Osamu Takizawa

Osamu Takizawa (滝沢 修, Takizawa Osamu, 13 November 1906 – 22 June 2000^[1]) was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ushigome, Shinjuku, Tokyo. Starting at the Tsukiji Little Theater, Takizawa participated in a number of theatrical troupes before forming Gekidan Mingei with Jūkichi Uno.^[1] His was praised for his performance in Death of a Salesman and also directed a version of The Diary of Anne Frank.^[1] Perhaps his most notable film role was in Fires on the Plain.^[2]

Partial filmography

Film

• A Ball at the Anjo House (安城家の舞踏会, Anjō-ke no butōkai) (1947)
• The Bells of Nagasaki (長崎の鐘, Nagasaki no Kane) (1950)
• The Tale of Genji (1951)
• Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)
• Children of Hiroshima (1952)
• Epitome (1953)
• Rokunin no ansatsusha (1955)
• Christ in Bronze (1956)
• The Loyal 47 Ronin (忠臣蔵 Chūshingura) (1958) - Kira Yoshinaka
• Stolen Desire (盗まれた欲情, Nusumareta yokujo) (1958)
• Fires on the Plain (1959)
• The Flower and the Angry Waves (花と怒濤, Hana to dotō) (1964)
• Shiroi Kyotō (白い巨塔) (1966) - Professor Funao
• The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
• Rokudenashi Blues '98 (ろくでなしBLUES '98) (1998)

Television

• Akō Rōshi (1963) - Kira Yoshinaka
• Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1966) - Fujiwara no Hidehira
• San Shimai (1967) - Shinbei of the Wind
• Ryōma ga Yuku (1968) - Narrator
• Ten to Chi to (1969) - Nagao Tamekage
• Shin Heike Monogatari (1972) - Emperor Go-Shirakawa

Honours

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (1977)
• Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (1986)

References

External links

• Osamu Takizawa at the Internet Movie Database