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.
The Ballad of Narayama
as KatsuzôIn a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go...
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Vengeance Is Mine
as Nisshinbo Section ManagerA thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
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The Eel
as Gynaecolology Clinic DoctorA businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a...
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Black Rain
as ShokichiShigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with...
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The Insect Woman
as KenA woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect,...
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Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian In Japan, Authentic Account
as uncreditedA backstage documentary and interview with the real life lesbian stage performer Kaoru Kiri...
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The Pornographers
as Yoshimoto 'Subu' OgataSubu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed...
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Pigs and Battleships
as GunjiIn the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the...
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Take Aim at the Police Van
as Gorô KashimaA sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as KinzoSaheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He...
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Intentions of Murder
as Kazuyuki TamaruThe neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with...
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Story of a Prostitute
as AkiyamaVolunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service...
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Stolen Desire
as ToshiroA rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of...
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Pleasures of the Flesh
as HayamiA corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase...
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The Human Bullet
as uncreditedA soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his...
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Why Not?
as SakunojoThe film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in...
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Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
as SankichiA jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light...
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Love for an Idiot
as Jôji KawaiA middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she...
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Seisaku's Wife
as HyosukeOn the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane...
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Silence Has No Wings
as uncreditedFollowing the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido,...
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Temptation
as uncreditedShokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an...
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Gonza the Spearman
as BoatmanThe tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokagawa Period, a time in which...
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Ichijo's Wet Lust
as Ramen Shop OwnerIchijo Sayuri, once the legendary queen of Osaka strippers, has retired to run a sushi shop. She...
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The Gambling Monk
as uncreditedOne summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing...
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Elegant Beast
as Pinosaku, the singerA greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while...
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Winter's Flower
as ChanKanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a...
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The Gate of Youth
as uncreditedMainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his...
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The Temple of Wild Geese
as Kuniitsu TakamiSatoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan...
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To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as uncreditedBased on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military...
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Revenge
as Koyama SamonAn innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai...
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Nishi Ginza Station
as MantaroThis short comedy concerns the extramarital affair of a drugstore owner. It is based on a...
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The War Without Weapons
as uncreditedIt's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children,...
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Summer Soldiers
as TanikawaDuring the Vietnam War, an American G.I. deserts his base in Japan and escapes to Tokyo with the...
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The Sleeping Beast Within
as Reporter HoribeWhen a middle aged salaryman is unknowingly used by drug traffickers he is dishonored and fires...
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The Pirates of Buban
as uncreditedBy going to the Philippines, Imamura comes to meet people living in an extreme poverty. He...
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The Threat
as uncreditedTwo escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an...
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Fresh Leaves
as uncreditedKeiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a...
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Burden of Love
as Secretary ToriiThe female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a...
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The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
as uncreditedTaro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with...
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The Scarlet Camellia
as SeiichiA young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because...
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A Story from Echigo
as uncreditedA sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his...
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Endless Desire
as A teacherSet in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a...
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The Tokyo Mighty Guy
as HamakawaMega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a...
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Female Ninja Magic
as UsuzumiIn Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's...
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Boxer
as Apartment ManagerIn the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets...
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Smashing the 0-Line
as LeeKatiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and...
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Bad Girl
as uncreditedWakae is a 15 year old girl who lived under the same roof with her alcoholic father and stepmom....
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Tokyo Knights
as uncreditedA college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.
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Foundry Town
as uncreditedSet in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families...
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The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
as UshimatsuAn outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of...
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The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
as Seikichi KawaraiFormer boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow...
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Hungry Soul, Part II
as Tachibana's Old Friend BA continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to...
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Tora-san's Promise
as TsunesaburoTora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he...
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The River Yokobori
as GamakuchiTaka, the daughter of Naniwa-ya, a longtime Osaka store owner, married Kichisaburo Kawashima-ya,...
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Song of Love
as PostmanThe life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.
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Jungle Block
as uncreditedA young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted...
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Living by Karate
as HeisukeWada Kōji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss.
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A Killer Without a Grave
as uncreditedNakata (Keiichiro Akagi) is a nihilistic young buck who is willing to do anything to get money...
