Writing

Tsutomu Sawamura

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

その手にのるな poster
NR

A woman in a bar was killed at a new construction site in an apartment building, and a handbag containing the value of five million yen was taken away. Detective Kuribayashi, who was involved in the investigation, turned his eyes to Kishida Ryohei, a cabaret musician who lives in a nearby apartment. He had a criminal record for stabbing his wife, who had betrayed him, and a match he worked for had fallen at the scene of the murder. However, Kishida, who appeared at the police station, stubbornly denied the crime, and he returned to his apartment without physical evidence.However, the residents of the apartment who learned of this had been cold-blooded and rumored to be a murderer. Kishida has a secret crush on the stripper Tachibana Yumi, who lives in the apartment directly opposite.However, Yumi has a lover of a plumber named Maki Shinji.

その手にのるな

1958

New Third-Class Executive poster
8.0

At an Osaka electronics company, power struggles, corporate schemes, and personal agendas collide when the boss is away. As tensions rise around a meddling heiress and a collapsing business deal, one quiet employee steps up to set things right.

New Third-Class Executive

1959

Women Called 'Wives' poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Women Called 'Wives'

1963

City of Violence poster
NR

Set against the backdrop of Hiroshima, a city plagued by gun violence, a passionate newspaper reporter and the citizens band together to courageously confront the tyranny of two major organized crime syndicates.

City of Violence

1953

The Baby Carriage poster
8.0

Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to being regarded as an outcast, the heroine sets about to spiritually legitimize the girl.

The Baby Carriage

1956

A Salaryman's Reckless Family poster
NR

Untaro Tatsumura, a pioneer of the salaryman class, had retired from active duty and was living a leisurely life in Ito with his wife, while serving as an advisor to seven companies. However, when he announced that he intended to donate his estate to social welfare causes, the Tatsumura household was thrown into an uproar.

A Salaryman's Reckless Family

1963

Behind the camera

その手にのるな poster
NR

A woman in a bar was killed at a new construction site in an apartment building, and a handbag containing the value of five million yen was taken away. Detective Kuribayashi, who was involved in the investigation, turned his eyes to Kishida Ryohei, a cabaret musician who lives in a nearby apartment. He had a criminal record for stabbing his wife, who had betrayed him, and a match he worked for had fallen at the scene of the murder. However, Kishida, who appeared at the police station, stubbornly denied the crime, and he returned to his apartment without physical evidence.However, the residents of the apartment who learned of this had been cold-blooded and rumored to be a murderer. Kishida has a secret crush on the stripper Tachibana Yumi, who lives in the apartment directly opposite.However, Yumi has a lover of a plumber named Maki Shinji.

その手にのるな

1958

New Third-Class Executive poster
8.0

At an Osaka electronics company, power struggles, corporate schemes, and personal agendas collide when the boss is away. As tensions rise around a meddling heiress and a collapsing business deal, one quiet employee steps up to set things right.

New Third-Class Executive

1959

Women Called 'Wives' poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Women Called 'Wives'

1963

City of Violence poster
NR

Set against the backdrop of Hiroshima, a city plagued by gun violence, a passionate newspaper reporter and the citizens band together to courageously confront the tyranny of two major organized crime syndicates.

City of Violence

1953

The Baby Carriage poster
8.0

Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to being regarded as an outcast, the heroine sets about to spiritually legitimize the girl.

The Baby Carriage

1956

A Salaryman's Reckless Family poster
NR

Untaro Tatsumura, a pioneer of the salaryman class, had retired from active duty and was living a leisurely life in Ito with his wife, while serving as an advisor to seven companies. However, when he announced that he intended to donate his estate to social welfare causes, the Tatsumura household was thrown into an uproar.

A Salaryman's Reckless Family

1963

Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers poster
7.0

An Ishiro Honda film.

Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers

1959

No artwork available
NR

While conducting a crackdown on contraband cigarettes at Ueno Station, inspector Tetsuro Shibuya came across an envelope addressed to Misa Makihara inside an unattended backpack filled with loose tobacco. Misa was ostensibly an employee of Yamagishi Shokai, a real estate firm, but in reality she was the mistress of Yuzo Yamagishi, a cigarette bootlegger. Yamagishi’s contraband cigarettes were made from loose tobacco sourced from Misa’s uncle, Kisaku, in Ibaraki.

Jigoku no fue

1949

Doronko tengoku poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Doronko tengoku

1958

Haru no Wakakusa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Haru no Wakakusa

1954

Towering Waves poster
2.7

A young prosecutor named Takao falls in love with Yoriko, only to discover that her husband is the target of his investigation into a major corruption scandal. Torn between professional duty and their forbidden affair, the couple finds themselves trapped by societal expectations and legal consequences.

Towering Waves

1960

Ghost Man poster
6.7

A ghost man with his face hidden entirely by bandages is killing beautiful nude models. Detective Kindaichi investigates.

