# Takao Osawa

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Japanese actor

Takao Osawa Osawa at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Born (1968-03-11) March 11, 1968 (age 58) Tokyo, Japan Occupations Actor, model, producer Website www.osawatakao.jp

**Takao Osawa** ([Japanese](/source/Japanese_language): 大沢 たかお, [Hepburn](/source/Hepburn_romanization): *Ōsawa Takao*; born March 11, 1968)[1] is a Japanese actor.

## Career

Osawa starred in the 2002 film *Filament*[2] and the 2007 film *[Midnight Eagle](/source/Midnight_Eagle)*.[3] He has also appeared in films such as [Masayuki Suo](/source/Masayuki_Suo)'s *[A Terminal Trust](/source/A_Terminal_Trust)*[4] and [Takashi Miike](/source/Takashi_Miike)'s *[Shield of Straw](/source/Shield_of_Straw)*.[5]

The Newport Beach Film Festival in Newport Beach, CA, screened Osawa's film *Wolf Children* on April 27, 2013.[6] In 2018, he played the Kralahome in the West End revival of *[The King and I](/source/The_King_and_I)*.[7]

## Filmography

### Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1995 I Want to Love You in a Way That'll Melt the Ski Slopes Masaru Shigure [8] 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 [9] 2019 Kingdom Wang Qi [10] 2020 AI Amok Kiryū Lead role [11] 2021 The Great Yokai War: Guardians Inugami Gyōbu [12] 2022 Kingdom 2: Far and Away Wang Qi [10] 2023 Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny Wang Qi [13] The Silent Service Shiro Kaieda Lead role; also producer [14] 2024 Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General Wang Qi [15] 2025 The Silent Service: Battle of the Arctic Ocean Shiro Kaieda Lead role; also producer [16] The Smashing Machine Nobuyuki Sakakibara American film [17] 2026 The Keeper of the Camphor Tree Toshiaki Saji (voice) Animated film [18]

### Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1994 Kimi to Ita Natsu Ryoichi Aizawa Wakamono no Subete Shinsuke Yamazaki Hana no Ran Ashikaga Yoshitane Taiga drama [19] 1995 Kamisan no Waruguchi 2 Satoshi Mikami 1995–96 Heaven's Coin Shuichi Nagai 2 seasons [20] 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 [21] 2013 Fiery Enmity: Hero of the North Aterui Lead role Galileo Shikō Renzaki Episode 1, Season 2 2015 Burning Flower Katori Tomohiko Taiga drama [22] 2019 Ōoku the Final Tokugawa Yoshimune Television film [23] 2023 One Day: Wonderful Christmas Ado Tokio Tachiaoi Lead role [24][25] 2024 The Silent Service Shiro Kaieda Lead role; also producer [26] 2027 Gyakuzoku no Bakushin Katsu Kaishū Taiga drama [27]

### Video games

- *[Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box](/source/Professor_Layton_and_the_Diabolical_Box)* (2007) as Anton Herzen (voice)

## Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2005 28th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor Milk White Nominated [28] 2006 19th Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Riding the Metro and Christmas on July 24th Avenue Won [29] 2007 30th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actor Riding the Metro Nominated [30] 2010 3rd Tokyo Drama Awards Best Actor Jin Won [31] 2025 67th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Supporting Actor Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General Won [32] 48th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actor Won [33]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [大沢たかおのプロフィール](https://www.excite.co.jp/news/dictionary/person/PE4ecf54b523ea6da42fd506ec34a7e7f77bb044d0/) [Takao Osawa's Profile]. *Excite* (in Japanese). March 9, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Mes, Tom (September 18, 2012). ["Midnight Eye review: Filament"](http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/filament/). *[Midnight Eye](/source/Midnight_Eye)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Schilling, Mark (November 23, 2007). ["'Midnight Eagle' - The Japan Times"](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2007/11/23/films/midnight-eagle/). *[The Japan Times](/source/The_Japan_Times)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** DeFore, John (September 3, 2012). ["A Terminal Trust (Tsui No Shintaku): Montreal Review"](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/a-terminal-trust-tsui-no-shintaku-masayuki-suo-367631). *[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Mack, Andrew (February 16, 2013). ["Trailer For Miike Takashi's Straw Shield"](http://twitchfilm.com/2013/02/trailer-miike-takashi-wara-no-tate-straw-shield.html). *[Twitch Film](/source/Twitch_Film)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Wolf_Children_6-0)** ["Wolf Children Newport Beach Film Festival 2013 Screening"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200749/https://newportbeach.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/wolfchildren_mamoruhosoda_newportbeach2013/). *Festival Genius*. Archived from [the original](https://newportbeach.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/wolfchildren_mamoruhosoda_newportbeach2013/) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Bartlett Sher Revival of *The King and I* to Head Out on International Tour"](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Bartlett-Sher-Revival-of-THE-KING-AND-I-to-Head-Out-on-International-Tour-20180705). *Broadway World*. July 5, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [ゲレンデがとけるほど恋したい。](https://eiga.com/movie/36266/). *eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved September 13, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [逢いたい](https://web.archive.org/web/20220529090939/https://yubarifanta.jp/fiim/aitai/) [Wish You Were Here]. *Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival* (in Japanese). Archived from [the original](https://yubarifanta.jp/fiim/aitai/) on May 29, 2022. Retrieved December 20, 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-kingdom_10-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-kingdom_10-1) [「キングダム2」公開は2022年夏、スーパーティザーPVに羌瘣らしき人物](https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/459944). *[Eiga Natalie](/source/Eiga_Natalie)* (in Japanese). January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [AI崩壊](https://eiga.com/movie/90456/) [AI Amok]. *eiga.com*. Retrieved November 3, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [妖怪大戦争 ガーディアンズ](https://eiga.com/movie/93787/) [The Great Yokai War: Guardians]. *eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved January 17, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [キングダム 運命の炎](https://eiga.com/movie/98574/) [Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny]. *eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved December 13, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** [沈黙の艦隊](https://eiga.com/movie/98836/) [The Silent Service]. *eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved January 25, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** [「キングダム 大将軍の帰還」公開は7月12日!「馬陽の戦い」クライマックス描く【映像あり】](https://eiga.com/news/20231213/1/). *eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved December 13, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** [沈黙の艦隊 北極海大海戦](https://eiga.com/movie/103065/). *eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved December 11, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** [スマッシング・マシーン](https://eiga.com/movie/104412/) [Smashing Machine]. *eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved February 27, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** [齋藤飛鳥・宮世琉弥「クスノキの番人」に声優参加、大沢たかおは重要人物に](https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/648626). *Natalie* (in Japanese). November 19, 2025. Retrieved April 16, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** [花の乱](https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/94-taiga.html) [Hana no Ran]. *Haiyaku Jiten* (in Japanese). Retrieved August 19, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** [キャスト一覧](https://thetv.jp/program/0000000790/cast/) [Cast & Staff]. *The Television* (in Japanese). Retrieved August 29, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** [ドラマ『JIN-仁-』、続編スタートに佐藤隆太ら新メンバー出演](https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/86715/full/). *Oricon* (in Japanese). April 17, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** [花燃ゆ](https://thetv.jp/program/0000836199/) [Burning Flower]. *The Television*. Retrieved September 24, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-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"](https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/320927). *Natalie*. Retrieved January 4, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-24)** [『One Day〜聖夜のから騒ぎ〜』10月スタート 毎週月期よる9時](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/oneday_christmas_ado/). *Fuji TV* (in Japanese). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230626001410/https://www.fujitv.co.jp/oneday_christmas_ado/) from the original on June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-25)** [二宮和也&中谷美紀&大沢たかお、月9トリプル主演 『ONE DAY～聖夜のから騒ぎ～』イブの1日を1クールかけ描く](https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2284462/full/). *Oricon* (in Japanese). June 26, 2023. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230626001251/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2284462/full/) from the original on June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-26)** ["大沢たかお主演「沈黙の艦隊」ドラマ版、Prime Videoで世界独占配信"](https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/552985). *Natalie* (in Japanese). Retrieved December 14, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-27)** [大沢たかお、2027年大河ドラマ「逆賊の幕臣」で勝海舟役 松坂桃李のライバルに](https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/645309). *Natalie* (in Japanese). October 23, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-28)** [第28回 日本アカデミー賞 (2005年)](https://eiga.com/award/japan-academy/2005/). *eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved January 8, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-29)** [日刊スポーツ映画大賞 歴代受賞者・作品](https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/award/ns-cinema/history/). *[Nikkan Sports](/source/Nikkan_Sports)* (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-30)** [第30回 日本アカデミー賞 (2007年)](https://eiga.com/award/japan-academy/2007/). *eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved January 8, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-31)** ["Festival 2010"](https://web.archive.org/web/20250627225427/https://www.j-ba.or.jp/drafes_past/english/archive/index07.html). *International Drama Festival in Tokyo*. Archived from [the original](https://www.j-ba.or.jp/drafes_past/english/archive/index07.html) on June 27, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-32)** [「侍タイムスリッパー」が2冠 作品賞＆山口馬木也が主演男優賞受賞【第67回ブルーリボン賞】](https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/1017559). *Chunichi Shimbun* (in Japanese). January 8, 2025. Retrieved April 16, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-33)** [『キングダム』王騎役・大沢たかお、初の最優秀助演男優賞!](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0147872). *Cinema Today* (in Japanese). March 14, 2025. Retrieved April 16, 2026.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.osawatakao.jp/) (in Japanese)

- [Takao Osawa](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0651534/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Takao Osawa](http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0255330.htm) at the [Japanese Movie Database](/source/Japanese_Movie_Database) (in Japanese)

