Osamu Takizawa

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.

Partial filmography Film

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)