Osamu Takizawa 滝沢 修 Takizawa Osamu 13 November 1906 22 June 2000 was a Japanese actor He was born in Ushigome Tokyo Japan Starting at the Tsukiji Little Theater Takizawa participated in a number of theatrical troupes before forming Gekidan Mingei with Jūkichi Uno His was praised for his performance in Death of a Salesman and also directed a version of The Diary of Anne Frank Perhaps his most notable film role was in Fires on the Plain From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Description above from the Wikipedia article Osamu Takizawa licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia