FrameThrower · Actors · Shoichi Ozawa
Shoichi Ozawa
2 films · 124 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1965–1966
Born 6 April 1929 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan · died 10 December 2012
Shōichi Ozawa was a Japanese actor, radio host, singer, and prominent researcher and expert on Japanese folk art. He also founded the Shabondama-za theater company.
Ozawa, who was born in Tokyo, graduated from Waseda University. He began acting after college, beginning with his debut stage role in 1951. He also appeared in television and film roles, acting quite frequently in films directed by Shohei Imamura and Yūzō Kawashima. In 1971, Ozawa launched his long running radio show.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 124 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1965–1966
- Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class
- Kikuchi Kan Prize2007
- Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize1999
- Medal with Purple Ribbon1994
- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor1960
- Golden Arrow Award
How their films are shot
Measured across 124 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Shoichi takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 68% of their frames are day, 47% natural — the look of the work Shoichi takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 124 frames from Shoichi Ozawa's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.