--- name: "Eitarō Ozawa" canonical: "https://film.one/person/eitaro-ozawa" fi1m_id: "eitaro-ozawa" imdb_id: "nm0654712" tmdb_id: 97203 wikidata_id: "Q5350011" roles: ["Actor"] born: "27 March 1909" died: "23 April 1988" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T05:37:12.873417+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Eitarō Ozawa ## Identity Eitarō Ozawa - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eitaro-ozawa - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** eitaro-ozawa - **IMDb ID:** nm0654712 - **TMDB ID:** 97203 - **Wikidata ID:** Q5350011 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eitaro_Ozawa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5350011, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654712/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97203 Actor. Born 27 March 1909 in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. Died 23 April 1988. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 27 March 1909, Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan - **Died:** 23 April 1988 - **Also known as:** Эйтаро Одзава, Sakae Ozawa - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eitaro_Ozawa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5350011, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654712/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97203 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Ugetsu*](https://film.one/film/ugetsu.md) (89) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Eitarō Ozawa (also credited as Sakae Ozawa) was a Japanese actor and stage director. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1988. After leaving high school, Ozawa began acting in left-wing theatre groups including Toho Sayoku Gekijo and Shinkyo Gekidan. He made his film debut at the P.C.L. studio (later Toho) in 1935. In 1940 he was arrested following the dissolution of Shinkyo Gekidan and later joined Shochiku, working with directors including Tomu Uchida and Keisuke Kinoshita. He co-founded the Haiyuza theatre group in 1944. Ozawa's film roles include Tôbei in Kenji Mizoguchi's *Ugetsu* (1953), Hori in Akira Kurosawa's *Scandal* (1950), Terumasa Ikeda in *Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto* (1954), and the Minister of Finance in *The Return of Godzilla* (1984). He was also active as a stage director. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Ugetsu* (1953), Fi1m 89, as Tôbei — [page](https://film.one/film/ugetsu.md) ## Complete filmography (290) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Sakura-tai Chiru* (1988), Actor - *Totteoki no Seishun* (1988), Actor - *Totteoki no Seishun* (1988), series, Actor - *Ronin on a Mission* (1987), as Kira Kozukenosuke - *Shinran: Path to Purity* (1987), Actor - *A Taxing Woman* (1987), as Tax Accountant - *Death Shadows* (1986), Actor - *Lost in the Wilderness* (1986), as Eijiro Nishikawa - *Life of Don Matsugoro* (1986), Actor - *Godzilla 1985* (1985), as Finance Minister Kanzaki - *When Winter Comes* (1985), Actor - *Dangerous Women* (1985), as Kenichiro Kinumura - *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), as Minister of Finance Kanzaki - *Ghost Reunion* (1984), as Honma (Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Division Chief) - *The Fir Trees Remain* (1983), Actor - *Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin* (1983), series, Actor - *Shadow Hunters* (1983), Actor - *The Yoshida School* (1983), as Tsuruhei Matsuno - *Kenkaku Shōbai: Kadowakashi* (1983), Actor - *The Bored Samurai* (1983), as Genshichiro Matsudaira - *Kenkaku Shōbai: Tsujigiri* (1982), Actor - *The Longest Tunnel* (1982), Actor - *Suspicion* (1982), as Professor Anzai - *Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather* (1982), as Genichiro Tanabe - *Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2* (1982), Actor - *At This Late Date, the Charleston* (1981), as Prime Minister - *Willful Murder* (1981), as Itoga - *The Imperial Navy* (1981), Actor - *Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell* (1981), Actor - *Magistrate of the Floating World* (1981), Actor - *Kinagashi Bugyō* (1981), series, Actor - *The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?