Shoichi Ozawa
Acting • Born 1929-04-06 – Died 2012-12-10
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
143 credits
The Eel
Movie • 1997
Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
Pigs and Battleships
Movie • 1961
Gunji
A Modern Samurai Village
Movie • 1963
Tajima Taichi
Explosion Course
Movie • 1967
Narrator
The Ballad of Narayama
Movie • 1983
Katsuzô
The Pornographers
Movie • 1966
Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
The Insect Woman
Movie • 1963
Ken
Stolen Desire
Movie • 1958
Toshiro
Neon taiheiki
Movie • 1968
as Toshinori, Masumoto
Foundry Town
Movie • 1962
Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki
Movie • 1962
The River Yokobori
Movie • 1966
Gamakuchi
Take Aim at the Police Van
Movie • 1960
Gorô Kashima
Pleasures of the Flesh
Movie • 1965
Hayami
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
Movie • 1961
Badge of the Night
Movie • 1963
Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
Movie • 1971
Nuclear Scrapbook
Movie • 1982
Narrator
Silence Has No Wings
Movie • 1966
The Human Bullet
Movie • 1968
Japan's No. 1 Traitor
Movie • 1968
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Movie • 1957
Kinzo
Elegant Beast
Movie • 1962
Pinosaku, the singer
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
Movie • 1968
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
Movie • 1969
Forbidden Lips
Movie • 1958
Seisaku's Wife
Movie • 1965
Hyosuke
Gonza the Spearman
Movie • 1986
Boatman
A Sandcastle Model Family Home
Movie • 1989
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
Movie • 1970
Ushimatsu
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
Movie • 1968
Fresh Leaves
Movie • 1962
Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
Movie • 1962
Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account
Movie • 1974
Fan
Quick-Draw Dog
Movie • 1967
Whistling in the Darkness
Movie • 1961
Vengeance Is Mine
Movie • 1979
Nisshinbo Section Manager
Frankie the Milkman
Movie • 1956
Shingo Yamaguchi
Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
Movie • 1962
Ponkotsu oyaji
Movie • 1962
He's the Witness
Movie • 1960
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
Movie • 1993
Wolves of the Night
Movie • 1958
Winter's Flower
Movie • 1978
Chan
Why Not?
Movie • 1981
Sakunojo
Ichijo's Wet Lust
Movie • 1972
Ramen Shop Owner
Love for an Idiot
Movie • 1967
Jôji Kawai
Boxer
Movie • 1977
Apartment Manager
Black Rain
Movie • 1989
Shokichi
The Sleeping Beast Within
Movie • 1960
Reporter Horibe
Rennyo and His Mother
Movie • 1981
Dai shusse monogatari
Movie • 1961
おヤエの家つき女中
Movie • 1959
Smashing the 0-Line
Movie • 1960
Lee
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
Movie • 1972
Seitaro Marukawa
Classmates
Movie • 1967
Sublieutenant Doi
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Movie • 1965
Express Train
Movie • 1967
The War Without Weapons
Movie • 1960
The Girl from Osaka
Movie • 1958
Our Town
Movie • 1956
Keikichi
The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
Movie • 1965
The Glamorous Ghost
Movie • 1964
A Smell of Money
Movie • 1965
Endless Desire
Movie • 1958
A teacher
Story of a Prostitute
Movie • 1965
Akiyama
Tora-san's Promise
Movie • 1981
Tsunesaburo
Once a Rainy Day
Movie • 1966
A Slope in the Sun
Movie • 1958
A Story from Echigo
Movie • 1964
The Song of the Season
Movie • 1961
Bad Girl
Movie • 1963
Tokyo Knights
Movie • 1961
Revenge
Movie • 1964
Koyama Samon
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Movie • 1956
Sankichi
Young Breasts
Movie • 1958
The Threat
Movie • 1966
Room for Let
Movie • 1959
Minoru Eto
Our Happiness Alone
Movie • 1964
Female Ninja Magic
Movie • 1964
Usuzumi
The Scarlet Camellia
Movie • 1964
Seiichi
The Temple of Wild Geese
Movie • 1962
Kuniitsu Takami
Scrap Collectors
Movie • 1968
The Black Cat
Movie • 1965
A Killer Without a Grave
Movie • 1961
The Maid Story
Movie • 1963
Traveling in Party
Movie • 1967
Till We Meet Again
Movie • 1955
Doc Misawa
Summer Soldiers
Movie • 1972
Tanikawa
Living by Karate
Movie • 1961
Heisuke
Inn of the Floating Weeds
Movie • 1957
Taki
Intentions of Murder
Movie • 1964
Kazuyuki Tamaru
Trigger Happy Romeo
Movie • 1965
Tadashi Hayakawa
Sweet Sweat
Movie • 1964
Fujii
Young Challengers
Movie • 1968
Shintaro Namikawa
Jungle Block
Movie • 1960
Nippon no obaachan
Movie • 1962
Till We Meet Again
Movie • 1966
The Spying Sorceress
Movie • 1964
The Gambling Monk
Movie • 1963
Burden of Love
Movie • 1955
Secretary Torii
The Gate of Youth
Movie • 1975
The Girl I Abandoned
Movie • 1969
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
Movie • 1964
Free and Easy 18
Movie • 2007
That Guy and I
Movie • 1961
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
Movie • 1977
Hungry Soul, Part II
Movie • 1956
Tachibana's Old Friend B
The Pirates of Buban
Movie • 1972
Twice on a Certain Night
Movie • 1956
Cat Changed Into Tiger
Movie • 1962
Life insurance agent
Crimson Wings
Movie • 1958
Yukihiro Ando
Temptation
Movie • 1957
The Shy Deceiver
Movie • 1968
Narrator
Song of Love
Movie • 1967
Postman
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
Movie • 1958
Seikichi Kawarai
Sun Above, Death Below
Movie • 1968
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Movie • 1964
Nishi Ginza Station
Movie • 1958
Mantaro
Tokyo Mighty Guy
Movie • 1960
Hamakawa
Tokyo Bus Girl
Movie • 1958
Color
Movie • 1965
Zoku izuko e
Movie • 1967
Elegy to Youth
Movie • 1959
Gambling Den Breakdown
Movie • 1964
駿河遊侠伝 度胸がらす
Movie • 1965
Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki
Movie • 1957
Ohana han
Movie • 1966
Kamekichi Hosokura
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
Movie • 1966
Kamekichi Hosokura
おヤエのママさん女中
Movie • 1959
喜劇 深夜族
Movie • 1969
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
Movie • 1974
Gontaro Ishiyama / Rep. Yamada
六三制愚連隊
Movie • 1960
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Movie • 1968
Han Ping-han (Hong Kong Buyer)
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Movie • 1968
Han Pei-kan
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Movie • 1969
Shigeru Tondabayashi (Sales Manager)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Movie • 1969
Tomitabayashi Shigeichi (sales)
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Movie • 1970
Chinkai Ō
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Movie • 1970
Ō Sōkai
Band of Ninja
Movie • 1967
Narrator
3 Raccoon Dogs
Movie • 1966
Rukichi Saruta
My Second Brother
Movie • 1959
Seishun no oto
Movie • 1956