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]

Osamu Takizawa
In A Ball at the Anjo House (1947) with Setsuko Hara
Born	(1906-11-13)13 November 1906 Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan
Died	22 June 2000(2000-06-22) (aged 93) Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1925–1997

Partial filmography

Film

Takizawa in the 1950 film Bōryoku no Machi

• Three Sisters With Maiden Hearts (乙女ごころ三人姉妹, Otome-gokoro sannin shimai) (1935)
• 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) - Sakamoto Ryōma
• Christ in Bronze (1956)
• A Fantastic Tale of Naruto (1957)
• 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)
• Kiku to Isamu (1959)
• Love Under the Crucifix (1962)
• The Flower and the Angry Waves (花と怒濤, Hana to dotō) (1964)
• Kiri no Hata (1965)
• Taking The Castle (1965) - Naoe Kanetsugu
• Shiroi Kyotō (1966) - Professor Funao
• The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
• Tempyō no Iraka (1980)
• Rokudenashi Blues '98 (ろくでなしBLUES '98) (1998)

Television

• Akō Rōshi (1964) - 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 Shirakawa and Emperor Go-Shirakawa

Honours

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