Background
Yoshio Osawa was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1902.
Yoshio Osawa was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1902.
He proceeded to America for studies (1919) to graduate from Princeton University in 1925.
He joined his father's business, the Osaka Trading Company in 1926. He became the first president of Toho Movie Company (1943). Later he resigned to concentrate on his family business in 1947.