Shoichi Ozawa
Actor
- Born
- April 6, 1929 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
- Died
- December 10, 2012 (age 83)
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
The Ballad of Narayama
April 29, 1983
Vengeance Is Mine
April 21, 1979
Black Rain
May 13, 1989
The Eel
May 12, 1997
The Insect Woman
November 16, 1963
Pigs and Battleships
January 21, 1961
The Pornographers
March 12, 1966
Intentions of Murder
June 28, 1964
Story of a Prostitute
February 27, 1965
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
July 14, 1957
Pleasures of the Flesh
August 29, 1965
Take Aim at the Police Van
January 27, 1960
Acting149
- 2007Free and Easy 18
- 2001Kah-chan as Landlord
- 1997The Eel as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
- 1993I Can Hear the Duck Singing
- 1989A Sandcastle Model Family Home
- 1989Black Rain as Shokichi
- 1986Gonza the Spearman as Boatman
- 1983The Ballad of Narayama as Katsuzô
- 1982Nuclear Scrapbook as Narrator
- 1981Tora-san's Promise as 常三郎
- 1981