Person
Kenya Sawada
Acting · Born 1965-01-28 · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Biography
Kenya Sawada (澤田 拳也, Sawada Ken'ya, born January 28, 1965) is a Japanese film actor who has appeared in numerous movies, primarily in Hong Kong productions. He has occasionally been credited simply by his first name. Sawada was born in Kanagawa. His first appearance was in a Japanese film Hey Oilers: The Legend of Skyline. Sawada's only other Japanese productions include Buyûden and Hasami as well as the 1998 Hong Kong-Japanese production B gai waak. Instead, Sawada has appeared more prominently in numerous Hong Kong productions, beginning with a minor role in the 1995 Jackie Chan film Thunderbolt. He also appeared in the 2009 Jackie Chan film Shinjuku Incident. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenya Sawada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Shadow's Edge
Egawa Takeshi
Street Fighter
Captain Sawada
Devils on the Doorstep
Inokichi Sakatsuka
Thunderbolt
Saw
Shinjuku Incident
Nakajima
The Setting Sun
1992
Color of Pain
Tanaka Ryuya
Hidden Man
Nemoto Ichiro
The Great Magician
Mitearai
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Yamada Motokazu
Filmography
- 2025The Shadow's EdgeEgawa Takeshi
- 2022Invisible TattooAsano (Qian Ye)
- 2018Warriors of the Nation
- 2018Hidden ManNemoto Ichiro
- 2012Hasami
- 2011The Great MagicianMitearai
- 2010The Legend Is Born: Ip ManKitano Yukio
- 2009Shinjuku IncidentNakajima
- 2003Chain
- 2002Color of PainTanaka Ryuya
- 2001Devils on the DoorstepInokichi Sakatsuka
- 2000Bruce Law Stunts
- 1998Extreme CrisisDetective Takami
- 1996Somebody Up There Likes MeYamada Motokazu
- 1995ThunderboltSaw
- 1994Street FighterCaptain Sawada
- 1993Manila Emmanuelle’s Dangerous Paradise
- 1993A Bullet Named Love
- 1992The Setting Sun
- 1991Hey Oilers the Legend of Skyline
- 1990The Legend of ZipangTobatsu
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