Ghost Man

1954

Three Dolls and Three Guys poster
7.0

Punch, Pinch, and Sench become involved in a murder mystery centering on a Chinese billionaire (Mihashi), actually a Japanese yakuza, who claims to be developing a tourist's paradise on the island of Oshima.

Three Dolls and Three Guys

1960

Modern Moneymaking poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Modern Moneymaking

1960

Alps Story: The Wild poster
NR

1950 Japanese film

Alps Story: The Wild

1950

Junketsu kakumei poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Junketsu kakumei

1953

Age of Resistance poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Age of Resistance

1958

Pure Love poster
NR

Toshiro, a naval reserve student, is a kamikaze pilot. Unsure of how long he will live, Toshiro had no intention of marrying. However, after witnessing the deaths of his comrades and experiencing air raids, he decides to marry his lover, Teruko. But one day, while piloting a kamikaze plane in place of his comrades, Toshiro's plane's wing is shot out during a fierce aerial battle.

Pure Love

1956

No artwork available
7.0

Modern love story about three disparate sisters, one (Tsukasa) of whom who suspects her husband (Kobayashi) has been unfaithful.

Respect, Flatter, and Love

1960

This Day's Life poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

This Day's Life

1957

Bikkuri Sanjuushi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bikkuri Sanjuushi

1952

Kiriko's Tango poster
NR

A story of the conflicting friendship and love between two young men over a young girl from a working-class neighborhood.

Kiriko's Tango

1963

Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass poster
NR

The timid first love of high school students! A whisper of love between a young man and a girl! The experiences of a middle-aged couple with a child! A cheerful work depicting the problems between three generations of men and women in a bright and healthy manner.

Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass

1954

Story of Leadership poster
9.0

In this semi-documentary, an older locomotive driver is tasked with training younger ones and is currently training two in particular. The old man is finding the task overwhelming as it is hard work with practical lessons and classroom components. His wife has died, but he has three daughters with the oldest taking care of her younger siblings.

Story of Leadership

1941

Student Executive poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Student Executive

1961

沖縄健児隊 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

沖縄健児隊

1953

I'm a Bodyguard poster
8.0

Kita Ippei (Atsumi Kiyoshi) became a security officer in the Metropolitan Police Department's Security Division after catching a thug who attacked a writer living in the area while working at a police box. His dream is to become a bodyguard (BG) for the Prime Minister, just like his senior, Detective Inspector Takagi (Ryu Chishu). Kita Ippei is very successful in both work and love, getting attacked while guarding a female minister, getting some perks as a BG for a foreign princess, and becoming friends with a woman at his favorite bar.

I'm a Bodyguard

1964

Shiroi minamikaze poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shiroi minamikaze

1961

Navy poster
8.0

Japanese war film.

Navy

1943

The Devil's toast poster
NR

Retired police inspector Kurusu is vacationing at a seaside hotel when one night he hears a child's screaming...but there are no children staying in the hotel. But when an ex-actress who is also a guest there mentions an unsolved murder that occurred on the spot over a year ago, Kurusu decides to investigate.

The Devil's toast

1947

Flower's Yearning poster
7.0

Domoto Kozue, a gifted young ikebana artist, shoulders the legacy of her late father’s school while navigating the pressures of family expectation and an arranged marriage. Her path shifts when she encounters Shinichi, whose presence stirs both inspiration and conflict within the tightly bound world around her. Amid love, rivalry, and the fragile beauty of flowers, Kozue must decide how to shape her own future.

Flower's Yearning

1958

Her Hoodlum Lover poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Her Hoodlum Lover

1957

Manchurian Sunset poster
NR

A film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve of violent changes, tells the story of a young man Rinnosuke Date, who, following his dream, love and passion, breaks through the blood- and dust-drenched land of Manchuria with a pistol in a piercing wind.

Manchurian Sunset

1956

Shanghai Landing Party poster
5.0

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a documentary mode. In the film story, Japan's marine regiment protects Japanese residents and Chinese refugees-women and young children-from rampant street fighting, Shanhai Rikusentai unsparingly uses its first eight minutes for an official-mannered self-justification of the war. From the viewpoint of explaining Japan's military operation,the narration refers to the city s spatial division in sync with maps on screen.

Shanghai Landing Party

1939

No artwork available
NR

Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.

Hobo Village

1958

Fools at Work poster
8.0

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

Fools at Work

1964

Yume de aritai poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Yume de aritai

1962

The Victory Song of the Orient poster
NR

Excerpts from the 1942 propaganda film Toyo no Gaika celebrate the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II. Named after a Japanese victory song, the film uses the power of the cinematic image for ideological purposes. A parade of visual symbols, emphasizing the patriotism of the victor and the defeat of the enemy, includes portraits of captured American generals and a trampled American flag.

The Victory Song of the Orient

1942

No artwork available
NR

Japanese drama film.

Madam

1957

I Was a Prisoner in Siberia poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

I Was a Prisoner in Siberia

1952