Nook NotesPick a film
Takao Osawa

Actor

Takao Osawa

Born March 11, 1968 in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan54 films

Takao Osawa (born on March 11, 1968) is a Japanese actor and a former model. 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.

Read more

Description above from the Wikipedia article Takao Osawa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Start here

The best way into Takao Osawa's work
Wolf Children posterFirst watchWolf Children20128.2as Wolf Man (voice)After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Kingdom: Return of the Great General poster6.8Kingdom: Return of the Great General2024All About Lily Chou-Chou poster7.5All About Lily Chou-Chou2001The Smashing Machine poster6.4The Smashing Machine2025Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny poster7.5Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny2023Kingdom poster7.3Kingdom2019Kingdom 2: Far and Away poster7.3Kingdom 2: Far and Away2022Hana & Alice poster7.0Hana & Alice2004Goemon poster6.9Goemon2009

Filmography

54 films as actor
  1. 2026The Keeper of the Camphor TreeToshiaki Saji (voice)
  2. 2025The Smashing MachineNobuyuki Sakakibara
  3. 2025The Silent Service: The Battle of Arctic OceanShiro Kaieda
  4. 2024Kingdom: Return of the Great GeneralOu Ki (Wang Qi)
  5. 2023The Silent ServiceShiro Kaieda
  6. 2023Kingdom III: The Flame of DestinyOu Ki (Wang Qi)
  7. 2022Kingdom 2: Far and AwayOu Ki (Wang Qi)
  8. 2021The Great Yokai War: GuardiansGyobu Inugami
  9. 2020AI AmokKosuke Kiryu
  10. 2019KingdomOu Ki (Wang Qi)
  11. 2019Wish You Were HereTomiya Morishima
  12. 2019Ooku SaishushoTokugawa Yoshimune
  13. 2018The King and IThe Kralahome
  14. 2015The Lion Standing in the WindKoichiro Shimada
  15. 2014The Man of the Tokyo OlympicsFred Isamu Wada
  16. 2014KANOYoichi Hatta
  17. 2013Shield of StrawKazuki Mekari
  18. 2013Strawberry NightIsao Makita
  19. 2012The Terminal TrustToru Tsukahara
  20. 2012Wolf ChildrenWolf Man (voice)
  21. 2010Sakurada Gate IncidentSeki Tetsunosuke
  22. 2010FlowersHiroshi Manaka
  23. 2009BalladItakatora Ohkura
  24. 2009GoemonSaizo Kirigakure
  25. 2009HalfwayHirabayashi
  26. 2008ICHIToma Fujihira
  27. 2008Love FightJoe Oki
  28. 2008The Taste of FishShuntaro Akagi
  29. 2007Midnight EagleYuji Nishizaki
  30. 2007Life Tengoku de Kimi ni AetaraNatsuki Iijima
  31. 2007BizanDaisuke Terasawa
  32. 2006Christmas on July 24th AvenueSatoshi Okuda
  33. 2006Riding the MetroSakichi Konuma
  34. 2006A Cheerful Gang Turns the EarthNaruse
  35. 2006Helen the Baby FoxKoji Yajima
  36. 2005Into the SunKuroda
  37. 2004Crying Out Love in the Center of the WorldSakutaro Matsumoto
  38. 2004I Am a Sardine
  39. 2004Hana & AliceRyo Taguchi
  40. 2004Milk WhiteTanako
  41. 2003Sky HighTatsuya Kudo
  42. 2003HanaYoichiro Nozaki
  43. 2003The Battling AngelKazumasa
  44. 2003AragamiSamurai
  45. 2002Jam Films
  46. 2002Filament
  47. 2001All About Lily Chou-ChouTabito Takao
  48. 2000Worst ContactTakemoto
  49. 2000Yakuza Ladies: Revenge
  50. 2000The Island TalesHaruki
  51. 1999Sennen-Tabito
  52. 1996Two PunksYoichi Fujikawa
  53. 1995Gerende ga tokeru hodo koishitai
  54. 1994The Hungry Shinjuku Detective