Ogawa was a prominent exponent of the Golden Age of Nikkatsu action movies during the 1960s.
He worked on the prime-time television detective series Taiyō ni Hoero!, of which he was the main writer.
[1] In 1978, he contributed with his writing to the likewise detective series Tokyo Megure Keishi, starring Kinya Aikawa and Tomomi Sato.
At the end of the 1960s, he joined the video production group Jack Production (ジャック・プロダクション, Jakku purodakushon) with, among others, Takashi Tsuboshima, Yasuo Tanami, Katsuki Iwauchi.
[4] In addition, Ogawa presided over the private school Eijuku for training young screenwriters.