Osamu Takizawa
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: November 13, 1906
Place of Birth: Ushigome, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Known For
That Guy and I
Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, she meets his father Kokichi and his mother Motoko. Motoko is a famous hair dresser, who openly flaunts her lover. When Kokichi and Motoko fight, which they do a lot, he routinely threatens to leave but never quite does. A relationship develops between Saburo and Keiko, but Saburo is shaken when his mother tells Keiko the truth about Saburo's past and the secret of his birth.
The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. Having met by accident, they soon discover a new life together. But their love is ill-fated. Mami's family will not accept her choice, while leading an honest life seems like an unattainable goal for Jiro. Can there be anything else but a tragic ending?
Miniature
Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.
Kwaidan
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
Fires on the Plain
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.
Akō Rōshi
"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit suicide after attempting to kill Lord Kira. Once the retainers hear about their Lord's death, they sacrifice their lives to regain the honor of their former master.
Heaven and Earth
The story chronicles the life of Nagao Kagetora.
The Inheritance
A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown, so a bevy of lawyers and associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.
A Trap
When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.
Children of Hiroshima
Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.
Filmography
as Rouben
as Prime Minister Sabashi
as Yusuke Godai
as Shirakawa-in / Go-Shirakawa
as Yusuke Godai
as Corporate chairman
as Yusuke Godai
as Yasuke Eboshiya
as Nagao Tamekage
as Otagaki
as Director of the Hospital
as Kinzô Ôtsuka
as Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
as Kira Kouzukenosuke
as Shimizu
as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
as Kyoichiro Kurayama
as Hondo
as Yonekichi Azusa
as Hirose
as Yasuda
as Nakano
as Man with camera
as Junpei Naganuma
as Mori
as Taminosuke Yamamura
as Kôzukenosuke Kira
as Meichô
as Old Socho
as Cristóvão Ferreira
as Akuzawa
as Tozuki's father
as Hanzo
as Ino
as Iwakichi
as Emperor Kiritsubo
as Hiroshi Ushio
as Eisaku
as Toyama
as Naoki
as Gonbei Naosuke
as Naosuke Gonbei
as Detective
as Tatsutarô Inoko
as Sekine
as Tadahiko Anjo
as Teacher
as Setoguchi Tōkichi
as Shimizu
as Aoyama (an actor)
as Kosugi