Takao Osawa
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is a Japanese actor and a producer. He began his career as a fashion model when he was a university student in 1987.
He rose to prominence in a lead role on the television drama Heaven's Coins in 1995. He turned his focus to film roles from 2000.
He rose to prominence in a lead role on the television drama Heaven's Coins in 1995. He turned his focus to film roles from 2000.
Movies
- Gerende ga tokeruhodo koishitai (1995) .... Masaru Shigure
- Chinpira: Two Punks / Chinpira (1996) .... Yoichi Fujikawa
- The Island Tales / Ihojin tachi / You shi tiaowu (1999) .... Haruki Fukuyama
- Sennen tabito (1999) .... Togashi
- All About Lily Chou-ChouAll About Lily Chou-Chouis a 2001 Japanese film written and directed by Shunji Iwai. The film portrays the rough lives of high school children in Japan, and centres around the music of a fictional singer Lily Chou-Chou.-Plot:...
/ Lily Chou-Chou no subete / Rirī Shushu no Subete (2001) .... Tabito Takao - Jam FilmsJam FilmsJam Films and its sequels are collections of short films, each by a different Japanese director.-Jam Films:Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse Jam Films and its sequels are collections of short films, each by a different Japanese director.-Jam Films:Jam Films is a 2002...
(Segment "Cold Sleep") (2002) .... mathematician - Filament / Firamento (2002) .... Kyota Sawada
- Duel / Aragami (2003) .... The Samurai
- The Battling Angel / Tenshi no kiba B.T.A. (2003) .... Kazumasa Furuyoshi
- Hana (2003) .... Yoichiro Nozaki
- Sky High (2003 film)Sky High (2003 film)Sky High is a supernatural action film from director Ryuhei Kitamura. It is based on the manga of the same title by Tsutomu Takahashi and serves as a prequel to a Japanese television drama of the same name, and starring the same actress, Yumiko Shaku...
.... Tatsuya Kudo - Gege (2004) .... Takayuki Takano
- Hana and AliceHana and Aliceis a 2004 Japanese teen romance film by director Shunji Iwai. The film, shot on HD digital video by the director of photography, Noboru Shinoda, who shared a longstanding working relationship with Shunji Iwai, concerns the life of two girls, the titular Hana and Alice , and the stress placed on...
/ Hana to Arisu (2004) .... Ryo Taguchi (Photographer) - Socrates in LoveSocrates in LoveSocrates in Love, also known as is a Japanese novel written by Kyoichi Katayama. It was published by Shogakukan in April 2001. The novel and the manga adaptation are published in the United States by VIZ Media under the title Socrates in Love...
/ Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World / Shouting Love from the World's Center / Sekai no Chūshin de, Ai o Sakebu (2004) .... Sakutaro Matsumoto - Into the Sun (2005) .... Kuroda
- Helen the Baby FoxHelen the Baby Foxis a 2006 Japanese film. It was directed by director Keita Kono, and stars actors Takao Osawa, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Arashi Fukasawa and Ryoko Kobayashi in lead roles. It was released in Japanese cinemas on 18 March 2006....
/ Kogitsune Helen (2006) .... Koji Yajima - A Cheerful Gang Turns the EarthA Cheerful Gang Turns the Earthis a 2006 comedy heist film directed by Japanese director Tetsu Maeda, based on a novel by Kōtaro Isaka.The film is about a group of four people who form a gang to put 'romance' back into bank robbery...
/ Yōki Na Gyangu Ga Chikyū O Mawasu (2006) .... Naruse - Metro ni notte (2006) .... Sakichi Konuma
- Christmas on July 24th Avenue / 7 gatsu 24 ka douri no Kurisumasu (2006) .... Satoshi Okuda
- Bizan (2007).... Dr. Daisuke Terasawa
- Life: Tears in Heaven / Tengoku de kimi ni aetara (2007).... Natsuki Iijima
- Midnight EagleMidnight Eagleis a 2007 action film directed by Izuru Narushima and written by Yasuo Hasegawa and Kenzaburo Iida, based on the novel by Tetsuo Takashima. Midnight Eagle is the third film directed by Izuru Narushima....
/ Middonaito Iiguru (2007) .... Yuji Nishizaki - The Taste of Fish / Tsukiji Uogashi SandaimeTsukiji Uogashi Sandaimeis a Japanese manga series by Masaharu Nabeshima with art by Mitsuo Hashimoto. It has been adapted into a 2008 Japanese film directed by Shingo Matsubara...
(2008) .... Shuntaro Akagi - IchiIchi (2008 film)Ichi is a 2008 action film directed by Fumihiko Sori, starring Takao Osawa, Haruka Ayase, Shido Nakamura, and Yosuke Kubozuka. It was released by Warner Bros. Japan on October 25, 2008.-Plot:...
(2008) .... Toma Fujihira - Love Fight / Rabu faito (2008) .... Joe Oki .... Also producer
- Halfway / Harufuwei (2009).... Hirabayashi
- GoemonGoemon (film)Goemon is a 2009 Japanese historical fantasy film written and directed by Kazuaki Kiriya. It is loosely based on the story of Ishikawa Goemon, a legendary outlaw hero who stole valuables from the rich and gave them to the poor...
(2009) .... Kirigakure SaizōKirigakure Saizo' was a legendary ninja of the final phase of the Japanese civil war. In the folklore he is one of the Sanada Ten Braves, and next to Sarutobi Sasuke, he is the most recognized of the Ten.... - Ballad: Na mo naki koi no uta (2009) .... Takatora Okurai
- Flowers (2010) .... Hiroshi Manaka
- Sakurada mongai no hen (2010) .... Tetsunosuke Seki
TV dramas
- Kimi to Ita Natsu (Fuji TV, 1994) .... Ryoichi Aizawa
- Wakamono no Subete (Fuji TV, 1994) .... Shinsuke Yamazaki
- Heaven's Coins / Hoshi no kinka －Die Sterntaler－ (NTV, 1995) .... Shuichi Nagai
- Kamisan no Waruguchi 2 (TBS, 1995) .... Satoshi Mikami
- Heaven's Coins 2 | Zoku Hoshi no Kinka (NTV, 1996) .... Shuichi Nagai
- Gekiteki Kiko - Shinya Tokkyu (Asahi, 1996–1998) .... Koutaro Sawaki
- Only You - Aisarete (NTV, 1996) .... Sumio Ozaki
- Rennai Zenya Ichidodake - Shoya no Asa (NTV, 1996)
- Dessin - Le Dessin d'amour - (NTV, 1997) .... Satoshi Asakura
- Seikimatsu no uta (episode 4) / The Last Song - Boku no namae o atete (NTV 1998) .... Mysterious Man
- Beauty | Utsukushii Hito (TBS, 1999) .... Jiro Murasame
- Another Heaven -eclipse- (Asahi, 2000) .... Goro Minazuki
- Hyaku-nen no monogatari (episode 2) (2001) .... Kazuo Hirose
- Worst Contact (BS-i, 2000) .... Takimoto
- Ex-Lover | Mukashi no Otoko (TBS, 2001) .... Arashi Ikeda
- Ore wa Iwashi (WOWOW, 2003)
- Tokyo Wonder Tours (NTV, 2006)
- JINJin (manga)is a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Motoka Murakami, which was featured on Super Jump during its original run from 2000 to 2010....
(TBS, 2009/2011) .... Jin Minakata
Games
- Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (USA) / Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (Europe)/ Reiton Kyoju to Akuma no Hako (Nintendo DS) (2007) .... VampireVampireVampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
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