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, Tokyo, Japan. 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]

Filmography

(incomplete)

• 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)
• Children of Hiroshima (1952)
• Rokunin no ansatsusha (1955)
• Christ in Bronze (1956)
• The Loyal 47 Ronin (忠臣蔵 Chūshingura) (1958)
• Stolen Desire (盗まれた欲情, Nusumareta yokujo) (1958)
• Fires on the Plain (1959)
• The Flower and the Angry Waves (花と怒濤, Hana to dotō) (1964)
• Shiroi Kyotō (白い巨塔) (1966)
• The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
• Rokudenashi Blues '98 (ろくでなしBLUES '98) (1998)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Takizawa Osamu" (in Japanese). Nihon jinmei daijiten. Kōdansha. http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%BB%9D%E6%B2%A2%E4%BF%AE. Retrieved 5 December 2010. 
2. ^ Osamu Takizawa (I)

External links

• Osamu Takizawa at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Takizawa, Osamu
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese actor
Date of birth	13 November 1906
Place of birth	Tokyo
Date of death	22 June 2000
Place of death