Takao Osawa (Japanese: 大沢 たかお, Hepburn: Ōsawa Takao, born March 11, 1968)[1] is a Japanese actor.
Takao Osawa | |
|---|---|
 Osawa at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. | |
| Born | March 11, 1968 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, model, producer |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Website | www |
Career
editOsawa starred in the 2002 film Filament[2] and the 2007 film Midnight Eagle.[3] He has also appeared in films such as Masayuki Suo's A Terminal Trust[4] and Takashi Miike's Shield of Straw.[5]
The Newport Beach Film Festival in Newport Beach, CA, screened Osawa's film Wolf Children on April 27, 2013.[6]
In mid-2018, he is playing the Kralahome in the West End revival of The King and I.[7]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | I Want to Love You in a Way That'll Melt the Ski Slopes | Masaru Shigure | ||
| 1996 | Two Punks | Yoichi Fujikawa | Lead role | |
| 1999 | The Island Tales | Haruki Fukuyama | ||
| Sennen Tabito | Togashi | |||
| 2001 | All About Lily Chou-Chou | Takao Tabito | ||
| 2002 | Jam Films | Mathematician | Lead role, segment "Cold Sleep" | |
| Filament | Kyota Sawada | |||
| 2003 | Aragami | The Samurai | Lead role | |
| The Battling Angel | Kazumasa Furuyoshi | Lead role | ||
| Hana | Yoichiro Nozaki | Lead role | ||
| Sky High | Tatsuya Kudo | |||
| 2004 | Gege | Takayuki Takano | Lead role | |
| Hana and Alice | Ryo Taguchi | |||
| Crying Out Love in the Center of the World | Sakutaro Matsumoto | Lead role | ||
| 2005 | Into the Sun | Kuroda | ||
| 2006 | Helen the Baby Fox | Koji Yajima | Lead role | |
| A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth | Naruse | Lead role | ||
| Riding the Metro | Sakichi Konuma | |||
| Christmas on July 24th Avenue | Satoshi Okuda | |||
| Bizan | Dr. Daisuke Terasawa | |||
| 2007 | Life: Tears in Heaven | Natsuki Iijima | Lead role | |
| Midnight Eagle | Yuji Nishizaki | Lead role | ||
| 2008 | The Taste of Fish | Shuntaro Akagi | Lead role | |
| Ichi | Toma Fujihira | |||
| Love Fight | Joe Oki | |||
| 2009 | Halfway | Hirabayashi | ||
| Goemon | Kirigakure Saizō | |||
| Ballad: Nameless Love Song | Takatora Okurai | |||
| 2010 | Flowers | Hiroshi Manaka | ||
| The Sakurada Gate Incident | Tetsunosuke Seki | Lead role | ||
| 2012 | Wolf Children Ame and Yuki | Ookami (voice) | Animated film | |
| A Terminal Trust | The prosecutor | |||
| 2013 | Strawberry Night | Isao Makita | ||
| Shield of Straw | Kazuki Mekari | |||
| 2014 | Kano | Yoichi Hatta | Taiwanese film | |
| 2015 | The Lion Standing in the Wind | Koichiro Shimada | Lead role | |
| 2018 | Wish You Were Here | Tomiya | Chinese film | [8] |
| 2019 | Kingdom | Wang Qi | [9] | |
| 2020 | AI Amok | Kiryū | Lead role | [10] |
| 2021 | The Great Yokai War: Guardians | Inugami Gyōbu | [11] | |
| 2022 | Kingdom 2: Far and Away | Wang Qi | [9] | |
| 2023 | Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny | Wang Qi | [12] | |
| The Silent Service | Shiro Kaieda | Lead role; also producer | [13] | |
| 2024 | Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General | Wang Qi | [14] |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Kimi to Ita Natsu | Ryoichi Aizawa | ||
| Wakamono no Subete | Shinsuke Yamazaki | |||
| Hana no Ran | Ashikaga Yoshitane | Taiga drama | ||
| 1995 | Hoshi no Kinka | Shuichi Nagai | ||
| Kamisan no Waruguchi 2 | Satoshi Mikami | |||
| 1996 | Zoku Hoshi no Kinka | Shuichi Nagai | ||
| Gekiteki Kiko: Shinya Tokkyu | Koutaro Sawaki | |||
| Only You: Aisarete | Sumio Ozaki | |||
| Rennai Zenya Ichidodake: Shoya no Asa | ||||
| 1997 | Dessin | Satoshi Asakura | ||
| 1998 | Seikimatsu no Uta / The Last Song | Mysterious Man | ||
| 1999 | Utsukushii Hito | Jiro Murasame | ||
| 2000 | Another Heaven | Goro Minazuki | ||
| Worst Contact | Takimoto | |||
| Hyaku-nen no Monogatari | Kazuo Hirose | |||
| 2001 | Ex-Lover / Mukashi no Otoko | Arashi Ikeda | ||
| 2003 | Ore wa Iwashi | Wang | TV movie | |
| 2006 | Tokyo Wonder Tours | Himself | ||
| 2009–11 | Jin | Jin Minakata | Lead role; 2 seasons | [15] |
| 2013 | Fiery Enmity: Hero of the North | Aterui | Lead role | |
| Galileo | Shikō Renzaki | Episode 1, season 2 | ||
| 2015 | Burning Flower | Katori Tomohiko | Taiga drama | [16] |
| 2019 | Ōoku the Final | Tokugawa Yoshimune | Television film | [17] |
| 2023 | One Day: Wonderful Christmas Ado | Tokio Tachiaoi | Lead role | [18][19] |
| 2024 | The Silent Service | Shiro Kaieda | Lead role; also producer | [20] |
Games
edit- Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (2007) as Anton Herzen (voice)
References
editExternal links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)
- Takao Osawa at IMDb
- Takao Osawa at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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