Birthday
1887/09/15
Day of death
1932/08/27 (44 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Also know as
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Sawamura was born in 1877 in Tokyo. He studied under Takasagoya Fukusuke, making his first stage performance in the Osaka Nakaza Theater. In 1911 he was promoted to the ranks of the named actors, and in 1914 he succeeded to the name of Sawamura Shirogoro V at the Teikoku Theater. That same year he was invited to join Tenkatsu along with Ichikawa Enjuro. The name of both of these actors began to spread after their appearance in the 1916 film Ninjutsu Sanyushi. They went on to appear together in f...Read more
(1920) Hida no kaibyō
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(1922) Arima no neko
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(1922) Hachisuka no neko
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(1923) Nabeshima no neko
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(1921) Yotsuya Kaidan
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(1923) Yotsuya Kaidan
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(1924) Shin sarayashiki
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(1916) Tenjiku Tokubei
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(1918) Kisô no kuroneko
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(1915) The Legend of the Filial Child Goro Masamune
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(1924) Dream of the Setting Sun
as Akushichibei Kagekiyo