* (1981), series, Actor - *Blue Singing* (1980), series, Actor - *The Wicked* (1980), as Affluent-looking Man - *鮮やかな完全犯罪・女相続人* (1979), series, Actor - *The Bride of the Ghost Lake* (1979), as Honma(Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Division Chief) - *The Three Undelivered Letters* (1979), Actor - *Eighteen Years, to the Sea* (1979), as Kazutaka Oyagi - *Dog of Fortune* (1979), as Yoichi Tozawa - *Ghost Festival in Zenjin Village* (1979), as Honma (Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Division Chief) - *The House of Hanging* (1979), as Tokubei Honjo - *Devil's Flute* (1979), as Kimimaru Tamamushi - *Yasei no Shōmei* (1979), series, Actor - *Blood Type: Blue* (1978), as Godai · Director of News Department - *Ghost Coast* (1978), as Honma (Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Division Chief) - *August Without Emperor* (1978), as Infrastructure Minister Osanai - *Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron* (1978), Actor - *The White Tower* (1978), series, as 鵜飼雅一 - *Ghost Train* (1978), Actor - *Japanese Godfather: Ambition* (1977), as Daizo Okayama - *The Inugami Family* (1976), as Furudate Kyozou - *The Corporation* (1976), as Kaizuka - *Jail Breakers* (1976), as Kozen Tadoko - *New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss* (1976), as Hidemitsu Sakamoto - *Main Line to Terror* (1975), Actor - *Company Buggers* (1975), Actor - *Without Complaint* (1975), as Minister - *Sandakan No. 8* (1974), as Tarozo - *My Way* (1974), as Medical University professor - *Long Journey into Love* (1973), Actor - *Sweet Secret* (1971), Actor - *The Ceremony* (1971), as Tachibana Takeyo - *Will to Conquer* (1970), as Yajirō Iwasaki - *Nani ga nandemo Tamegorō* (1970), Actor - *Brave Red Flower of the North* (1970), Actor - *Heat Wave Island* (1969), Actor - *Vixen* (1969), as Komura - *Black Rose Mansion* (1969), as Kyohei Sakou - *Goyokin* (1969), as Narrator (voice) - *夕月* (1969), Actor - *Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder* (1968), Actor - *The Day the Sun Rose* (1968), Actor - *Desperate Hoodlum* (1968), Actor - *Rainbow Over the Pacific* (1968), Actor - *Wind of Youth* (1968), Actor - *Challenge of a Man* (1968), Actor - *Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman* (1968), as Hori - *Zatoichi Challenged* (1967), as Torikoshi - *Hawk of the Harbour* (1967), Actor - *Drunken Harbor* (1966), as Police chief - *Mt. Fuji Downhill Run* (1966), as Narrator - *The Great White Tower* (1966), as Professor Masayuki Ugai - *Ohana han* (1966), Actor - *Wild Geese* (1966), as Suezo - *Return of the Wolf* (1966), Actor - *Moment of Terror* (1966), as Kakinuma - *Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back* (1966), Actor - *Night Bitch* (1966), as Tetsugoro Komazaki - *Prison Walls of Abashiri 4* (1965), Actor - *Showdown in the Red Valley* (1965), as Daigoro Samejima - *Conquest* (1965), as Moronao - *Beast Alley* (1965), as Kôta Kitô - *Illusion of Blood* (1965), as Ito Kihei - *Samurai Spy* (1965), as Shigeyuki Koremura - *Haigo no hito* (1965), as Hanjirō Sawada - *Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo* (1964), as Ieyasu Tokugawa - *Showdown at Night's End* (1964), as Iseki - *The Call of Blood* (1964), as Noriaki Namiwada - *Sweet Sweat* (1964), as Gondo - *Ocean Floor Crime #1* (1964), Actor - *Assassination* (1964), as Premier Itakura - *Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut* (1964), Actor - *Love and Greed* (1964), as Daisaku Osone - *The Honest Fool* (1964), Actor - *Lips of Ruin* (1963), Actor - *Ukyunosuke on Patrol* (1963), Actor - *Jidanya* (1963), Actor - *Bronze Magician* (1963), as Киёкава из рода Фудзивара - *午前零時の出獄* (1963), Actor - *Pressure of Guilt* (1963), Actor - *Modern Children* (1963), Actor - *Black Report* (1963), as Ryuhei Yamamuro - *A Woman's Life* (1962), as Shosuke Tsutsumi - *Mount Hakone* (1962), Actor - *The Midday Trap* (1962), as Yusuke - *The Man From the Sea* (1962), Actor - *The Mad Fox* (1962), as Daisuke Iwakura - *Musume to watashi* (1962), Actor - *The Challenge* (1962), Actor - *Gorath* (1962), as Kinami - Minister of Justice - *23 Steps to