is a Japanese actor.
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.
Filmography Film Year Title RoleNotes1995I Want to Love You in a Way That'll Melt the Ski SlopesMasaru Shigure1996Two PunksYoichi FujikawaLead role 1999The Island TalesHaruki Fukuyama Sennen TabitoTogashi 2001All About Lily Chou-ChouTakao Tabito 2002Jam FilmsMathematicianLead role, segment "Cold Sleep"FilamentKyota Sawada 2003AragamiThe SamuraiLead roleThe Battling AngelKazumasa FuruyoshiLead roleHanaYoichiro NozakiLead roleSky HighTatsuya Kudo 2004Milk WhiteTakayuki TakanoLead roleHana and AliceRyo Taguchi Crying Out Love in the Center of the World Sakutaro MatsumotoLead role2005Into the SunKuroda 2006Helen the Baby FoxKoji YajimaLead roleA Cheerful Gang Turns the EarthNaruseLead roleRiding the MetroSakichi KonumaChristmas on July 24th AvenueSatoshi OkudaBizanDr. Daisuke Terasawa2007Life: Tears in HeavenNatsuki IijimaLead roleMidnight EagleYuji NishizakiLead role2008The Taste of FishShuntaro AkagiLead roleIchiToma Fujihira Love FightJoe Oki 2009HalfwayHirabayashi GoemonKirigakure Saizō Ballad: Nameless Love SongTakatora Okurai2010FlowersHiroshi ManakaThe Sakurada Gate Incident Tetsunosuke SekiLead role2012 Wolf Children Ame and YukiOokami (voice)Animated filmA Terminal TrustThe prosecutor2013Strawberry NightIsao MakitaShield of StrawKazuki Mekari2014KanoYoichi HattaTaiwanese film2015The Lion Standing in the WindKoichiro ShimadaLead role2018Wish You Were HereTomiyaChinese film2019KingdomWang Qi2020AI AmokKiryūLead role2021The Great Yokai War: GuardiansInugami Gyōbu2022Kingdom 2: Far and AwayWang Qi2023Kingdom 3: The Flame of DestinyWang QiThe Silent ServiceShiro KaiedaLead role; also producer2024Kingdom 4: Return of the Great GeneralWang Qi2025The Silent Service: Battle of the Arctic OceanShiro KaiedaLead role; also producerThe Smashing MachineNobuyuki SakakibaraAmerican film2026The Keeper of the Camphor TreeToshiaki Saji (voice)Animated film
Television Year Title RoleNotes1994Kimi to Ita NatsuRyoichi AizawaWakamono no SubeteShinsuke YamazakiHana no RanAshikaga YoshitaneTaiga drama1995Kamisan no Waruguchi 2Satoshi Mikami1995–96Heaven's CoinShuichi Nagai2 seasons1996Gekiteki Kiko: Shinya TokkyuKoutaro SawakiOnly You: AisareteSumio OzakiRennai Zenya Ichidodake: Shoya no Asa1997Dessin Satoshi Asakura1998Seikimatsu no Uta/The Last SongMysterious Man1999Utsukushii HitoJiro Murasame2000Another HeavenGoro MinazukiWorst ContactTakimotoHyaku-nen no MonogatariKazuo Hirose2001Ex-Lover / Mukashi no OtokoArashi Ikeda2003Ore wa IwashiWangTV movie 2006Tokyo Wonder ToursHimself2009–11JinJin MinakataLead role; 2 seasons2013Fiery Enmity: Hero of the NorthAteruiLead role Galileo Shikō RenzakiEpisode 1, Season 22015Burning FlowerKatori TomohikoTaiga drama2019Ōoku the FinalTokugawa YoshimuneTelevision film2023One Day: Wonderful Christmas AdoTokio Tachiaoi Lead role2024–27The Silent ServiceShiro KaiedaLead role; also producer; 2 seasons2027The Shogunate RebelKatsu KaishūTaiga drama
Video games Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (2007) as Anton Herzen (voice)
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result200528th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest ActorMilk White200619th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorRiding the Metro and Christmas on July 24th Avenue200730th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActorRiding the Metro20103rd Tokyo Drama AwardsBest ActorJin202567th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Supporting ActorKingdom 4: Return of the Great General48th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting Actor
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