Takao Osawa
Takao Osawa (Japanese: 大沢 たかお, Hepburn: Ōsawa Takao, born March 11, 1968) is a Japanese actor.
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 Osawa at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. | |
| Born | March 11, 1968 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor, model, producer |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Website | www |
Career
Osawa starred in the 2002 film Filament[1] and the 2007 film Midnight Eagle.[2] He has also appeared in films such as Masayuki Suo's A Terminal Trust[3] and Takashi Miike's Shield of Straw.[4]
The Newport Beach Film Festival in Newport Beach, CA, screened Osawa's film Wolf Children on April 27, 2013.[5]
In mid-2018, he is playing the Kralahome in the West End revival of The King and I.[6]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2019 | Kingdom | Wang Qi | |
| 2020 | AI Amok | Kiryū | Lead role |
| 2021 | The Great Yokai War: Guardians | ||
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | JIN | Jin Minakata | Lead role |
| 2011 | JIN 2 | Jin Minakata | Lead role |
| 2013 | Fiery Enmity: Hero of the North | Aterui | Lead role |
| Galileo | Shikō Renzaki | Episode 1, season 2 | |
| 2015 | Hana Moyu | Katori Tomohiko | Taiga drama |
| 2019 | Ōoku the Final | Tokugawa Yoshimune | TV movie |
Games
- Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (2007) as Anton Herzen (voice)
References
- Mes, Tom (September 18, 2012). "Midnight Eye review: Filament". Midnight Eye.
- Schilling, Mark (November 23, 2007). "'Midnight Eagle' - The Japan Times". The Japan Times.
- DeFore, John (September 3, 2012). "A Terminal Trust (Tsui No Shintaku): Montreal Review - The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter.
- Mack, Andrew (February 16, 2013). "Trailer For Miike Takashi's STRAW SHIELD". Twitch Film.
- ”Wolf Children Newport Beach Film Festival 2013 Screening”
- "Bartlett Sher Revival of The King and I to Head Out on International Tour", BroadwayWorld.com, July 5, 2018
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Takao Osawa at IMDb
- Takao Osawa at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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