# Takao Osawa

Takao Osawa (Japanese: 大沢 たかお, Hepburn: Ōsawa Takao, born March 11, 1968) 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 mid-2018, he is playing the Kralahome in the West End revival of The King and I.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | I Want to Love You in a Way That'll Melt the Ski Slopes | Masaru Shigure | |
| 1996 | Two Punks | Yoichi Fujikawa | Lead role |
| 1999 | The Island Tales | Haruki Fukuyama | |
| 1999 | Sennen Tabito | Togashi | |
| 2001 | All About Lily Chou-Chou | Takao Tabito | |
| 2002 | Jam Films | Mathematician | Lead role, segment "Cold Sleep" |
| 2002 | Filament | Kyota Sawada | |
| 2003 | Aragami | The Samurai | Lead role |
| 2003 | The Battling Angel | Kazumasa Furuyoshi | Lead role |
| 2003 | Hana | Yoichiro Nozaki | Lead role |
| 2003 | Sky High | Tatsuya Kudo | |
| 2004 | Milk White | Takayuki Takano | Lead role |
| 2004 | Hana and Alice | Ryo Taguchi | |
| 2004 | 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 |
| 2006 | A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth | Naruse | Lead role |
| 2006 | Riding the Metro | Sakichi Konuma | |
| 2006 | Christmas on July 24th Avenue | Satoshi Okuda | |
| 2006 | Bizan | Dr. Daisuke Terasawa | |
| 2007 | Life: Tears in Heaven | Natsuki Iijima | Lead role |
| 2007 | Midnight Eagle | Yuji Nishizaki | Lead role |
| 2008 | The Taste of Fish | Shuntaro Akagi | Lead role |
| 2008 | Ichi | Toma Fujihira | |
| 2008 | Love Fight | Joe Oki | |
| 2009 | Halfway | Hirabayashi | |
| 2009 | Goemon | Kirigakure Saizō | |
| 2009 | Ballad: Nameless Love Song | Takatora Okurai | |
| 2010 | Flowers | Hiroshi Manaka | |
| 2010 | The Sakurada Gate Incident | Tetsunosuke Seki | Lead role |
| 2012 | Wolf Children Ame and Yuki | Ookami (voice) | Animated film |
| 2012 | A Terminal Trust | The prosecutor | |
| 2013 | Strawberry Night | Isao Makita | |
| 2013 | 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 |
| 2019 | Kingdom | Wang Qi | |
| 2020 | AI Amok | Kiryū | Lead role |
| 2021 | The Great Yokai War: Guardians | Inugami Gyōbu | |
| 2022 | Kingdom 2: Far and Away | Wang Qi | |
| 2023 | Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny | Wang Qi | |
| 2023 | The Silent Service | Shiro Kaieda | Lead role; also producer |
| 2024 | Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General | Wang Qi | |
| 2025 | The Silent Service: Battle of the Arctic Ocean | Shiro Kaieda | Lead role; also producer |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Kimi to Ita Natsu | Ryoichi Aizawa | |
| 1994 | Wakamono no Subete | Shinsuke Yamazaki | |
| 1994 | Hana no Ran | Ashikaga Yoshitane | Taiga drama |
| 1995 | Kamisan no Waruguchi 2 | Satoshi Mikami | |
| 1995–96 | Heaven's Coin | Shuichi Nagai | 2 seasons |
| 1996 | Gekiteki Kiko: Shinya Tokkyu | Koutaro Sawaki | |
| 1996 | Only You: Aisarete | Sumio Ozaki | |
| 1996 | 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 | |
| 2000 | Worst Contact | Takimoto | |
| 2000 | 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 |
| 2013 | Fiery Enmity: Hero of the North | Aterui | Lead role |
| 2013 | Galileo | Shikō Renzaki | Episode 1, season 2 |
| 2015 | Burning Flower | Katori Tomohiko | Taiga drama |
| 2019 | Ōoku the Final | Tokugawa Yoshimune | Television film |
| 2023 | One Day: Wonderful Christmas Ado | Tokio Tachiaoi | Lead role |
| 2024 | The Silent Service | Shiro Kaieda | Lead role; also producer |

### Video games

* Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (2007) as Anton Herzen (voice)

## Awards and nominations

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