Acting
Shoichi Ozawa
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.
Titles
Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account
1974
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
The Eel
1997
The Boxer
1977
Story of a Prostitute
1965
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
The Insect Woman
1963
The River Yokobori
1966
Black Rain
1989
Revenge
1964
The Pornographers
1966
Young Breasts
1958
My Second Brother
1959
Ichijo's Wet Lust
1972
Pigs and Battleships
1961
Intentions of Murder
1964
The Human Bullet
1968
Gonza the Spearman
1986
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
Love for an Idiot
1967
Burden of Love
1955
The Glamorous Ghost
1964
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970
Room for Let
1959
Take Aim at the Police Van
1960
Tokyo Knights
1961
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969
Winter's Flower
1978
Elegant Beast
1962
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
1965
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
The Gate of Youth
1975
Neon taiheiki
1968
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
1956
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970