosokura
1966
0.0
Till We Meet Again
1966
0.0
The Pornographers
as Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
1966
7.3
The Threat
1966
7.3
Silence Has No Wings
1966
7.0
Trigger Happy Romeo
as Tadashi Hayakawa
1965
0.0
🎬
A Smell of Money
1965
0.0
The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
1965
0.0
Pleasures of the Flesh
as Hayami
1965
5.7
Seisaku's Wife
as Hyosuke
1965
7.3
Color
1965
0.0
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
6.4
Story of a Prostitute
as Akiyama
1965
6.6
The Black Cat
1965
0.0
駿河遊侠伝 度胸がらす
1965
0.0
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964
0.0
The Spying Sorceress
1964
0.0
The Scarlet Camellia
as Seiichi
1964
5.0
Revenge
as Koyama Samon
1964
7.5
Female Ninja Magic
as Usuzumi
1964
6.9
The Glamorous Ghost
1964
6.0
Sweet Sweat
as Fujii
1964
8.0
Gambling Den Breakdown
1964
0.0
Intentions of Murder
as Kazuyuki Tamaru
1964
7.2
A Story from Echigo
1964
7.2
Our Happiness Alone
1964
0.0
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
0.0
The Insect Woman
as Ken
1963
7.4
The Gambling Monk
1963
0.0
The Maid Story
1963
0.0
Badge of the Night
1963
0.0
Bad Girl
1963
7.8
A Modern Samurai Village
as Tajima Taichi
1963
0.0
Elegant Beast
as Pinosaku, the singer
1962
7.1
Ponkotsu oyaji
1962
0.0
Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
1962
0.0
Fresh Leaves
1962
0.0
Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
1962
0.0
Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki
1962
0.0
Foundry Town
1962
7.6
Cat Changed Into Tiger
as Life insurance agent
1962
0.0
The Temple of Wild Geese
as Kuniitsu Takami
1962
6.3
Nippon no obaachan
1962
0.0
The Song of the Season
1961
0.0
That Guy and I
1961
10.0
Whistling in the Darkness
1961
0.0
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
1961
0.0
Living by Karate
as Heisuke
1961
6.0
A Killer Without a Grave
1961
6.0
Tokyo Knights
1961
6.8
Pigs and Battleships
as Gunji
1961
7.1
Dai shusse monogatari
1961
0.0
The War Without Weapons
1960
0.0
The Tokyo Mighty Guy
as Hamakawa
1960
6.4
Smashing the 0-Line
as Lee
1960
6.2
Jungle Block
1960
7.0
The Sleeping Beast Within
as Reporter Horibe
1960
6.6
He's the Witness
1960
0.0
Take Aim at the Police Van
as Gorô Kashima
1960
6.2
青春蛮歌
1959
0.0
Room for Let
as Minoru Eto
1959
6.0
おヤエの家つき女中
1959
0.0
おヤエのママさん女中
1959
0.0
Crimson Wings
as Yukihiro Ando
1958
0.0
Endless Desire
as A teacher
1958
6.5
Wolves of the Night
1958
0.0
Young Breasts
1958
0.0
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
as Seikichi Kawarai
1958
0.0
Nishi Ginza Station
as Mantaro
1958
5.6
Tōkyō no basugāru
1958
0.0
🎬
The Girl from Osaka
1958
0.0
Stolen Desire
as Toshiro
1958
6.6
A Slope in the Sun
1958
5.5
Forbidden Lips
1958
0.0
Temptation
1957
8.0
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Kinzo
1957
7.2
Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki
1957
0.0
Inn of the Floating Weeds
as Taki
1957
0.0
Frankie the Milkman
as Shingo Yamaguchi
1956
9.0
Hungry Soul, Part II
as Tachibana's Old Friend B
1956
6.4
Our Town
as Keikichi
1956
6.8
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
as Sankichi
1956
7.0
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
0.0
Till We Meet Again
as Doc Misawa
1955
6.2
Burden of Love
as Secretary Torii
1955
6.8