Sônosuke Sawamura
Actor · Died November 3, 1978, aged 60 · Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Sônosuke Sawamura was born on 1 July 1918 in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Zatoichi on the Road (1963), Gigantis: The Fire Monster (1959) and The Invisible Avenger (1954). He died on 3 November 1978.
Biography from IMDb.
- July 1, 1918
- November 3, 1978 (aged 60)
- Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
- Actor
- 7 on MovieCove · 142 credits in all
Known for
What are Sônosuke Sawamura's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 1
Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Sônosuke Sawamura's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Sônosuke Sawamura's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
142 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
シネマ歌舞伎『歌舞伎NEXT 朧の森に棲む鬼』 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Invisible Swordsman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
The Curse of the Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Lefty Fencer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Heiji, the Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
The Flower and the Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Chivalrous Nature (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Zatoichi's Revenge(1965)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
The Ninja Hunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
On the Road Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Blind Monk Swordsman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
The Man Disappears Yesterday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Warrior of the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Zatoichi on the Road(1963)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Yakuza of Seki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Ninja, A Band of Assassins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Revenge for His Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Drunken Sword (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
The Phantom Goblin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Yakuza Official (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
The Notorious Man's Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Seven Miles to Nakayama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Kisaragi Sword (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Sabakareru Echizen no kami (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Knightly Advice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Good Rascals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
The Red Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Young Lord and Second Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
The Man Who Came to the Harbor Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Ninjutsu tsukai to sannin musume: onna kitsune henka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Fine Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Young Lord Yakuza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Ninjutsu-tsukai to sennin masume (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Mask of the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Diary of Good Conduct Matashiro: A beautiful bat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Unruly Lion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Ōedo kenka matsuri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Mansion of beauties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
The Shogun and the Fishmonger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Case of a Young Lord 8 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Scarier than the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Mighty Shosuke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Shinran, Part II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
The Pirates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Paper Crane Palanquin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Unwieldy Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Ooka Seidan: Devil Image (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
The Demon of Mount Oe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Hibari’s Favorite 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Dead Beauty of Kurayamizaka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Female Demon Mask (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Samurai Vagabonds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Road of Chivalry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
An Actor's Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Fuunji Oda Nobunaga(1959)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
53 Stages of the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Echo in the Mountains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
The Edo Official and Apprentice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Gentle Breeze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Mission to Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Happily Tied to the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Bride of Peacock Castle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Diary of a Wandering Lord (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Drenched Swallow Gonpachi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Epic Crash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
The Swishing Sword (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Megitsune Buro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
A Martial Crowd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Detective Hibari: Case of the Golden Hairpins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Secret of The Golden Spell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Sasaki Kojiro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Secret of Naruto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Inazuma Kaidō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
The Living Koheiji (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Jirochō gaiden: Haikagura no Santarō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Achako's Diary: Bride-Catching Test (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Tenten Musume (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Achako's Diary: Children Who Spoil Their Children Go to Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Aizome gasa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
The Affair 55 Years Later (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
The Hoodlum and the Young Master (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Fighting Cha Cha Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Settlement of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Runaway Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
I Saw the Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Marital Relations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
The Lone Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Three Brides for Three Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Godzilla Raids Again(1955)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Nonki saiban (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
A Man Among Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Invisible Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
New Tengu Kurama Part II: Duel at Toji Temple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Late Chrysanthemums (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Half Virgin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Riverside Fish Market Empire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Bengawan Solo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
新遊侠伝 遊侠往来 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
新遊侠伝 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Yasubei Nakayama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
When We Came Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Duel in the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Career shape
Star power in the 86th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 142 titles from 1950 to 2024.
Biggest box office
Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Highest rated
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
Most popular right now
Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Film career
- 1954Screen debut· Late Chrysanthemums
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Sônosuke Sawamura's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Sônosuke Sawamura work with?
People who share at least 2 of Sônosuke Sawamura's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ishirō Honda shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Ishirō HondaShared titles: Gigantis: The Fire Monster (1959), Godzilla Raids Again (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Ishirō Honda
- Motoyoshi OdaShared titles: Gigantis: The Fire Monster (1959), Godzilla Raids Again (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Motoyoshi Oda
Writers
- Kan ShimozawaShared titles: Zatoichi on the Road (1963), The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)See all 2 shared titles with Kan Shimozawa
- Minoru InuzukaShared titles: Zatoichi on the Road (1963), The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)See all 2 shared titles with Minoru Inuzuka
- Ed WatsonShared titles: Gigantis: The Fire Monster (1959), Godzilla Raids Again (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Ed Watson
- Ib MelchiorShared titles: Gigantis: The Fire Monster (1959), Godzilla Raids Again (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Ib Melchior
Actors
- Seizaburō SaruwakaShared titles: Zatoichi on the Road (1963), The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)See all 2 shared titles with Seizaburō Saruwaka
- Shintarō KatsuShared titles: Zatoichi on the Road (1963), The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)See all 2 shared titles with Shintarō Katsu
- Shôsaku SugiyamaShared titles: Zatoichi on the Road (1963), The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)See all 2 shared titles with Shôsaku Sugiyama
- Hiroshi KoizumiShared titles: Gigantis: The Fire Monster (1959), Godzilla Raids Again (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Hiroshi Koizumi
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Shôzô HondaShared titles: Zatoichi on the Road (1963), The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)See all 2 shared titles with Shôzô Honda
- Kazuji TairaShared titles: Gigantis: The Fire Monster (1959), Godzilla Raids Again (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Kazuji Taira
- Masaru SatōShared titles: Gigantis: The Fire Monster (1959), Godzilla Raids Again (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Masaru Satō
- Seiichi EndôShared titles: Gigantis: The Fire Monster (1959), Godzilla Raids Again (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Seiichi Endô
Producers
- Tomoyuki TanakaShared titles: Gigantis: The Fire Monster (1959), Godzilla Raids Again (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Tomoyuki Tanaka
