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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

104

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-11-13

Day of Death

2000-06-22 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

Ushigome, Tokyo,Japan

Also Known As

Osamu Takizawa (I)

滝沢 修

Osamu Takizawa

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.

Known For

Acting

Kwaidan

1965

Kwaidan

as

Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Fires on the Plain

1959

Fires on the Plain

as

Yasuda

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

1970

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

as

Yasuke Eboshiya

Stolen Desire

1958

Stolen Desire

as

Taminosuke Yamamura

The Ball at the Anjo House

1947

The Ball at the Anjo House

as

Tadahiko Anjo

The Sands of Kurobe

1968

The Sands of Kurobe

as

Otagaki

Love Under the Crucifix

1962

Love Under the Crucifix

as

Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Hanran

1954

Hanran

as

Christ in Bronze

1955

Christ in Bronze

as

Cristóvão Ferreira

Subterranean Heat

1938

Subterranean Heat

as

Shimizu

Asakusa at Night

1954

Asakusa at Night

as

Tozuki's father

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

1949

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

as

Gonbei Naosuke

The Grand Master

1948

The Grand Master

as

Sekine

A Trap

1965

A Trap

as

Kinzô Ôtsuka

Buddha

1961

Buddha

as

The Inheritance

1962

The Inheritance

as

Kyoichiro Kurayama

August without Emperor

1978

August without Emperor

as

Prime Minister Sabashi

Apostasy

1948

Apostasy

as

Tatsutarô Inoko

Broken Drum

1949

Broken Drum

as

Naoki

Till We Meet Again

1950

Till We Meet Again

as

Eisaku

Before Dawn

1953

Before Dawn

as

Hanzo

Composition Class

1938

Composition Class

as

Teacher

Children of Hiroshima

1952

Children of Hiroshima

as

Iwakichi

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1958

The Loyal 47 Ronin

as

Kôzukenosuke Kira

The Tale of Genji

1951

The Tale of Genji

as

Emperor Kiritsubo

Street of Violence

1950

Street of Violence

as

Toyama

Stop the Old Fox

1959

Stop the Old Fox

as

Nakano

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

1949

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

as

Naosuke Gonbei

The Brick Factory Girl

1946

The Brick Factory Girl

as

Le père de Thuy

Drifting

1935

Drifting

as

Aoyama (an actor)

Jungle Block

1960

Jungle Block

as

Yonekichi Azusa

An Ocean to Cross

1980

An Ocean to Cross

as

Rouben

The Heart of Hiroshima

1966

The Heart of Hiroshima

as

Director of the Hospital

Miniature

1953

Miniature

as

Ino

Crimson Wings

1958

Crimson Wings

as

Junpei Naganuma

On This Earth

1957

On This Earth

as

Meichô

Resurrection

1950

Resurrection

as

Hiroshi Ushio

The Giant

1938

The Giant

as

The Earth is Born Again

1971

The Earth is Born Again

as

Corporate chairman

Shin Heike Monogatari

Shin Heike Monogatari

as

Shirakawa-in / Go-Shirakawa

Heaven and Earth

Heaven and Earth

as

Nagao Tamekage

Akō Rōshi

Akō Rōshi

as

Kira Kouzukenosuke

Production

Crew

Directing