Kenji Sawada
Acting
Born June 25, 1948, Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Kenji Sawada (Japanese: 沢田 研二, Hepburn: Sawada Kenji; born June 25, 1948; real surname written as 澤田) is a Japanese singer, songwriter and actor, best known as vocalist of the 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, Japan (now part of Tottori), and raised in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto from the age of age 3.
Filmography
- 2022The Zen Diary — Tsutomu
- 2021It's a Flickering Life — Gō
- 2008沢田研二 人間60年 ジュリー祭り
- 2006Switch of Happiness — Seiichiro Inada
- The Street Lawyers
- 2004Eiko — Shoichi Enomoto
- 2002Sabu — Okayasu
- 2002The Happiness of the Katakuris — Masao Katakuri
- 2001Pistol Opera — Man at Tokyo Station
- 2001Saiaku
- 2001The Making Of The Katakuris
- Audrey — 麻生祐二
- 1999Osaka Story — Shimotsuki, Ryûsuke
- Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
- 1991Bakayarō! 4 You! — Hajime Shiraishi (segment "カラダだけの男")
- 1991Hiruko the Goblin — Hieda Reijirou
- 1991Yumeji — Yumeji Takehisa
- 1989幸福な市民~勤勉とは? ライオンのように生きたいと願った男の悲喜劇 — Tsuruhiko Kumoi
- 1988Revolver — Nobuhiko Shimizu, Police Officer
- 1985Capone Cries a Lot — Tetsugoro Osawa
- 1985Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters — Osamu
- Burning Mountain River — Charlie Tamiya
- 1984Deaths in Tokimeki — Naoya Kudo
- 1983Lover, Come Back to Me
- 1982A Pool Without Water — Yakuza
- 1982Arashi Tatsunari — Ryuji Miyazawa
- 1982Tora-san, the Expert — 三郎
- 陽のあたる場所
- 1981Samurai Reincarnation — Shiro Amakusa
- 1981The Tale of Genji
- 1979The Man Who Stole the Sun — Makoto Kido
- 1976The Sorrow of Paris — Jiro Takimura
- He's Like a Devil — Kamon Ryou
- 1974Carol
- 1974Statue in Fire
- 1972Beyond the Rainbow — Akio
- 1970Japan's No. 1 Yakuza Man
- 1969The Tigers - Hi! London — Julie
- 1968A Lavish Invitation — Kenji Uno
- 1968Mexican Free-for-All — Maria's boyfriend
- 1968The Tigers: The World is Waiting For Us — Julie
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Appearances as themselves (3)
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
- Midi Première — Self
- Système 2 — Self