
Shoichi Ozawa
Known for: Acting
Born: April 6, 1929
Died: December 10, 2012
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,…
Known for

The Pornographers
1966

Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki
1962

Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
1961

Nuclear Scrapbook
1982

How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969

Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
1962

Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
1962

Ponkotsu oyaji
1962

Dai shusse monogatari
1961

The Gambling Monk
1963

Cat Changed Into Tiger
1962

A Modern Samurai Village
1963

Explosion Course
1967

Love for an Idiot
1967
A Smell of Money
1965

A Story from Echigo
1964

Scrap Collectors
1968

Traveling in Party
1967

The Spying Sorceress
1964

The Insect Woman
1963

Silence Has No Wings
1966

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

Quick-Draw Dog
1967

I Can Hear the Duck Singing
1993

The Sleeping Beast Within
1960

The Pirates of Buban
1972

Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki
1957

Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966

3 Raccoon Dogs
1966

Foundry Town
1962

The River Yokobori
1966

Badge of the Night
1963

Seisaku's Wife
1965

The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
1970

おヤエの家つき女中
1959

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
1972

Express Train
1967
The Girl from Osaka
1958

Story of a Prostitute
1965

The Black Cat
1965

Trigger Happy Romeo
1965

The Gate of Youth
1975

The Girl I Abandoned
1969

Gambling Den Breakdown
1964

駿河遊侠伝 度胸がらす
1965

The Ballad of Narayama
1983

Take Aim at the Police Van
1960

Japan's No. 1 Traitor
1968

Wild Ducks and Green Onions
1968

He's the Witness
1960

Black Rain
1989

Smashing the 0-Line
1960

The Song of the Season
1961

Tokyo Knights
1961

Summer Soldiers
1972

Living by Karate
1961

Jungle Block
1960

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977

Crimson Wings
1958

Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
1974

Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970

Prime Time Girls
1969

Wolves of the Night
1958

Young Breasts
1958

The Scarlet Camellia
1964

Inn of the Floating Weeds
1957

That Guy and I
1961

Tokyo Mighty Guy
1960

六三制愚連隊
1960

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970

Pigs and Battleships
1961

Stolen Desire
1958

Pleasures of the Flesh
1965

Forbidden Lips
1958

Ichijo's Wet Lust
1972

Boxer
1977

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965

The War Without Weapons
1960

Our Town
1956

The Glamorous Ghost
1964

Endless Desire
1958

Revenge
1964

Our Happiness Alone
1964

Sweet Sweat
1964

Till We Meet Again
1966

Song of Love
1967

The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
1958

Sun Above, Death Below
1968

Nishi Ginza Station
1958

Rennyo and His Mother
1981

Female Ninja Magic
1964

The Temple of Wild Geese
1962

The Shy Deceiver
1968

Elegy to Youth
1959

Elegant Beast
1962

Fresh Leaves
1962
Once a Rainy Day
1966

The Threat
1966

Room for Let
1959

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964

Tokyo Bus Girl
1958

Color
1965

The Human Bullet
1968

The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
1965

Till We Meet Again
1955

Neon taiheiki
1968

Frankie the Milkman
1956

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
1956

The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964

Zoku izuko e
1967

Gonza the Spearman
1986

Whistling in the Darkness
1961

Band of Ninja
1967

喜劇 深夜族
1969

A Killer Without a Grave
1961

Intentions of Murder
1964

My Second Brother
1959

Seishun no oto
1956

Classmates
1967

A Slope in the Sun
1958

The Maid Story
1963

おヤエのママさん女中
1959

The Eel
1997

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957

Bad Girl
1963

Burden of Love
1955

Hungry Soul, Part II
1956

Winter's Flower
1978

Young Challengers
1968

Twice on a Certain Night
1956

Ohana han
1966

Eijanaika
1981

Free and Easy 18
2007

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969

Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
1971

A Sandcastle Model Family Home
1989

Tora-san's Promise
1981

Temptation
1957

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968

Nippon no obaachan
1962

Vengeance Is Mine
1979