Shirôgorô Sawamura

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 films such as Saiyuki (Diary of a Westward Journey) and Jitsuroku Hagi, and it is said that of the two, Sawamura Shirogoro was slightly more popular with the public due to his oval face and his flashiness. Sawamura became an idol of the youth during his Tenkatsu and Nikkatsu days. In the autumn of 1921 Sawamura joined Shochiku, where he starred in Kanzaki Kanninbukuro. After Ichikawa Enjuro and the rest returned to Kokukatsu, they parted ways, and the line up was never seen again.

• Yotsuya Kaidan

  1921

• Dream of the Setting Sun

  Akushichibei Kagekiyo

• The Legend of the Filial Child Goro Masamune

  1915

• Arima no neko

  1922

• Yotsuya Kaidan

  1923

• Nabeshima no neko

  1923

• Kisô no kuroneko

  1918

• Hachisuka no neko

  1922

• Hida no kaibyō

  1920

• Shin sarayashiki

  1924

• 1924Dream of the Setting SunAkushichibei Kagekiyo
• 1924Shin sarayashiki
• 1923Yotsuya Kaidan
• 1923Nabeshima no neko
• 1922Hachisuka no neko
• 1922Arima no neko
• 1921Yotsuya Kaidan
• 1920Hida no kaibyō
• 1918Kisô no kuroneko
• 1916Tenjiku Tokubei
• 1915The Legend of the Filial Child Goro Masamune