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