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
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account
1974
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
The Eel
1997
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
1972
The Insect Woman
1963
Story of a Prostitute
1965
Eijanaika
1981
Intentions of Murder
1964
The Boxer
1977
The Human Bullet
1968
Black Rain
1989
The Pirates of Buban
1972
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
Ichijo's Wet Lust
1972
Revenge
1964
Foundry Town
1962
Love for an Idiot
1967
The Pornographers
1966
Pigs and Battleships
1961
The River Yokobori
1966
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970
Gonza the Spearman
1986
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
1956
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
Ohana han
1966
The Shy Deceiver
1968
Jungle Block
1960
A Killer Without a Grave
1961
The Gate of Youth
1975
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
1965
My Second Brother
1959
Zoku fûfu hyakkei
1958
Tora-san's Promise
1981
The Glamorous Ghost
1964