Takao Osawa (Japanese: 大沢 たかお, Hepburn: Ōsawa Takao, born March 11, 1968)[1] is a Japanese actor.

Osawa starred in the 2002 film Filament[2] and the 2007 film Midnight Eagle.

[3] He has also appeared in films such as Masayuki Suo's A Terminal Trust[4] and Takashi Miike's Shield of Straw.

[5] The Newport Beach Film Festival in Newport Beach, CA, screened Osawa's film Wolf Children on April 27, 2013.

[6] In mid-2018, he is playing the Kralahome in the West End revival of The King and I.