Portrait of Hitoshi Ozawa

Acting

Hitoshi Ozawa

Career

Active from 1984 to 2025, busiest in 2016 with 11 main titles.

Leading roles
59
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Tokyo Dragon Chef
Tokyo Dragon Chef
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hitoshi Ozawa Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    1.9, average 3.4
  • Romance
    2.3, average 3.8
  • Nostalgia
    2.4, average 3.8
  • Wit & Wordplay
    2.5, average 3.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Gang Warfare 4
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Gritty Realism 3
  • Fast-Paced 3
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Yakuza Warfare 3
  • Japanese Comedy 2
  • Yakuza Thriller 2
  • Crime Drama 2
  • Intense Action 2
  • Organized Crime 2
  • Crime Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

134
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

15 titles · average score 68
Jyotei
Jyotei (2026)

TV show

Courtroom Reaper: Chapter 1
Courtroom Reaper: Chapter 1 (2025)

Screenplay

Bad City
Bad City (2022)
GoodWatch score 63

as Makoto Torada

Yamazaki Ichimon — Unification of Japan: The Movie (or "The Y-Team")
Yamazaki Ichimon — Unification of Japan: The Movie (or "The Y-Team") (2022)

as Yuichi Kawatani

Japan Gangster War Chapter 9
Japan Gangster War Chapter 9 (2021)

Screenplay

Japan Gangster War Chapter 11
Japan Gangster War Chapter 11 (2021)

Screenplay

Japan Gangster War Chapter 10
Japan Gangster War Chapter 10 (2021)

Screenplay

Tokyo Dragon Chef
Tokyo Dragon Chef (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

as Jin Ozawa

極道黙示録
極道黙示録 (2020)

TV show · as 히지카타 토모노리

Stairway to Power: The Road to Prime Minister
Stairway to Power: The Road to Prime Minister (2020)

as Yuichi Tanigawa

組長への道
組長への道 (2020)

TV show

일본 야쿠자 전쟁
일본 야쿠자 전쟁 (2020)

TV show

2010s

64 titles · average score 61
High & Low The Worst
High & Low The Worst (2019)
GoodWatch score 76

as Seki Masatora

Back Street Girls: Gokudoruzu
Back Street Girls: Gokudoruzu (2019)
GoodWatch score 54

as Tetsu Oguroda

CONFLICT III
CONFLICT III (2018)

as Washio Kazuma

Sentosha: Battle Wheels
Sentosha: Battle Wheels (2017)

TV show

CONFLICT II: Conclusion
CONFLICT II: Conclusion (2016)

as Washio Kazuma

CONFLICT: Outbreak
CONFLICT: Outbreak (2016)

as Washio Kazuma

Otoko Meshi
Otoko Meshi (2016)

TV show · as 桃井

Nihon Yakuza Kososhi
Nihon Yakuza Kososhi (2014)

TV show · as Kodama / Naruse / Takemoto

Meshibana Keiji Tachibana
Meshibana Keiji Tachibana (2013)

TV show

The Clan's Heir Is a Trans Woman
The Clan's Heir Is a Trans Woman (2013)

Director, Writer

Unification Of Japan
Unification Of Japan (2013)

as Yuichi Kawatani

Gedobo
Gedobo (2011)

as Mashiba

2000s

33 titles · average score 56
Insect Yakuza Mitsudango Conflict Vol. 2
Insect Yakuza Mitsudango Conflict Vol. 2 (2009)

as Hitoshi from Kabuto Clan

Immoral
Immoral (2008)

Screenplay, Director

Fighting Express Vol 3: End of the World
Fighting Express Vol 3: End of the World (2008)

as Dr. Matsuda

FM89.3MHz
FM89.3MHz (2007)

as Junji Kudo

Elite Yankee Saburo
Elite Yankee Saburo (2007)

TV show

Organized Crime Investigative Task Force 3
Organized Crime Investigative Task Force 3 (2005)

as Kumada

Organized Crime Investigative Task Force 4: Indiscriminate Terror
Organized Crime Investigative Task Force 4: Indiscriminate Terror (2005)

as kumada

Organized Crime Investigative Task Force
Organized Crime Investigative Task Force (2005)

as Kumada

Alive
Alive (2003)
GoodWatch score 56

as Condemned Criminal 1

True Record: The Life of Masahisa Takenaka Raging Lion First Part
True Record: The Life of Masahisa Takenaka Raging Lion First Part (2003)

as Masahisa Takenaka

True Record: The Life of Masahisa Takenaka Raging Lion Second Part
True Record: The Life of Masahisa Takenaka Raging Lion Second Part (2003)

as Masahisa Takenaka

Blood Brothers
Blood Brothers (2002)

as Takeshi

1990s

12 titles · average score 61
Score 2: The Big Fight
Score 2: The Big Fight (1999)

Director, Writer

Wild Criminal
Wild Criminal (1999)

as Suwa

Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive (1999)
GoodWatch score 54

as Seiji Satake

Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1
Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1 (1998)
GoodWatch score 46

as Jubei

Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 2
Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 2 (1998)

Screenplay, Director

Shoot, My Darlin'
Shoot, My Darlin' (1997)

as Hitman Joker

DOG TAG
DOG TAG (1997)

as Leggs

Score
Score (1995)
GoodWatch score 65

as 'Chance'

The Wild Beat: Requiem of Betrayal
The Wild Beat: Requiem of Betrayal (1994)

as Bank

Dashou (Jan)
Dashou (Jan) (1993)

as Sasaki Kazumasa

Zutto Anata ga Sukidatta
Zutto Anata ga Sukidatta (1992)

TV show

Boiling Point
Boiling Point (1990)
GoodWatch score 81

as Kanai

1980s

10 titles
Firefly
Firefly (1989)

as Hiroshi

Be-Bop Highschool Pt. 5
Be-Bop Highschool Pt. 5 (1988)

as Shingo Maekawa

Be-Bop Highschool: The Power
Be-Bop Highschool: The Power (1988)

as Shingo Maekawa

Be-Bop High School: A Delinquent Student March
Be-Bop High School: A Delinquent Student March (1987)

as Shingo Maekawa

Be-Bop High School: A Dunce Rhapsody
Be-Bop High School: A Dunce Rhapsody (1987)

as Shingo Maekawa

South to the Horizon
South to the Horizon (1986)

as Yasu

Be-Bop High School
Be-Bop High School (1985)

as Ryuji Nakamura

Sukeban Deka II: Legend of the Iron-Masked Girl
Sukeban Deka II: Legend of the Iron-Masked Girl (1985)

TV show

Ponytail Won't Look Back
Ponytail Won't Look Back (1985)

TV show

The Best of a Summer
The Best of a Summer (1984)

as Kôji Takeuchi