Takao Ōsawa
Also recorded as Ōsawa Takao
Takao Ōsawa

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- Name
- Takao Osawa
- Born
- 11 March 1968
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- Actor, model, producer
- Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- Senshu University
- Languages
- Japanese
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Takao Osawa • Born — 11 March 1968 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — Actor, model, producer • Years Active — 1987–present • Website — http: www.osawatakao.jp/ born March 11, 1968 is a Japanese actor.
Career
Career
Osawa starred in the 2002 film Filament and the 2007 film Midnight Eagle. He has also appeared in films such as Masayuki Suo's A Terminal Trust and Takashi Miike's Shield of Straw. The Newport Beach Film Festival in Newport Beach, CA, screened Osawa's film Wolf Children on April 27, 2013. In 2018, he played the Kralahome in the West End revival of The King and I.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference(s) • 1994 — Kimi to Ita Natsu — Ryoichi Aizawa • Wakamono no Subete — Shinsuke Yamazaki • Hana no Ran — Ashikaga Yoshitane — Taiga drama • 1995 — Kamisan no Waruguchi 2 — Satoshi Mikami • 1995–96 — Heaven's Coin — Shuichi Nagai — 2 seasons • 1996 — Gekiteki Kiko: Shinya Tokkyu — Koutaro Sawaki • Only You: Aisarete — Sumio Ozaki • Rennai Zenya Ichidodake: Shoya no Asa • 1997 — Dessin — Satoshi Asakura • 1998 — Seikimatsu no Uta/The Last Song — Mysterious Man • 1999 — Utsukushii Hito — Jiro Murasame • 2000 — Another Heaven — Goro Minazuki • Worst Contact — Takimoto • Hyaku-nen no Monogatari — Kazuo Hirose • 2001 — Ex-Lover / Mukashi no Otoko — Arashi Ikeda • 2003 — Ore wa Iwashi — Wang — TV movie • 2006 — Tokyo Wonder Tours — Himself • 2009–11 — Jin — Jin Minakata — Lead role; 2 seasons • 2013 — Fiery Enmity: Hero of the North — Aterui — Lead role • Galileo — Shikō Renzaki — Episode 1, Season 2 • 2015 — Burning Flower — Katori Tomohiko — Taiga drama • 2019 — Ōoku the Final — Tokugawa Yoshimune — Television film • 2023 — One Day: Wonderful Christmas Ado — Tokio Tachiaoi — Lead role • 2024–27 — The Silent Service — Shiro Kaieda — Lead role; also producer; 2 seasons • 2027 — The Shogunate Rebel — Katsu Kaishū — Taiga drama
Video games
Video games
• Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (2007) as Anton Herzen (voice)
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference(s) • 1995 — I Want to Love You in a Way That'll Melt the Ski Slopes — Masaru Shigure • 1996 — Two Punks — Yoichi Fujikawa — Lead role • 1999 — The Island Tales — Haruki Fukuyama • Sennen Tabito — Togashi • 2001 — All About Lily Chou-Chou — Takao Tabito • 2002 — Jam Films — Mathematician — Lead role, segment "Cold Sleep" • Filament — Kyota Sawada • 2003 — Aragami — The Samurai — Lead role • The Battling Angel — Kazumasa Furuyoshi — Lead role • Hana — Yoichiro Nozaki — Lead role • Sky High — Tatsuya Kudo • 2004 — Milk White — Takayuki Takano — Lead role • Hana and Alice — Ryo Taguchi • Crying Out Love in the Center of the World — Sakutaro Matsumoto — Lead role • 2005 — Into the Sun — Kuroda • 2006 — Helen the Baby Fox — Koji Yajima — Lead role • A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth — Naruse — Lead role • Riding the Metro — Sakichi Konuma • Christmas on July 24th Avenue — Satoshi Okuda • Bizan — Dr. Daisuke Terasawa • 2007 — Life: Tears in Heaven — Natsuki Iijima — Lead role • Midnight Eagle — Yuji Nishizaki — Lead role • 2008 — The Taste of Fish — Shuntaro Akagi — Lead role • Ichi — Toma Fujihira • Love Fight — Joe Oki • 2009 — Halfway — Hirabayashi • Goemon — Kirigakure Saizō • Ballad: Nameless Love Song — Takatora Okurai • 2010 — Flowers — Hiroshi Manaka • The Sakurada Gate Incident — Tetsunosuke Seki — Lead role • 2012 — Wolf Children Ame and Yuki — Ookami (voice) — Animated film • A Terminal Trust — The prosecutor • 2013 — Strawberry Night — Isao Makita • Shield of Straw — Kazuki Mekari • 2014 — Kano — Yoichi Hatta — Taiwanese film • 2015 — The Lion Standing in the Wind — Koichiro Shimada — Lead role • 2018 — Wish You Were Here — Tomiya — Chinese film • 2019 — Kingdom — Wang Qi • 2020 — AI Amok — Kiryū — Lead role • 2021 — The Great Yokai War: Guardians — Inugami Gyōbu • 2022 — Kingdom 2: Far and Away — Wang Qi • 2023 — Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny — Wang Qi • The Silent Service — Shiro Kaieda — Lead role; also producer • 2024 — Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General — Wang Qi • 2025 — The Silent Service: Battle of the Arctic Ocean — Shiro Kaieda — Lead role; also producer • The Smashing Machine — Nobuyuki Sakakibara — American film • 2026 — The Keeper of the Camphor Tree — Toshiaki Saji (voice) — Animated film
Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Nominated work — Result — Ref. Reference(s) • 2005 — 28th Japan Academy Film Prize — Best Actor — Milk White • 2006 — 19th Nikkan Sports Film Awards — Best Supporting Actor — Riding the Metro and Christmas on July 24th Avenue • 2007 — 30th Japan Academy Film Prize — Best Supporting Actor — Riding the Metro • 2010 — 3rd Tokyo Drama Awards — Best Actor — Jin • 2025 — 67th Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Supporting Actor — Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General • 48th Japan Academy Film Prize — Best Supporting Actor

9月25日、木原防衛大臣は防衛省・海上自衛隊全面協力のもと製作された映画「沈黙の艦隊」で主演を務めた大沢たかお氏の表敬を受けました。
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9月25日、木原防衛大臣は防衛省・海上自衛隊全面協力のもと製作された映画「沈黙の艦隊」で主演を務めた大沢たかお氏の表敬を受けました。
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- 4.DeFore, John. A Terminal Trust (Tsui No Shintaku): Montreal Review. The Hollywood Reporter. September 3, 2012.
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- 23.「大奥」完結編3月放送!木村文乃が主演、大沢たかおが徳川吉宗役. Natalie.
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