
Shoichi Ozawa
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

The Eel
1997

Pigs and Battleships
1961

A Modern Samurai Village
1963

Explosion Course
1967

The Ballad of Narayama
1983

The Pornographers
1966

The Insect Woman
1963

Stolen Desire
1958

Neon taiheiki
1968

Foundry Town
1962

Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki
1962

The River Yokobori
1966

Take Aim at the Police Van
1960

Pleasures of the Flesh
1965

Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
1961

Badge of the Night
1963

Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
1971

Nuclear Scrapbook
1982

Silence Has No Wings
1966

The Human Bullet
1968

Japan's No. 1 Traitor
1968

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957

Elegant Beast
1962

How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969

Forbidden Lips
1958

Seisaku's Wife
1965

Gonza the Spearman
1986

A Sandcastle Model Family Home
1989

The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
1970

Wild Ducks and Green Onions
1968

Fresh Leaves
1962

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

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

Quick-Draw Dog
1967

Whistling in the Darkness
1961

Vengeance Is Mine
1979

Frankie the Milkman
1956

Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
1962

Ponkotsu oyaji
1962

He's the Witness
1960

I Can Hear the Duck Singing
1993

Wolves of the Night
1958

Winter's Flower
1978

Why Not?
1981

Ichijo's Wet Lust
1972

Love for an Idiot
1967

Boxer
1977

Black Rain
1989

The Sleeping Beast Within
1960

Rennyo and His Mother
1981

Dai shusse monogatari
1961

おヤエの家つき女中
1959

Smashing the 0-Line
1960

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
1972

Classmates
1967

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965

Express Train
1967

The War Without Weapons
1960

The Girl from Osaka
1958

Our Town
1956

The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
1965

The Glamorous Ghost
1964

A Smell of Money
1965

Endless Desire
1958

Story of a Prostitute
1965

Tora-san's Promise
1981

Once a Rainy Day
1966

A Slope in the Sun
1958

A Story from Echigo
1964

The Song of the Season
1961

Bad Girl
1963

Tokyo Knights
1961

Revenge
1964

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
1956

Young Breasts
1958

The Threat
1966

Room for Let
1959

Our Happiness Alone
1964

Female Ninja Magic
1964

The Scarlet Camellia
1964

The Temple of Wild Geese
1962

Scrap Collectors
1968

The Black Cat
1965

A Killer Without a Grave
1961

The Maid Story
1963

Traveling in Party
1967

Till We Meet Again
1955

Summer Soldiers
1972

Living by Karate
1961

Inn of the Floating Weeds
1957

Intentions of Murder
1964

Trigger Happy Romeo
1965

Sweet Sweat
1964

Young Challengers
1968

Jungle Block
1960

Nippon no obaachan
1962

Till We Meet Again
1966

The Spying Sorceress
1964

The Gambling Monk
1963

Burden of Love
1955

The Gate of Youth
1975

The Girl I Abandoned
1969

The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964

Free and Easy 18
2007

That Guy and I
1961

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977

Hungry Soul, Part II
1956

The Pirates of Buban
1972

Twice on a Certain Night
1956

Cat Changed Into Tiger
1962

Crimson Wings
1958

Temptation
1957

The Shy Deceiver
1968

Song of Love
1967

The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
1958

Sun Above, Death Below
1968

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964

Nishi Ginza Station
1958

Tokyo Mighty Guy
1960

Tokyo Bus Girl
1958

Color
1965

Zoku izuko e
1967

Elegy to Youth
1959

Gambling Den Breakdown
1964

駿河遊侠伝 度胸がらす
1965

Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki
1957

Ohana han
1966

Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966

おヤエのママさん女中
1959

喜劇 深夜族
1969

Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
1974

六三制愚連隊
1960

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970

Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970

Band of Ninja
1967

3 Raccoon Dogs
1966

My Second Brother
1959

Seishun no oto
1956