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.
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Known For
Kwaidan
(1965)
Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Fires on the Plain
(1959)
Yasuda
The Inheritance
(1962)
Kyoichiro Kurayama
The Sands of Kurobe
(1968)
Otagaki
August without Emperor
(1978)
Prime Minister Sabashi
Children of Hiroshima
(1952)
Iwakichi
Full Filmography
Acting
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
(1935)
Kosugi
Drifting
(1935)
Aoyama (an actor)
Mother's Melody
(1937)
Composition Class
(1938)
Teacher
The Giant
(1938)
Tojuro's Love
(1938)
Subterranean Heat
(1938)
Shimizu
The Brick Factory Girl
(1946)
Le père de Thuy
The Ball at the Anjo House
(1947)
Tadahiko Anjo
The Grand Master
(1948)
Sekine
Apostasy
(1948)
Tatsutarô Inoko
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
(1948)
Broken Drum
(1949)
Naoki
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
(1949)
Naosuke Gonbei
The Man Who Laughs Last
(1949)
Konna onna ni dare ga shita
(1949)
Detective
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
(1949)
Gonbei Naosuke
Till We Meet Again
(1950)
Eisaku
Street of Violence
(1950)
Toyama
Resurrection
(1950)
Hiroshi Ushio
The Bells of Nagasaki
(1950)
Story of a Beloved Wife
(1951)
The Tale of Genji
(1951)
Emperor Kiritsubo
限りなき情熱
(1951)
Children of Hiroshima
(1952)
Iwakichi
Shi no machi wo nogarete
(1952)
The Yamabiko School
(1952)
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
(1952)
Before Dawn
(1953)
Hanzo
Miniature
(1953)
Ino
The Black Current
(1954)
Dorodarake no seishun
(1954)
疾風愛憎峠
(1954)
Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
(1954)
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
(1954)
Hanran
(1954)
浅草の夜
(1954)
Tozuki's father
Christ in Bronze
(1955)
Cristóvão Ferreira
A Hole of My Own Making
(1955)
Six Assassins
(1955)
Called to the Stand
(1956)
How Sorrowful
(1956)
Family of Sorrow
(1956)
Secret of Naruto
(1957)
The Temptress and the Monk
(1957)
Old Socho
On This Earth
(1957)
Meichô
Stolen Desire
(1958)
Taminosuke Yamamura
The Loyal 47 Ronin
(1958)
Kôzukenosuke Kira
Face in the Dark
(1958)
Mori
Crimson Wings
(1958)
Junpei Naganuma
Fires on the Plain
(1959)
Yasuda
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
(1959)
Man with camera
Stop the Old Fox
(1959)
Nakano
Jirocho Fuji
(1959)
Etajima, the Naval Academy
(1959)
Dream Young Man's Dream
(1959)
Across the Darkness
(1959)
Hirose
A Man Explodes
(1959)
Jungle Block
(1960)
Yonekichi Azusa
Bitter End of a Sweet Night
(1961)
Hondo
Buddha
(1961)
That Guy and I
(1961)
The Estuary
(1961)
Love Under the Crucifix
(1962)
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
The Inheritance
(1962)
Kyoichiro Kurayama
Drunkard's Paradise
(1962)
Ai to shi no katami
(1962)
Seinen no isu
(1962)
Facing to the Clouds
(1962)
A Torrent of Life
(1962)
The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
(1963)
Shimizu
A Legend, or Was It?
(1963)
Shutsugeki
(1964)
Jinsei Gekijo
(1964)
Kwaidan
(1965)
Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
A Trap
(1965)
Kinzô Ôtsuka
Taking the Castle
(1965)
The Great White Tower
(1966)
No Greater Love
(1966)
The Heart of Hiroshima
(1966)
Director of the Hospital
Saga from Chichibu Mountains - Sword Cuts the Shadows
(1967)
Yoshida
The Sands of Kurobe
(1968)
Otagaki
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
(1970)
Yasuke Eboshiya
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
(1970)
Yusuke Godai
Shadow of Deception
(1971)
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
(1971)
Yusuke Godai
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
(1973)
Yusuke Godai
Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
(1976)
August without Emperor
(1978)
Prime Minister Sabashi
An Ocean to Cross
(1980)
Rouben
Sakura-tai Chiru
(1988)