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