Bed* (1962), Actor - *誘拐* (1962), Actor - *Knightly Advice* (1962), Actor - *Ningen Gari* (1962), as Taguchi - *Their Legacy* (1962), Actor - *The Rambler Goes North* (1962), Actor - *A Wife Confesses* (1961), as Ryôkichi Takigawa - *Refresher Course for Wives* (1961), Actor - *Gunman's Alley* (1961), Actor - *The Cave of the Vampire Bats* (1961), Actor - *Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku* (1961), Actor - *Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region* (1961), Actor - *An Eagle Eyed Lord* (1961), Actor - *Challenge to Live* (1961), Actor - *Young Lord Yakuza* (1961), Actor - *Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō* (1961), Actor - *Romance Express* (1961), Actor - *Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?* (1961), as Colonel Fujimori - *Hijō no otoko* (1961), Actor - *A Killer Without a Grave* (1961), Actor - *Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman* (1961), Actor - *Police Department Part 15: Alibi* (1961), Actor - *He Killed Dad* (1961), Actor - *20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1* (1961), Actor - *Fighting Delinquents* (1960), as Kanjuro Mizoguchi - *Devotion to Railway* (1960), as Doctor - *The War Without Weapons* (1960), as Ogami, landowner - *Shinran, Part II* (1960), Actor - *The Sun's Burial* (1960), as Doranya - *Scarred Yosaburo* (1960), Actor - *The Song Lantern* (1960), Actor - *The Master Spearman* (1960), as Ieyasu Tokugawa - *The Pearl Fishers* (1960), as Narrator - *錆びた鎖* (1960), Actor - *Banana* (1960), Actor - *The Demon of Mount Oe* (1960), Actor - *The Hidden Himalayas* (1960), as Narrator - *Glorious Firefighter’s Standard* (1960), Actor - *When a Woman Ascends the Stairs* (1960), as Minobe - *Spring Dreams* (1960), as Shôbei Okudaira - *The Bride from Japan* (1959), Actor - *The Ghost of Iwojima* (1959), as Makiyama - *The Human Wall* (1959), Actor - *Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy* (1959), Actor - *A Dead Drifter* (1959), Actor - *Lord Nobunaga's Early Days* (1959), Actor - *Lucky Dragon No. 5* (1959), as Governor - *The Song of the Cart* (1959), Actor - *The Human Condition I: No Greater Love* (1959), as Okazaki - *The Snowy Heron* (1958), Actor - *Blackmail* (1958), Actor - *Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman* (1958), Actor - *Face in the Dark* (1958), as Inspector - *The H-Man* (1958), as Police Sgt. Miyashita - *Beyond the Seasonal Wind* (1958), Actor - *Police Precinct Part 7* (1958), Actor - *Go and Get It* (1958), as Yamada - *The Loyal 47 Ronin* (1958), as Hyôbu Chisaka - *Princess Tsuki* (1958), Actor - *On This Earth* (1957), as School master - *Mesopotamia* (1957), as Narrator - *Geisha in the Old City* (1957), as Zensuke - *A Dangerous Hero* (1957), as Tajima - *Kisses* (1957), as Daikichi Miyamoto - *Reign of Terror* (1957), as Kaichirō Kogō - *A Tale of Dung and Urine* (1957), as Tomoda - *The Eye of Heaven* (1957), Actor - *Tales of Young Genji Kuro* (1957), Actor - *Night Butterflies* (1957), as Kohei Kizaki - *Evening Calm* (1957), Actor - *Love of the Princess* (1957), Actor - *The Face* (1957), as Kakurai - *Actress* (1956), Actor - *The Thick-Walled Room* (1956), as Hamada - *Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu* (1956), as Tatsunari Ube (Saiki's uncle & professor) - *The Forest Is Alive* (1956), Actor - *Manchurian Sunset* (1956), as Genzan - *Undercurrent* (1956), Actor - *How Sorrowful* (1956), Actor - *俺は死なない* (1956), Actor - *Three-Headed Tower* (1956), Actor - *Ai to chie no wa* (1956), Actor - *こゝに幸あり・後篇 花咲く朝* (1956), Actor - *こゝに幸あり・前篇 誘惑の都* (1956), Actor - *Ishigassen* (1955), Actor - *Floating Weeds Diary* (1955), as Tamakiya - *The Romance of Yushima* (1955), Actor - *荒木又右衛門* (1955), as 河合甚左衛門 - *The Lone Journey* (1955), as Harashima no Tokutaro - *牢獄の花嫁* (1955), Actor - *Yukiko* (1955), Actor - *Minamoto Yoshitsune* (1955), Actor - *The Vassal's Neck* (1955), Actor - *If Indeed One Loves* (1955), as Kuniko's brother (segment 2) (voice) - *The Wolves* (1955), Actor - *Tôjûrô no koi* (1955), as Monzaemon Chikamatsu - *Till We Meet Again* (1955), as President Fujikawa - *Beautiful Days* (1955), as Mr. Shigaki - *Princess Yang