Person
Sonosuke Sawamura
Born 1 July 1918 Died 3 November 1978, aged 60 Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan TMDB ↗
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The numbers
31age in their first credit on record (1950)
74years on screen and counting
20credits in 1960, their busiest year
132dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 106 シネマ歌舞伎『歌舞伎NEXT 朧の森に棲む鬼』
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Age: 51 The Invisible Swordsman
1970
Age: 50 The Curse of the Ghost
1969
Age: 50 Lefty Fencer
1969
Age: 50 Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint
1968
Age: 49 Heiji, the Detective
1967
Age: 47 The Flower and the Dragon
1965
Age: 47 Chivalrous Nature
1965
Age: 46 Zatoichi's Revenge
1965as Boss Tatsugoro
Age: 46 Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
1964as Yoshihiro Shimazu
Age: 46 The Ninja Hunt
1964
Age: 46 On the Road Forever
1964
Age: 45 Blind Monk Swordsman
1964
Age: 45 The Man Disappears Yesterday
1964
Age: 45 Warrior of the Wind
1964
Age: 45 Zatoichi on the Road
1963as Boss Tobei of Shimozuma
Age: 45 Yakuza of Seki
1963
Age: 45 Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
1963
Age: 45 Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
Age: 44 Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
1963
Age: 44 Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
Age: 44 Revenge for His Lover
1962
Age: 44 The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
1962as Seki no Kanbei
Age: 44 Drunken Sword
1962
Age: 44 The Phantom Goblin
1962
Age: 44 Yakuza Official
1962
Age: 43 The Notorious Man's Return
1962as Kaneko
Age: 43 Seven Miles to Nakayama
1962
Age: 43 Kisaragi Sword
1962
Age: 43 Sabakareru Echizen no kami
1962
Age: 43 Knightly Advice
1962
Age: 43 Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion
1962
Age: 43 Good Rascals
1962as Tamotsu Watanabe
Age: 43 Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
Age: 43 The Red Shadow
1961as Hyakusuke
No poster
Age: 43 Young Lord and Second Son
1961
Age: 43 The Man Who Came to the Harbor Festival
1961as Feudal Lord
Age: 43 Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961No poster
Age: 43 Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
1961
Age: 43 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961
Age: 43 The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost
1961as Kihei
Age: 43 Ninjutsu tsukai to sannin musume: onna kitsune henka
1961
Age: 42 Young Lord Yakuza
1961
Age: 42 Fine Man
1961
Age: 42 Ninjutsu-tsukai to sennin masume
1961
Age: 42 Mask of the Moon
1961
Age: 42 A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961
Age: 42 Diary of Good Conduct Matashiro: A beautiful bat
1961
Age: 42 Unruly Lion
1961
Age: 42 Ōedo kenka matsuri
1961
Age: 42 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
1961
Age: 42 Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Mansion of beauties
1961
Age: 42 The Shogun and the Fishmonger
1961
Age: 42 Case of a Young Lord 8
1960
Age: 42 Scarier than the Devil
1960
Age: 42 Mighty Shosuke
1960
Age: 42 Shinran, Part II
1960
Age: 42 The Pirates
1960
Age: 42 Paper Crane Palanquin
1960as Manji-ya
Age: 41 Unwieldy Brothers
1960
Age: 41 Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960
Age: 41 Ooka Seidan: Devil Image
1960
Age: 41 The Demon of Mount Oe
1960
Age: 41 Hibari’s Favorite 2
1960
Age: 41 Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
Age: 41 Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
1960
Age: 41 Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Dead Beauty of Kurayamizaka
1960
Age: 41 Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Female Demon Mask
1960
Age: 41 Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
1960
Age: 41 The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
Age: 41 Samurai Vagabonds
1960
Age: 41 Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
1960
Age: 41 Road of Chivalry
1960
Age: 41 An Actor's Revenge
1959
Age: 41 Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
1959
Age: 41 Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
1959
Age: 41 53 Stages of the Road
1959
Age: 41 Echo in the Mountains
1959
Age: 41 Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
Age: 41 The Edo Official and Apprentice
1959
Age: 41 Gentle Breeze
1959
Age: 40 Mission to Hell
1959
Age: 40 Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959as Shibeki
Age: 40 Happily Tied to the Road
1959
Age: 40 Bride of Peacock Castle
1959
Age: 40 Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf
1959
Age: 40 Diary of a Wandering Lord
1959
Age: 40 Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
1959
Age: 40 Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
Age: 40 Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
1958No poster
Age: 40 Drenched Swallow Gonpachi
1958
Age: 40 Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
Age: 40 Epic Crash
1958
Age: 40 The Swishing Sword
1958
Age: 40 Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
1958
Age: 40 Megitsune Buro
1958
Age: 39 A Martial Crowd
1958
Age: 39 Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
Age: 39 Detective Hibari: Case of the Golden Hairpins
1958as Iga no Genji
Age: 39 Secret of The Golden Spell
1958as Asaki Shisai
Age: 39 Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2
1957
Age: 39 Sasaki Kojiro
1957
Age: 39 Secret of Naruto
1957
Age: 39 Inazuma Kaidō
1957
Age: 39 The Living Koheiji
1957as Actor 2
Age: 38 The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1957
Age: 38 Jirochō gaiden: Haikagura no Santarō
1957No poster
Age: 38 The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
1956
Age: 38 Tenten Musume
1956No poster
Age: 38 Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956
Age: 37 The Hoodlum and the Young Master
1956
Age: 37 Fighting Cha Cha Girl
1956as Foreman Kumada
Age: 37 Settlement of Love
1956
Age: 37 Runaway Bride
1956
Age: 37 I Saw the Killer
1956
Age: 37 Marital Relations
1955
Age: 37 The Lone Journey
1955
Age: 36 Godzilla Raids Again
1955as Hokkaido Branch Manager Shingo Shibeki
Age: 36 Nonki saiban
1955
Age: 36 A Man Among Men
1955as Takako's patron
Age: 36 Invisible Man
1954as Nomura, Dietman
Age: 35 Late Chrysanthemums
1954as Sentaro
Age: 35 Half Virgin
1953
Age: 33 Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
Age: 33 Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth
1952as Noshiho Arashi
Age: 33 Bengawan Solo
1951as Military police senior soldier B
Age: 32 新遊侠伝 遊侠往来
1951
Age: 32 新遊侠伝
1951
Age: 32 Yasubei Nakayama
1951
Age: 32 Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950as Peasant Inokichi
Age: 31 When We Came Back
1950
Age: 31 Duel in the Sun
1950as Worker