Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Shōichi Ozawa (?? ??, Ozawa Shōichi, April 6, 1929 – February 10, 2012) was a Japanese actor, radio host, singer, and prominent researcher and expert on Japanese folk art. He also founded the Shabondama-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.

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Movies starring Shoichi Ozawa (123)

Free and Easy 18 (2007)
The Eel (1997)

Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor

I Can Hear the Duck Singing (1993)
A Sandcastle Model Family Home (1989)
Black Rain (1989)

Shokichi

Gonza the Spearman (1986)

Boatman

The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

Katsuzô

Nuclear Scrapbook (1982)

Narrator

Tora-san's Promise (1981)

Tsunesaburo

Rennyo and His Mother (1981)
Eijanaika (1981)

Sakunojo

Vengeance Is Mine (1979)

Nisshinbo Section Manager

Winter's Flower (1978)

Chan

Boxer (1977)

Apartment Manager

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro (1977)
The Gate of Youth (1975)
Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account (1974)

Fan

Ichijo's Wet Lust (1972)

Ramen Shop Owner

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here (1972)

Seitaro Marukawa

Summer Soldiers (1972)

Tanikawa

The Pirates of Buban (1972)
Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai (1971)
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan (1970)

Ushimatsu

The Girl I Abandoned (1969)
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool (1969)
Scrap Collectors (1968)
Sun Above, Death Below (1968)
Japan's No. 1 Traitor (1968)
The Human Bullet (1968)
Young Challengers (1968)

Shintaro Namikawa

How to Be the Worst of Office Workers (1968)
The Shy Deceiver (1968)

Narrator

Neon taiheiki (1968)

As Toshinori, Masumoto

Wild Ducks and Green Onions (1968)
Traveling in Party (1967)
Love for an Idiot (1967)

Jôji Kawai

Express Train (1967)
Classmates (1967)

Sublieutenant Doi

Quick-Draw Dog (1967)
Song of Love (1967)

Postman

Zoku izuko e (1967)
Band of Ninja (1967)

Narrator

Explosion Course (1967)

Narrator

Once a Rainy Day (1966)
The River Yokobori (1966)

Gamakuchi

Till We Meet Again (1966)
The Pornographers (1966)

Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata

The Threat (1966)
Silence Has No Wings (1966)
Trigger Happy Romeo (1965)

Tadashi Hayakawa

A Smell of Money (1965)
The Ghost of the One Eyed Man (1965)
Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)

Hayami

Seisaku's Wife (1965)

Hyosuke

Color (1965)
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan (1965)
Story of a Prostitute (1965)

Akiyama

The Black Cat (1965)
The Donkey Comes on a Tank (1964)
The Spying Sorceress (1964)
The Scarlet Camellia (1964)

Seiichi

Revenge (1964)

Koyama Samon

The Glamorous Ghost (1964)
Female Ninja Magic (1964)

Usuzumi

Sweet Sweat (1964)

Fujii

Intentions of Murder (1964)

Kazuyuki Tamaru

A Story from Echigo (1964)
Our Happiness Alone (1964)
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 (1964)
The Insect Woman (1963)

Ken

The Gambling Monk (1963)
The Maid Story (1963)
Badge of the Night (1963)
Bad Girl (1963)
A Modern Samurai Village (1963)

Tajima Taichi

Elegant Beast (1962)

Paburisuta Pinosaku

Ponkotsu oyaji (1962)
Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure (1962)
Fresh Leaves (1962)
Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi (1962)
Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki (1962)
Foundry Town (1962)
Cat Changed Into Tiger (1962)

Life Insurance Agent

The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)

Kuniitsu Takami

Nippon no obaachan (1962)
The Song of the Season (1961)
That Guy and I (1961)
Whistling in the Darkness (1961)
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū (1961)
Living by Karate (1961)

Heisuke

A Killer Without a Grave (1961)
Tokyo Knights (1961)
Pigs and Battleships (1961)

Gunji

Dai shusse monogatari (1961)
The War Without Weapons (1960)
Tokyo Mighty Guy (1960)

Hamakawa

Smashing the 0-Line (1960)

Lee

Jungle Block (1960)
The Sleeping Beast Within (1960)

Reporter Horibe

He's the Witness (1960)
Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)

Gorô Kashima

My Second Brother (1959)
Room for Let (1959)

Minoru Eto

Crimson Wings (1958)

Yukihiro Ando

Endless Desire (1958)

A Teacher

Wolves of the Night (1958)
Young Breasts (1958)
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow (1958)

Seikichi Kawarai

Nishi Ginza Station (1958)

Mantaro

The Girl from Osaka (1958)
Stolen Desire (1958)

Toshiro

A Slope in the Sun (1958)
Forbidden Lips (1958)
Temptation (1957)
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)

Kinzo

Inn of the Floating Weeds (1957)

Taki

Frankie the Milkman (1956)

Shingo Yamaguchi

Hungry Soul, Part II (1956)

Tachibana's Old Friend B

Our Town (1956)

Keikichi

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956)

Sankichi

Twice on a Certain Night (1956)
Till We Meet Again (1955)

Doc Misawa

Burden of Love (1955)

Secretary Torii

Movies Made by Shoichi Ozawa (2)

Eijanaika (1981)

Producer

Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account (1974)

Production Coordinator

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