Kwei-fei* (1955), as Yang Kuo-chung - *A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love* (1955), Actor - *Burden of Love* (1955), as Mr. Sakaguchi - *Dawn Chorus* (1955), Actor - *Chikamatsu Monogatari* (1954), as Sukeemon - *Atarashiki ten* (1954), Actor - *Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto* (1954), as Terumasa Ikeda - *Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako* (1954), Actor - *Hana no nagadosu* (1954), Actor - *The Glorious Days* (1954), Actor - *慶安水滸傳* (1954), as 丸橋忠弥 - *Waseda University* (1953), as Ōkuma Shigenob - *Hiroba no kōdoku* (1953), Actor - *Shishun no izumi* (1953), as Village Headman - *Adolescence Part II* (1953), as Junzo Mamiya - *Bot-chan* (1953), as Yamaarashi - *Desire* (1953), Actor - *Ugetsu* (1953), as Tôbei — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/ugetsu.md) - *Yassamossa* (1953), Actor - *Onna to iu shiro: Yuko no maki* (1953), Actor - *Onna to iu shiro: Mari no maki* (1953), Actor - *Dedication of the Great Buddha* (1952), Actor - *Lightning* (1952), as Tsunakichi - *Kare o korosu na* (1952), Actor - *Forbidden Path* (1952), Actor - *The Ataka Family* (1952), as Soichi's cousin - *Haha yamahiko* (1952), Actor - *Boshisen* (1951), Actor - *Beauty of Life* (1951), Actor - *Bengawan Solo* (1951), as Father Sherman - *Swords and Brocade* (1951), Actor - *Freedom School* (1951), Actor - *Doro ni mamirete* (1951), Actor - *Carmen Comes Home* (1951), as Maruno Juzo (uncredited) - *The Killing of Otsuya* (1951), Actor - *Beyond Love and Hate* (1951), Actor - *Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom* (1950), Actor - *Les Miserables I: God and the Devil* (1950), Actor - *Phoenix* (1950), Actor - *Alps Story: The Wild* (1950), Actor - *Designated Criminal* (1950), Actor - *The Sea of Beauty* (1950), Actor - *Scandal* (1950), as Hori - *Duel in the Sun* (1950), as Takayoshi Amanuma - *Escape at Dawn* (1950), as Adjutant - *Escape from Prison* (1950), as Konosuke - *Broken Drum* (1949), as Kimura (as Sakae Ozawa) - *Late Night Confession* (1949), Actor - *Lady From Hell* (1949), Actor - *Flame of My Love* (1949), as Ryuzo Hayase - *Apostasy* (1948), as Takayanagi - *The Portrait* (1948), as Kaneko - *Fujisancho* (1948), Actor - *Woman* (1948), as Tadashi - *The Love of the Actress Sumako* (1947), Actor - *Record of a Tenement Gentleman* (1947), as Father - *Marriage* (1947), as Shimamoto - *Morning for the Osone Family* (1946), as Issei Osone - *The Brick Factory Girl* (1946), as Rinzô - *You Are the Next Eagle* (1944), Actor - *Sailor* (1944), Actor - *Sinking the Unsinkable* (1944), Actor - *Navy* (1943), as Takao's father - *Dancing with a Mask* (1943), Actor - *Port of Flowers* (1943), as Shuzo - *Mother and Child Grass* (1942), Actor - *Man of the House* (1936), Actor - *Tokai no kaii 7-ji 03-bu* (1935), Actor - *Drifting* (1935), as Detective B - *Anata mo watashi mo o toshigoro*, Actor - *The Cursed Bride*, Actor - *The Doom of Night*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Eitarō Ozawa](https://film.one/media/person/3870134/gallery-6b58d04054de.jpg) Eitarō Ozawa — 大日本雄辯會講談社(Kodansha Ltd.), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Eitaro_Ozawa_1956_IMG_20221216_0001.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![ウナギを捌く小沢栄太郎（右は高峰秀子） (1948)](https://film.one/media/person/3870134/gallery-fc7578e7c7d3.jpg) ウナギを捌く小沢栄太郎（右は高峰秀子） (1948) — 朝日新聞社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Ozawa_Eitaro_cooks_eel.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![​『大曾根家の朝』（1946年）](https://film.one/media/person/3870134/gallery-b08a748160ae.png) ​『大曾根家の朝』（1946年） — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/The-Screenplay-Collections-by-Japanese-Writers-Volume-5-1.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![ウナギを捌く小沢栄太郎（右は高峰秀子） (1948)](https://film.one/media/person/3870134/gallery-428e62f07419.jpg) ウナギを捌く小沢栄太郎（右は高峰秀子） (1948) — 朝日新聞社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Ozawa_Eitaro_with_eel_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Mainichi Film Awards 1947: Mainichi Film Awards (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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