Osamu Takizawa
Osamu Takizawa (滝沢 修 Takizawa Osamu , 13 November 1906 – 22 June 2000 ) was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. Starting at the Tsukiji Little Theater, Takizawa participated in a number of theatrical troupes before forming Gekidan Mingei with Jūkichi Uno. His was praised for his performance in Death of a Salesman and also directed a version of The Diary of Anne Frank. Perhaps his most notable film role was in Fires on the Plain. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Osamu Takizawa , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Kwaidan
as Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four...
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Fires on the Plain
as YasudaIn the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his...
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The Inheritance
as Kyoichiro KurayamaA dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose...
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
as Yasuke EboshiyaWith a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit,...
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The Sands of Kurobe
as OtagakiKitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps...
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That Guy and I
as uncreditedAsada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's...
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Secret of Naruto
as uncreditedFrom the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima...
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The Samurai of Edo
as uncreditedThis historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during...
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Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
as Yusuke GodaiThe upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the...
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Turbid Youth
as uncreditedShigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around...
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Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
as Yusuke GodaiSecond part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of...
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August without Emperor
as Prime Minister SabashiTaking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese...
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Facing to the Clouds
as uncreditedA rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet...
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Love Under the Crucifix
as Hideyoshi ToyotomiThe basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Kôzukenosuke KiraJapan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for...
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An Ocean to Cross
as RoubenSet in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism...
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Gazing at Love and Death
as uncreditedA young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the...
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The Tale of Genji
as Emperor KiritsuboGenji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em...
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Stolen Desire
as Taminosuke YamamuraA rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of...
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Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
as Naosuke GonbeiIemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot...
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Shutsugeki
as uncreditedAn original warrior directed by Toshio Takagi, directed by Eisuke Takizawa of “Kiriko's Tango”...
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Saga from Chichibu Mountains - Sword Cuts the Shadows
as YoshidaDuring the 1880's a young swordsman, Saotome Gengo, on his way to Tokyo stops at an inn in a...
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Bitter End of a Sweet Night
as HondoAn opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to...
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Street of Violence
as ToyamaAn attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police...
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Drunkard's Paradise
as uncreditedA father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving...
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Till We Meet Again
as EisakuSaburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.
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The Great White Tower
as uncreditedThe story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors...
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The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
as uncreditedLife and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the...
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Broken Drum
as NaokiWhen the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his...
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Buddha
as uncreditedAn Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six...
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Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as Man with cameraKiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI...
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When Women Lie
as uncreditedThree stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka),...
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Apostasy
as Tatsutarô InokoIn the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a...
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Children of Hiroshima
as IwakichiShows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays...
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A Legend, or Was It?
as uncreditedA Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry...
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Composition Class
as TeacherBased on an autobiographical story by Toyota Masako.
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A Trap
as Kinzô ÔtsukaWhen her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman...
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Shadow of Deception
as uncreditedIt was five years ago when Minako spent a night with Sozo, younger brother of her ex-husband....
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No Greater Love
as uncreditedIn 1943, Japan is amidst the Pacific War. Sobei Sonoda is one of the wealthiest landowners of...
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The Earth is Born Again
as Corporate chairmanA dramatic film that recorded the history of Japan in the period of high economic growth. This...
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Tojuro's Love
as uncreditedA colourful study of theatrical life. Two acting troupes vie for the Kyoto market during the...
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Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
as uncreditedA great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there...
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Miniature
as InoGinko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one...
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Crimson Wings
as Junpei NaganumaAt about the same time as lwami, president of a Tokyo company is murdered by an unknown...
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Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
as uncreditedFukagawa's chef Ushimatsu of the restaurant Kawatake fell in love with a maid named Omame and...
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The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
as ShimizuJiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different...
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The Grand Master
as SekineShogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor...
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The Temptress and the Monk
as Old SochoNominated for Golden Berlin Bear.
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Ghost Story of Youth
as AkuzawaA melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a...
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Sakura-tai Chiru
as uncreditedA documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived...
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限りなき情熱
as uncreditedIs it the sin of a woman's heart that casts ripples unexpectedly among peaceful people? In the...
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The Black Current
as uncreditedA reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company,...
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The Ball at the Anjo House
as Tadahiko AnjoAfter Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their...
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A Man Explodes
as uncreditedKensaku Muro and his father manage a farm in Sakudaira at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains....
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浅草の夜
as Tozuki's fatherA young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a...
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Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
as uncreditedDai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten: Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie
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Across the Darkness
as HiroseA journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed...
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Jirocho Fuji
as uncreditedLegendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire...
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A Hole of My Own Making
as uncreditedNobuko is a widow who lives with her daughter-in-law Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The...
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Shi no machi wo nogarete
as uncreditedGroup of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.
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Taking the Castle
as uncreditedThe Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa,...
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Dream Young Man's Dream
as uncreditedAn early contemporary yakuza action drama.
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Jinsei Gekijo
as uncredited1964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation.
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Jungle Block
as Yonekichi AzusaA young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted...
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The Giant
as uncreditedJapanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from...
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Etajima, the Naval Academy
as uncreditedThe former Japanese Naval Academy was at Etajima, one of the many islands of the beautiful...
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Story of a Beloved Wife
as uncreditedStory of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi...
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On This Earth
as MeichôKanazawa in the Taisho era. A former junior high school student, Ichiro's family used to be a...
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Stop the Old Fox
as NakanoHistorical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the...
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The Heart of Hiroshima
as Director of the HospitalOne morning, Kazue is nearly knocked over by a motorbike in front of an instrument store,...
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Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
as Gonbei NaosukePart 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and...
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The Yamabiko School
as uncreditedA story of a passionate teacher and his great effort for the children in a poor village.
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The Bells of Nagasaki
as uncreditedThe film portrays the experiences of Takashi Nagai as a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
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I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
as uncreditedA Japanese soldier who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Hawaii entrusted Henry Gray...
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Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
as KosugiThree sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means...
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The Man Who Laughs Last
as uncreditedThe East Asian Acrobatic circus enjoys popularity after welcoming the Asuka brothers, two...
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Men and War III: The Final Chapter
as Yusuke GodaiFinal part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of...
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Akō Rōshi
as Kira Kouzukenosuke"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit...
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Shin Heike Monogatari
as Shirakawa-in / Go-ShirakawaSet at the end of the 12th century when several wars for control of Japan disrupted a long era...
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Heaven and Earth
as Nagao TamekageThe story chronicles the life of Nagao Kagetora.
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Kyukei no Koya
as uncreditedBased on novel 1962 "Kyukei no Koya" by Seicho Matsumoto. A serial murder occurs around the...
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