Acting
Sonosuke Sawamura
Born 1918-07-01
Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Department: Acting
Known For
Prominent works featuring Sonosuke Sawamura
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Godzilla Raids Again
1955
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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
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The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
1962
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Zatoichi on the Road
1963
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Zatoichi's Revenge
1965
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Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
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Late Chrysanthemums
1954
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Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
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Secret of Naruto
1957
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Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (141 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | シネマ歌舞伎『歌舞伎NEXT 朧の森に棲む鬼』 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Invisible Swordsman | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Curse of the Ghost | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Lefty Fencer | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | Heiji, the Detective | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Flower and the Dragon | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | Chivalrous Nature | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | Zatoichi's Revenge | Boss Tatsugoro | Movie | 1965 |
 | Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo | Yoshihiro Shimazu | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Ninja Hunt | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | On the Road Forever | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | Blind Monk Swordsman | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Man Disappears Yesterday | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | Warrior of the Wind | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | Zatoichi on the Road | Boss Tobei of Shimozuma | Movie | 1963 |
 | Yakuza of Seki | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | Ninja, A Band of Assassins | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Revenge for His Lover | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Tale of Zatoichi Continues | Seki no Kanbei | Movie | 1962 |
 | Drunken Sword | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Phantom Goblin | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Yakuza Official | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Notorious Man's Return | Kaneko | Movie | 1962 |
 | Seven Miles to Nakayama | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Kisaragi Sword | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Sabakareru Echizen no kami | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Knightly Advice | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Good Rascals | Tamotsu Watanabe | Movie | 1962 |
 | Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Red Shadow | Hyakusuke | Movie | 1961 |
| Young Lord and Second Son | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 | |
 | The Man Who Came to the Harbor Festival | Feudal Lord | Movie | 1961 |
 | Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
| Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 | |
 | 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost | Kihei | Movie | 1961 |
 | Ninjutsu tsukai to sannin musume: onna kitsune henka | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Young Lord Yakuza | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Fine Man | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Ninjutsu-tsukai to sennin masume | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Mask of the Moon | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Diary of Good Conduct Matashiro: A beautiful bat | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Unruly Lion | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Ōedo kenka matsuri | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Mansion of beauties | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Shogun and the Fishmonger | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Case of a Young Lord 8 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Scarier than the Devil | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Mighty Shosuke | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Shinran, Part II | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Pirates | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Paper Crane Palanquin | Manji-ya | Movie | 1960 |
 | Unwieldy Brothers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Ooka Seidan: Devil Image | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Demon of Mount Oe | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Hibari’s Favorite 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Ryuji, the Gun Slinger | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Dead Beauty of Kurayamizaka | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Female Demon Mask | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Samurai Vagabonds | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Return of the One-Armed Swordsman | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Road of Chivalry | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | An Actor's Revenge | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | 53 Stages of the Road | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Echo in the Mountains | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Edo Official and Apprentice | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Gentle Breeze | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Mission to Hell | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Gigantis, the Fire Monster | Shibeki | Movie | 1959 |
 | Happily Tied to the Road | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Bride of Peacock Castle | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Diary of a Wandering Lord | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
| Drenched Swallow Gonpachi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 | |
 | Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Epic Crash | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Swishing Sword | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Megitsune Buro | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | A Martial Crowd | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Detective Hibari: Case of the Golden Hairpins | Iga no Genji | Movie | 1958 |
 | Secret of The Golden Spell | Asaki Shisai | Movie | 1958 |
 | Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | Sasaki Kojiro | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | Secret of Naruto | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | Inazuma Kaidō | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Living Koheiji | Actor 2 | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | Jirochō gaiden: Haikagura no Santarō | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
| Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 | |
| The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 | |
| Achako's Diary: Bride-Catching Test | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 | |
 | Tenten Musume | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
| Achako's Diary: Children Who Spoil Their Children Go to Heaven | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 | |
| Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 | |
 | The Affair 55 Years Later | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Hoodlum and the Young Master | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Fighting Cha Cha Girl | Foreman Kumada | Movie | 1956 |
 | Settlement of Love | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Runaway Bride | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | I Saw the Killer | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island | (uncredited) | Movie | 1956 |
 | Marital Relations | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Lone Journey | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | Three Brides for Three Sons | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | Godzilla Raids Again | Hokkaido Branch Manager Shingo Shibeki | Movie | 1955 |
 | Nonki saiban | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | A Man Among Men | Takako's patron | Movie | 1955 |
 | Invisible Man | Nomura, Dietman | Movie | 1954 |
 | New Tengu Kurama Part II: Duel at Toji Temple | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Late Chrysanthemums | Sentaro | Movie | 1954 |
 | My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Half Virgin | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Riverside Fish Market Empire | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1952 |
 | Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth | Noshiho Arashi | Movie | 1952 |
 | Bengawan Solo | Military police senior soldier B | Movie | 1951 |
 | 新遊侠伝 遊侠往来 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | 新遊侠伝 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | Yasubei Nakayama | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog | Peasant Inokichi | Movie | 1950 |
 | When We Came Back | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1950 |
 | Duel in the Sun | Worker | Movie | 1950 |