Takao Osawa
Introduction  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 Ref. 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   ''Sennen Tabito'' Togashi   2001 ''All About Lily Chou-Chou'' Takao Tabito    2002 ''Jam Films'' Mathematician Lead role, segment "Cold Sleep" ''Filament'' Kyota Sawada   2003 ''Aragami'' The Samurai Lead role ''The Battling Angel'' Kazumasa Furuyoshi Lead role ''Hana'' Yoichiro Nozaki Lead role ''Sky High'' Tatsuya Kudo   2004 ''Gege'' Takayuki Takano Lead role ''Hana and Alice'' Ryo Taguchi   ''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 ''A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth'' Naruse Lead role ''Riding the Metro'' Sakichi Konuma  ''Christmas on July 24th Avenue'' Satoshi Okuda  ''Bizan'' Dr. Daisuke Terasawa  2007 ''Life: Tears in Heaven'' Natsuki Iijima Lead role ''Midnight Eagle'' Yuji Nishizaki Lead role 2008 ''The Taste of Fish'' Shuntaro Akagi Lead role ''Ichi'' Toma Fujihira   ''Love Fight'' Joe Oki   2009 ''Halfway'' Hirabayashi   ''Goemon'' Kirigakure Saizō   ''Ballad: Nameless Love Song'' Takatora Okurai  2010 ''Flowers'' Hiroshi Manaka ''The Sakurada Gate Incident''  Tetsunosuke Seki Lead role 2012  ''Wolf Children Ame and Yuki'' Ookami (voice) Animated film ''A Terminal Trust'' The prosecutor  2013 ''Strawberry Night'' Isao Makita ''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   ''The Silent Service'' Shiro Kaieda Lead role; also producer  2024 ''Kingdom 4: The Return of the Great General'' Wang Qi  ===Television=== Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1994 ''Kimi to Ita Natsu'' Ryoichi Aizawa ''Wakamono no Subete'' Shinsuke Yamazaki ''Hana no Ran'' Ashikaga Yoshitane ''Taiga'' drama1995 ''Hoshi no Kinka'' Shuichi Nagai ''Kamisan no Waruguchi 2'' Satoshi Mikami 1996 ''Zoku Hoshi no Kinka'' Shuichi Nagai ''Gekiteki Kiko: Shinya Tokkyu'' Koutaro Sawaki ''Only You: Aisarete'' Sumio Ozaki ''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  ''Worst Contact'' Takimoto  ''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 ''JIN'' Jin Minakata Lead role  2011 ''JIN 2'' Jin Minakata Lead role 2013 ''Fiery Enmity: Hero of the North'' Aterui Lead role  ''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 ===Games===* ''Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box'' (2007) as Anton Herzen (voice)
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