Tadao Sawamoto

Acting

Tadao Sawamoto

Born — Died

1935-07-02 — 2022-06-05

Known for

Acting

Credits

38 titles

Known for

Key Hunter poster
7.0

Key Hunter is a prime-time Japanese television detective series. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:56 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System network from April 6, 1968 to April 7, 1973. There were a total of 262 episodes, and it was one of the most popular action dramas in Japan at the time. The story involved "Key Hunter", a special clandestine unit of the International Police, which endeavored to solve various crimes. "Key Hunter" was a unique TV show, which started out as a grand scale spy thriller never before seen in Japan. The episodes were individually themed on global crimes and political strife. The initial hardboiled theme later evolved to include intellectual elements involving action, and occasionally with comical elements as well. Tetsuro Tamba starred in the 1967 film You Only Live Twice as Japanese Secret Service agent Tiger Tanaka, an ally of James Bond. This role greatly influenced his image in "Key Hunter".

Key Hunter

1968

Defeat the Boss poster
8.0

Film directed by Ishii Teruo

Defeat the Boss

1963

Young Panther poster
NR

A blockbuster youth action film based on the serialized novel in Nikkan Sports by Yoshirō Akinaga, now adapted for the screen.

Young Panther

1959

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger poster
8.0

When Ryuji - the Gun Slinger, a drug addict leaves hospital to which he was taken after a gunfight by a notorious killer named Gin of Colt, he is employed as a bodyguard by Yo Sangen, chief of a narcotics smuggling ring.

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

1960

He Killed Dad poster
NR

The lives of two brothers, Kunio and Akira Kasahara, are changed forever when their father is murdered. Kunio sets out on a manhunt to avenge his father and will stop at nothing until he finds the killer. Setsuko, Kunio's fiancée, is unable to keep up with the lunacy that Kunio stirs up and finds comfort with another man - his brother, Akira.

He Killed Dad

1961

Elegy to Youth poster
NR

A fresh graduate from a university in Tokyo takes a job as an English teacher at a prestigious high school in Kobe. However, shortly after arriving, he is pranked by four students.

Elegy to Youth

1959

Film credits

1960s · 24 titles

Defeat the Boss poster
8.0

Film directed by Ishii Teruo

Defeat the Boss

1963

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger poster
8.0

When Ryuji - the Gun Slinger, a drug addict leaves hospital to which he was taken after a gunfight by a notorious killer named Gin of Colt, he is employed as a bodyguard by Yo Sangen, chief of a narcotics smuggling ring.

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

1960

He Killed Dad poster
NR

The lives of two brothers, Kunio and Akira Kasahara, are changed forever when their father is murdered. Kunio sets out on a manhunt to avenge his father and will stop at nothing until he finds the killer. Setsuko, Kunio's fiancée, is unable to keep up with the lunacy that Kunio stirs up and finds comfort with another man - his brother, Akira.

He Killed Dad

1961

A Sky Full of Tears poster
6.0

Popular guitarist Shunsuke Sugi had a busy schedule and lived a puppet life with manager Yoko Ohara. On the way home from the Tohoku tour, he rescued Akiko, a girl who had passed out in a car accident. Ahead of him was the bustle of Tokyo. He suddenly met Akiko during a noisy party with friends. He tried to persuade Akiko, who wanted to become a singer, to return to the village, but it didn't work. One day he invited Akiko to play in Yokohama. When they returned to childhood and talked about their dreams, they felt love for the first time. Meanwhile, returning home, Yoko turned her jealousy on the two of them, and announced the death of Shunsuke's mother...

A Sky Full of Tears

1966

ヨットとお転婆野郎 poster
NR

Sanae Nakahara, playing the role of a proactive female college student, persuades a stubborn old man and mediates the forbidden love of a young businessman. This is a youth comedy made to capitalize on the leisure boom of the time.