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Forbidden Lips
as uncreditedA youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a...
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Traveling in Party
as uncreditedA comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.
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The Girl I Abandoned
as uncreditedTsutomu Yoshioka, a Tokyo office worker, is engaged to Mariko, the niece of his company's...
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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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Express Train
as uncreditedAtsumi Kiyoshi, famous for his role in Torasan, stars as Aoki Goichi, a veteran train conductor...
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Our Happiness Alone
as uncreditedMototsugu is the younger son of Akira Sakawa, a director of an advertising agency whose mother,...
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The Black Cat
as uncreditedHelping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.
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Rennyo and His Mother
as uncreditedRennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in...
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Crimson Wings
as Yukihiro AndoAt about the same time as lwami, president of a Tokyo company is murdered by an unknown...
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A Slope in the Sun
as uncreditedThe young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro...
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Classmates
as Sublieutenant DoiA story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
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Sun Above, Death Below
as uncreditedSuspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring, and the...
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Till We Meet Again
as Doc MisawaJiro Sone sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is...
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The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
as uncreditedJapanese horror film directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi.
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Nippon no obaachan
as uncreditedTwo obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast...
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How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
as uncreditedA salaryman comedy.
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Our Town
as KeikichiIn 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan....
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The Glamorous Ghost
as uncreditedBased on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black...
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Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
as uncreditedThree stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman...
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Sweet Sweat
as FujiiThis film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo),...
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Wild Ducks and Green Onions
as uncreditedThe four-member con group, including the intellectual boss Nobukichi Ishiguro (Masayuki Mori),...
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Free and Easy 18
as uncreditedHama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up...
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The Maid Story
as uncreditedNine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like...
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Wolves of the Night
as uncreditedA unique action drama in which a ruthless yakuza encounters a woman and realizes his true love...
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Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
as uncreditedA timid salaryman is the subject of this black comedy.
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Japan for Sale
as uncreditedThe sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man".
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He's the Witness
as uncreditedTakuya witnesses the homicide of the detective leading an investigation into the murder of the...
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Young Challengers
as Shintaro NamikawaA story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow,...
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Cat Changed Into Tiger
as Life insurance agentA life insurance agent has a drinking problem causing him to lose his company a fortune. He...
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The Shy Deceiver
as uncreditedA young thug wanna-be yakuza falls in love with a country girl.
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The Spying Sorceress
as uncreditedSecond part of the series where sex magic skills of female and Iga ninjas clash over enourmous...
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Room for Let
as Minoru EtoWhen Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old...
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Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie
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Frankie the Milkman
as Shingo YamaguchiRoppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out...
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A Sandcastle Model Family Home
as uncreditedAn opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they...
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Till We Meet Again
as uncreditedCollege life starts off great for Michiko. She and her friend join the Italian Culture Research...
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Quick-Draw Dog
as uncreditedQuick Drawer Dog (早射ち犬 Hayauchi inu) is a 1967 film directed by Tetsutarō Murano. It is the...
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A Modern Samurai Village
as Tajima TaichiTajima Yumi, in grade school, is overjoyed when her father says they are moving to an apartment...
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The Song of the Season
as uncreditedA touching love story about a heroine who loses her parents in the war and tries to keep her...
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Young Breasts
as uncreditedA delinquent young man (Kobayashi Akira) from a wealthy family decides to get in on a...
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The Golden Bat Shows Up
as Seitaro MarukawaA comedy featuring The Golden Bat
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Nuclear Scrapbook
as NarratorA film essay about nuclear energy in Japan, composed of newspaper clippings collected in scrapbooks
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Zoku izuko e
as uncreditedSequel to "真実の愛情を求めて 何処へ" (1954). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.
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I Can Hear the Duck Singing
as uncreditedA man fed up with city life moves to a village in the mountains
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Badge of the Night
as uncreditedA noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose...
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Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie
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The Donkey Comes on a Tank
as uncreditedSabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when...
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Explosion Course
as NarratorAuto-racing crews prepare for the Indy car race near Fuji in this Japanese documentary....
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Twice on a Certain Night
as uncreditedPoor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband,...
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Trigger Happy Romeo
as Tadashi HayakawaFifth film in the "Inu" series.
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