Eitar? Ozawa
Ozawa in 1956
Born	( 1909-03-27 ) 27 March 1909 Minato , Tokyo , Japan
Died	23 April 1988 (1988-04-23) (aged 79)
Other names	Sakae Ozawa
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Years active	1930-1988

Eitar? Ozawa ( 小? ?太? , Ozawa Eitar? , 27 March 1909 – 23 April 1988) , also credited as Sakae Ozawa (小??), was a Japanese film actor and stage actor and director. ^[1] He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1988, directed by notable filmmakers such as Kenji Mizoguchi , Mikio Naruse , Keisuke Kinoshita and Kaneto Shind? . ^{[2] [3]}

Biography [ edit ]

After leaving high school prematurely, Ozawa started acting in the left-wing theatre groups Toho Sayoku Gekijo and Shinkyo Gekidan. ^[1] He gave his film debut at the P.C.L. film studio (later Toho ) in 1935. ^[2] In 1940, the authorities ordered the dissolution of the Shinkyo Gekidan and arrested many of its members, including Ozawa, who was forced to change his stage name Sakae to his real name Eitar?. ^[1] After his release, he joined the Shochiku studio and starred in films by Tomu Uchida , Tomotaka Tasaka and Keisuke Kinoshita. ^[1] In 1944, he co-founded the Haiyuza theatre group, but was drafted in the same year. ^[1] After the war , he returned to the Haiyuza and started appearing in films again such as Yasujir? Ozu 's Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947), Akira Kurosawa 's Scandal (1950) and Mizoguchi's Ugetsu (1953) and The Crucified Lovers (1954). ^[1] For a few years, he took his former stage name Sakae again, before ultimately returning to Eitar?. ^[1]

In addition to acting, Ozawa was active as a director of stage plays, including Bertolt Brecht 's The Good Person of Szechwan which he had seen performed in Berlin , ^[4] and as a writer. ^[1]

Filmography (selected) [ edit ]

Films [ edit ]

Television [ edit ]

• Shin Heike Monogatari (1972) as Shinzei
• Genroku Taiheiki (1975) as Kira Yoshinaka
• Castle of Sand (1977)
• Shiroi Kyot? (1978) as Professor Ugai
• Hissatsu Karakurinin Fugakuhiyakkei Koroshitabi (1978)
• Ak? R?shi (1979) as Kira Yoshinaka
• Shadow Warriors III (1982) as Tokugawa Mitsusada
• ?oku (1983) as Tokugawa Mitsukuni

Awards and honours (selected) [ edit ]

• 1946: Mainichi Film Award for Morning for the Osone Family ^[5]
• 1984: Kinokuniya Theatre Award ^[1]
• 1988: Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette ^[1]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Eitaro Ozawa at IMDb