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Kenji Sawada is a Actor Japonais born on 25 june 1948 at Tottori (Japon)
Kenji Sawada (沢田 研二, Sawada Kenji, born June 25, 1948; real surname written as 澤田) is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and actor, best known for being the vocalist for the Japanese rock band The Tigers. Nicknamed "Julie" (ジュリー, Jurī) because of his self professed adoration of Julie Andrews, he was born in Tsunoi, Iwami (now part of Tottori), Tottori Prefecture, Japan, and raised in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto at age 3. He is married to Oshin star Yūko Tanaka, whom he met on the set of Tora-san, the Expert.
As a singer (often he also worked as a songwriter) and actor, Sawada prospered greatly on Japanese popular culture in the last three decades of the Showa era. At the end of the 1960s, he had great success as the lead singer of the band The Tigers. After the breakup of The Tigers and another project PYG, he began his own solo career.
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Kenji Sawada
Kenji Sawada (沢田 研二, Sawada Kenji, born June 25, 1948; real surname written as 澤田) is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and actor, best known for being the vocalist for the Japanese rock band The Tigers. Nicknamed "Julie" (ジュリー, Jurī) because of his self professed adoration of Julie Andrews, he was born in Tsunoi, Iwami (now part of Tottori), Tottori Prefecture, Japan, and raised in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto at age 3. He is married to Oshin star Yūko Tanaka, whom he met on the set of Tora-san, the Expert.
As a singer (often he also worked as a songwriter) and actor, Sawada prospered greatly on Japanese popular culture in the last three decades of the Showa era. At the end of the 1960s, he had great success as the lead singer of the band The Tigers. After the breakup of The Tigers and another project PYG, he began his own solo career.
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, 1h53Directed by Takashi Miike
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Musical theatre, Horror, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Comedy horror films
Actors Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Naoto Takenaka, Naomi Nishida, Shinji Takeda, Tetsurō Tanba
Roles Masao Katakuri
Rating68%
The Katakuris are a four-generation family of failures: patriarch Masao Katakuri (Kenji Sawada), his wife Terue (Keiko Matsuzaka), his father Jinpei (Tetsurō Tamba), his formerly criminal son Masayuki (Shinji Takeda), his divorced daughter Shizue (Naomi Nishida), her child Yurie (Tamaki Miyazaki, who narrates the film), and their dog, Pochi. The family uses the father's redundancy pay to purchase a large old home situated on a former garbage dump near Mount Fuji that they have named the ‘White Lover's Inn'. They have the intention of converting it into a bed & breakfast, since the road running nearby is supposed to be expanded up to the house, which would bring many guests and tourists. However, the road hasn't been expanded yet and the Katakuris subsequently have no guests. When one finally shows up, a TV personality, sans clothes, he subsequently commits suicide during the night, and the Katakuris make the decision to save their business by burying the body and concealing the death. The second guest, a Sumo wrestler, also dies of a heart attack during a tryst with his underage girlfriend, who also dies.
Sabu (2002)
, 2h2Directed by Takashi Miike
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Tatsuya Fujiwara, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Tomoko Tabata, Tatsuo Yamada, Kazue Fukiishi, Kenji Sawada
Roles Okayasu
Rating63%
Framed for a crime he did not commit, Eiji is subjected to the harsh realities of the Ishikawa Island workhouse. Sabu, Eiji's longtime friend, must discover who is responsible for his incarceration, before prison life consumes him completely.
Pistol Opera (2001)
, 1h52Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Makiko Esumi, Masatoshi Nagase, Kirin Kiki, Mikijirō Hira, Kenji Sawada, Yoshiyuki Morishita
Roles Man at Tokyo Station
Rating62%
Une jolie tueuse surnommée Stray Cat, classée numéro 3, va bientôt se retrouver embrigadée dans un massacre en règle auquel tous les assassins du pays vont participer, afin de s’emparer de la place du tueur numéro 1.
