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Takao Ohsawa

Highest Rated: 95% Wolf Children (2012)

Lowest Rated: 31% Midnight Eagle (2007)

Birthday: Mar 11, 1968

Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

Transitioning from his early career as a model in the 1980s, actor Takao Osawa is one of Japan's most popular leading men. He's known in the United States for his role in "All About Lily Chou-Chou." An unconventional drama about teens who obsess over a pop idol, "All About Lily Chou-Chou" became a cult hit when it was released internationally in 2002. The sought-after Osawa has averaged about two films a year since his television debut in 1994, and upwards of four or five in recent years. With his lean, muscular physique and weary, soulful eyes, Osawa is often cast in romantic leads in films such as the wildly popular "Crying Out Love in the Center of the World," or as heroes or villains in historical action or fantasy epics. In the Robin Hood-inspired "Goemon," he plays the hero's loyal companion, Saizo Kirigakure. In "Ichi," a twist on the classic "blind swordsman" tale, Osawa had the role of Toma Fujihira, who comes to the aid of the seemingly helpless title character (Haruka Ayase), only to find that she's the one rescuing him with her deft swordplay. He was also the troubled scientist Kudo in the 2003 supernatural thriller "Sky High." Osawa was played the demented Yakuza leader Kuroda in "Into the Sun," an 2006 American action thriller starring Steven Seagal and Matthew Davis, and was given the lead on the 2009-2011 series "Jin," playing a time-traveling brain surgeon.

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Highest rated movies

95% 92% Wolf Children
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93% 96% Kingdom Watchlist
86% The Great Yokai War: Guardians
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78% 60% Ichi
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68% 89% All About Lily Chou-Chou
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31% 39% Midnight Eagle
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A Terminal Trust
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Riding on the Metro
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83% Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
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Sakurada Gate Incident
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kingdom 4 Wang Qi (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny Unknown (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny Unknown (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Silent Service Shiro Kaieda (Character),
Producer
- 2023
86% No Score Yet The Great Yokai War: Guardians Unknown (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet AI Amok Unknown (Character) - 2020
93% 96% Kingdom Wang Qi (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 87% Kano Yôichi Hatta (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shield of Straw Unknown (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strawberry Night Unknown (Character) - 2013
95% 92% Wolf Children Wolf Man (Voice) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Terminal Trust Toru Tsukahara (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sakurada Gate Incident Unknown (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Halfway Unknown (Character) - 2009
78% 60% Ichi Toma Fujihira (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love Fight Unknown (Character),
Producer
- 2008
31% 39% Midnight Eagle Unknown (Character) $7.1K 2007
No Score Yet 86% Bizan Daisuke Terasawa (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Life: Tears in Heaven Natsuki Iijima (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Riding on the Metro Sakichi Konuma (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 85% Helen the Baby Fox Koji Yajima, Vet (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 27% Into the Sun Kurada (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 86% Hana and Alice Photographer (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 83% Crying Out Love in the Center of the World Sakutaro Matsumoto (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 75% Aragami: The Raging God of Battle Samurai (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hana Yoichiro Nozaki (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 62% Sky High Tatsuya Kudo (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jam Films Unknown (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Filament Kyota Sawada (Character) - 2002
68% 89% All About Lily Chou-Chou Tabito Takao (Character) $24.8K 2001

TV

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No Score Yet 56% The Silent Service Season One - The Battle of Tokyo Bay Shiro Kaieda (Character) 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Great Performances Unknown (Character) 2019