Awards for Takao Osawa v t e Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor Chishū Ryū (1951) Daisuke Katō (1952) Eitarō Shindō (1953) Eijirō Tōno (1954) Daisuke Katō (1955) Jun Tatara (1956) Kōji Mitsui (1957) Nakamura Ganjirō II (1958) Shoichi Ozawa (1959) Masao Oda (1960) So Yamamura (1961) Yūnosuke Itō (1962) Chōichirō Kawarasaki (1963) Kō Nishimura (1964) Takahiro Tamura (1965) Katsuo Nakamura (1966) Yoshio Harada (1975) Hideji Ōtaki (1976) Tomisaburo Wakayama (1977) Tsunehiko Watase (1978) Rentarō Mikuni (1979) Tetsurō Tamba (1980) Masahiko Tsugawa (1981) Akira Emoto (1982) Kunie Tanaka (1983) Kaku Takashina (1984) Takeshi Kitano (1985) Kei Suma (1986) Toshiro Mifune (1987) Tsurutaro Kataoka (1988) Eiji Bandō (1989) Toshirō Yanagiba (1990) Masatoshi Nagase (1991) Hideo Murota (1992) George Tokoro (1993) Atsuo Nakamura (1994) Masato Hagiwara (1995) Tetsuya Watari (1996) Masahiko Nishimura (1997) Ren Osugi (1998) Shinji Takeda (1999) Teruyuki Kagawa (2000) Tsutomu Yamazaki (2001) Kanji Tsuda (2002) Tarō Yamamoto (2003) Joe Odagiri (2004) Shinichi Tsutsumi (2005) Teruyuki Kagawa (2006) Tomokazu Miura (2007) Masato Sakai (2008) Eita (2009) Renji Ishibashi (2010) Yūsuke Iseya (2011) Arata Iura (2012) Pierre Taki (2013) Sosuke Ikematsu (2014) Masahiro Motoki (2015) Lily Franky (2016) Yūsuke Santamaria (2017) Tori Matsuzaka (2018) Ryo Yoshizawa (2019) Ryo Narita (2020) Taiga Nakano (2021) Kazuki Iio (2022) Kōichi Satō (2023) Takao Osawa (2024) Jiro Sato (2025) v t e Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Tetsuya Takeda (1978) Tsunehiko Watase (1979) Bunta Sugawara (1980) Tetsurō Tamba (1981) Katsuo Nakamura (1982) Morio Kazama (1983) Morio Kazama (1984) Kaku Takashina (1985) Kaoru Kobayashi (1986) Hitoshi Ueki (1987) Masahiko Tsugawa (1988) Tsurutaro Kataoka (1989) Eiji Bandō (1990) Renji Ishibashi (1991) Masatoshi Nagase (1992) Naoto Takenaka (1993) Kunie Tanaka (1994) Kiichi Nakai (1995) Naoto Takenaka (1996) Naoto Takenaka (1997) Masahiko Nishimura (1998) Chosuke Ikariya (1999) Nenji Kobayashi (2000) Kōichi Satō (2001) Tsutomu Yamazaki (2002) Min Tanaka (2003) Kōichi Satō (2004) Joe Odagiri (2005) Shinichi Tsutsumi (2006) Takashi Sasano (2007) Kaoru Kobayashi (2008) Tsutomu Yamazaki (2009) Teruyuki Kagawa (2010) Akira Emoto (2011) Denden (2012) Hideji Ōtaki (2013) Lily Franky (2014) Junichi Okada (2015) Masahiro Motoki (2016) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2017) Koji Yakusho (2018) Tori Matsuzaka (2019) Ryo Yoshizawa (2020) Ken Watanabe (2021) Ryohei Suzuki (2022) Masataka Kubota (2023) Hayato Isomura (2024) Takao Osawa (2025) Jiro Sato (2026) v t e Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Hiroyuki Sanada (1988) Eiji Bandō (1989) Hidetaka Yoshioka (1990) Masatoshi Nagase (1991) Takehiro Murata (1992) Ken Tanaka (1993) Masahiko Tsugawa (1994) Hitoshi Ueki (1995) Tetsuya Watari (1996) Masahiko Nishimura (1997) Ren Osugi (1998) Kippei Shiina (1999) Tetsurō Tamba (2000) Tsutomu Yamazaki (2001) Teruyuki Kagawa (2002) Bunta Sugawara (2003) Nakamura Shidō II (2004) Shinichi Tsutsumi (2005) Takao Osawa (2006) Takashi Sasano (2007) Masato Sakai (2008) Tomokazu Miura (2009) Goro Inagaki (2010) Toshiyuki Nishida (2011) Mirai Moriyama (2012) Lily Franky (2013) Sosuke Ikematsu (2014) Masahiro Motoki (2015) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2016) Koji Yakusho (2017) Issey Takahashi (2018) Kiyohiko Shibukawa (2019) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2020) Ryohei Suzuki (2021) Tasuku Emoto (2022) Hayato Isomura (2023) Tatsuya Fuji (2024) Min Tanaka (2025) v t e Tokyo Drama Award for Best Actor Kōichi Satō (2008) Kiichi Nakai (2009) Takao Osawa (2010) Kazunari Ninomiya (2011) Masato Sakai (2012) Eita (2013) Masato Sakai (2014) Takeru Satoh (2015) Hiroshi Abe (2016) Masato Sakai (2017) Kei Tanaka (2018) Masaki Suda (2019) Toma Ikuta (2020) Masataka Kubota (2021) Masaki Suda (2022) Shun Oguri (2023) Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (2024) Tori Matsuzaka (2025)

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