Osaka Story (1999)
, 1h59Directed by Jun Ichikawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Chizuru Ikewaki, Kenji Sawada, Yūko Tanaka
Roles Shimotsuki, Ryûsuke
Rating62%
Hiruko the Goblin (1991)
, 1h30Directed by Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Kenji Sawada, Naoto Takenaka, Hideo Murota, Ken Mitsuishi, Kimiko Yo
Roles Hieda Reijirou
Rating61%
Reijiro Hieda, a young and energetic archeologist, has been discredited since advocating heretical theories. A letter from his brother-in-law Yabe, a junior high school teacher, tells of his discovery of an ancient tomb built to appease evil spirits. Hieda eagerly goes to investigate, only to find that Yabe has mysteriously disappeared along with one of his students, Reiko Tsukishima. Meanwhile, Yabe's son, Masao, searches for his father in the school during summer vacation and encounters Reiko. Masao becomes engulfed in a mysterious atmosphere, and strange creatures appear, upon which his back begins to ache and emit smoke. Hieda appears and saves Masao. Together they search the premises and find a sea of blood and a headless body while Reiko's quiet voice is heard singing.
Yumeji (1991)
, 2h8Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Historical
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Ghost films
Actors Kenji Sawada, Yoshio Harada, Kimiko Yo, Masumi Miyazaki, Bandō Tamasaburō V, Reona Hirota
Roles Yumeji Takehisa
Rating68%
La vie de bohème de Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934), peintre décadent et romanesque.
Capone Cries a Lot (1985)
, 2h10Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Actors Yūko Tanaka, Kenji Sawada, Akira Emoto, Kirin Kiki, Miki Takakura, Mitsuru Hirata
Roles Tetsugoro Osawa
Rating62%
Umiemon (Kenichi Hagiwara) is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.
, 2hDirected by Paul Schrader
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about writers, Seafaring films, Poésie, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Children's films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ken Ogata, Kenji Sawada, Roy Scheider, Hiroshi Mikami, Jun Negami, Haruko Katō
Roles Osamu (segment "Kyoko's House")
Rating78%
The film sets in on November 25 1970, the last day in Mishima's life. He is shown finishing a manuscript. Then, he puts on a uniform he designed for himself and meets with four of his most loyal followers from his private army.
A Pool Without Water (1982)
, 1h43Directed by Kōji Wakamatsu
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Yūya Uchida, Kenji Sawada, Rikiya Yasuoka, Yoshio Harada, Taiji Tonoyama, Fujio Akatsuka
Roles Yakuza
Rating66%
Un poinçonneur de billet de train à la vie ennuyeuse, sauve un soir une jeune fille des mains de deux hommes qui veulent abuser d'elle. Petit à petit, il va nourrir des fantasmes sur elle, avant de s'adonner à un nouveau plaisir, celui de s'introduire chez des jeunes filles la nuit pour les violer. En repartant, il nettoie et prépare le déjeuner. Il fait ainsi naître des sentiments confus chez sa victime.
Tora-san, the Expert (1982)
, 1h46Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Yūko Tanaka, Chieko Baishō, Masami Shimojō, Kenji Sawada, Yukiji Asaoka
Roles Saburo
Rating67%
Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.
Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
, 2h2Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Sonny Chiba, Kenji Sawada, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Ken Ogata, Hideo Murota, Hiroyuki Sanada
Roles Shiro Amakusa
Rating64%
Following the massacre of many thousands of Christians by soldiers of the Tokugawa Empire after the Shimabara Rebellion, Shiro Amakusa renounces the God who he feels abandoned them, and bargains his soul to the forces of darkness for the power to take his revenge. He gains the power to resurrect the dead, and begins with Hosokawa, the wife of a samurai who mocked her for her chastity and then left her to die during the invasion. Shiro restores her beauty in exchange for her loyalty. Next, they travel to the cave of legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, who regrets that he neglected his lovely wife to find more opponents to duel, and that his advanced age prevents him from challenging the one rival he considered worthy to test his technique. He initially resists the pair, but suffers a heart attack and agrees to join them. During this exchange, his cave is visited by Yagyu Jubei, son of a samurai master and a powerful swordsman in his own right. Jubei rushes to Musashi's aid only to find an empty suit of armor. The unholy trio then encounter Inshun, a Buddhist monk who is plagued with terrible fantasies of sex and death. Hosokawa taunts him with the failings of his monastic teachings, and he commits suicide in despair, becoming one of Shiro's undead in the process.
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
, 2h27Directed by Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Kenji Sawada, Bunta Sugawara, Shigeru Kōyama, Kei Satō, Yūnosuke Itō, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Roles Makoto Kido
Rating74%
Makoto (Kenji Sawada), a high school science and chemistry teacher, has decided to build his own atomic bomb. Before stealing plutonium isotopes from a nearby nuclear power plant, he is involved in the botched hijack of one of his school's buses during a field trip. Along with a police detective, Yamashita (Bunta Sugawara), he is able to overcome the hijacker and is publicly hailed as a hero.