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.
Movies
The Eel
Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
Pigs and Battleships
Gunji
The Ballad of Narayama
Katsuzô
The Pornographers
Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
The Insect Woman
Ken
Foundry Town
Take Aim at the Police Van
Gorô Kashima
Pleasures of the Flesh
Hayami
Silence Has No Wings
The Human Bullet
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Kinzo
Elegant Beast
Pinosaku, the singer
A Sandcastle Model Family Home
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
Ushimatsu
Frankie the Milkman
Shingo Yamaguchi
A Smell of Money
Winter's Flower
Chan
Why Not?
Sakunojo
Ichijo's Wet Lust
Ramen Shop Owner
Love for an Idiot
Boxer
Apartment Manager
Black Rain
Shokichi
The Sleeping Beast Within
Reporter Horibe
Rennyo and His Mother
Smashing the 0-Line
Lee
Classmates
Sublieutenant Doi
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Express Train
The War Without Weapons
The Glamorous Ghost
The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
The Girl from Osaka
Our Town
Keikichi
Endless Desire
A teacher
Bad Girl
Story of a Prostitute
Akiyama
Tora-san's Promise
Tsunesaburo
Once a Rainy Day
A Slope in the Sun
A Story from Echigo
Tokyo Knights
Revenge
Koyama Samon
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Sankichi
Young Breasts
The Threat
Room for Let
Minoru Eto
Our Happiness Alone
Female Ninja Magic
Usuzumi
The Scarlet Camellia
Seiichi
The Temple of Wild Geese
Kuniitsu Takami
Scrap Collectors
The Black Cat
A Killer Without a Grave
The Maid Story
Traveling in Party
Till We Meet Again
Doc Misawa
Summer Soldiers
Tanikawa
Living by Karate
Heisuke
Inn of the Floating Weeds
Taki
Intentions of Murder
Kazuyuki Tamaru
Trigger Happy Romeo
Tadashi Hayakawa
Sweet Sweat
Young Challengers
Shintaro Namikawa
Jungle Block
Nippon no obaachan
Till We Meet Again
The Spying Sorceress
The Gambling Monk
Burden of Love
Secretary Torii
The Gate of Youth
The Girl I Abandoned
Free and Easy 18
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
Hungry Soul, Part II
Tachibana's Old Friend B
That Guy and I
The Pirates of Buban
Twice on a Certain Night
Cat Changed Into Tiger
Life insurance agent
Crimson Wings
Yukihiro Ando
Temptation
The Shy Deceiver
Song of Love
Postman
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
Seikichi Kawarai
Sun Above, Death Below
Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama
Nishi Ginza Station
Mantaro
The Tokyo Mighty Guy
Hamakawa
A Modern Samurai Village
Tajima Taichi
Explosion Course
Narrator
Stolen Desire
Toshiro
Neon taiheiki
as Toshinori, Masumoto
The River Yokobori
Gamakuchi
Badge of the Night
Nuclear Scrapbook
Narrator
Japan for Sale
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
Forbidden Lips
Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian In Japan, Authentic Account
Quick-Draw Dog
Whistling in the Darkness
I Can Hear the Duck Singing
He's the Witness
Wolves of the Night
Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
Seisaku's Wife
Hyosuke
Gonza the Spearman
Boatman
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
Fresh Leaves
Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
Vengeance Is Mine
Nisshinbo Section Manager
Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
Ponkotsu oyaji
Dai shusse monogatari
おヤエの家つき女中
The Golden Bat Shows Up
Seitaro Marukawa