ヨットとお転婆野郎

1961

Asakusa Sisters poster
10.0

A young chef at a small restaurant in Asakusa, with a past conviction for breaking into a safe, defeats the evil boss and ends up marrying his lover.

Asakusa Sisters

1960

Ginza Jungle Girl poster
NR

A Ginza pickpocket, wanting to show his mother his filial piety, disguises himself as an office worker and takes her sightseeing in Tokyo, with the detective trying to arrest him posing as his Section Chief.

Ginza Jungle Girl

1961

Tōkyō dodonpa musume poster
NR

Motomu Ida movie

Tōkyō dodonpa musume

1961

Tokyo Olympics poster
NR

Adapted from the song " Tokyo Olympic Ondo " , which was the theme song for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics held in October 1964 . Song was composed by Masao Koga.

Tokyo Olympics

1964

Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love

1962

The Diary of a Police Officer: The Slammer Is Full poster
NR

A small provincial town surrounded by mountains and fields in northeastern Japan. Here a group of eight policemen solve a series of unusual cases, ranging from extortion, to drunken fathers, to corruption and even the persecution of a man who claims to be an alien. This entertaining film shows these cops with a human heart with humor.

The Diary of a Police Officer: The Slammer Is Full

1961

Love in the Air poster
NR

Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped and fell to his death, he had felt responsible and, sick at heart, left the circus for a life at sea. On land again Shoji goes to a cabaret where he is soon involved in a brawl. Kasamatsu, the owner of the cabaret, impressed by Shoji's strength, offers him a job as his bodyguard. The next morning Shoji visits Shingo's grave and meets Miyako, Shingo's former sweetheart, who is still a trapeze performer and now the star of the Kuroko Circus which Shoji realizes Kasamatsu intends to control.

Love in the Air

1962

Wakai senpū poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Wakai senpū

1962

Jiken kisha: Kenjû kashimasu poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Jiken kisha: Kenjû kashimasu

1962

Twenty-One Concubines: The Life of a Pervert poster
NR

Teppei Omori is a man of extraordinary virility, with 21 mistresses, over 30 children, and more than 1,100 women he has had relations with. Teppei's daily routine involves visiting each of the beef hot pot restaurants, "Akasatana," run by his mistresses, to collect the sales and keep an eye on the women. One day, Noe, one of his mistresses at the first branch, announces that she wants to marry Urakawa, the chef. The other mistresses, in the prime of their lives, can no longer be content with working for him only once a month, and they compete for Teppei's attention, cheating on him behind his back.

Twenty-One Concubines: The Life of a Pervert

1969

Mahiru no yūkai poster
NR

A suspense drama directed by Mitsuo Wakasugi. Students, gangsters and other young people who couldn't make money were gathering and negotiating at a coffee shop about this. They were told that if you kidnap a child from a rich family, search for him/her, their family would give you about 50,000 yen if you could send the child back.A woman named Motoko disappeared in the midst of evil, but no one noticed it. Shortly after, Kaneda and Chii appeared in a quiet residential area and took a girl about five years old from the Ohara family....

Mahiru no yūkai

1961

Foggy Night Blues poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Foggy Night Blues

1963

The Frozen Plains poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

The Frozen Plains

1962

Jūdai no kawa poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Jūdai no kawa

1962

Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living poster
NR

A marine security officer stranded on the ocean in a small boat is rescued by a crew of buccaneers.

Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living

1961

Lone Wolf poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lone Wolf

1960

Yami wo saku kuchibue poster
NR

A unique action film about a battle between two students and a yakuza over the eviction fee for a family that abandoned their home at the bottom of an artificial lake.

Yami wo saku kuchibue

1960

事件記者 影なき侵入者 poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

事件記者 影なき侵入者

1962

噂の風来坊 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

噂の風来坊

1964

1950s · 13 titles

Young Panther poster
NR

A blockbuster youth action film based on the serialized novel in Nikkan Sports by Yoshirō Akinaga, now adapted for the screen.

Young Panther

1959

Elegy to Youth poster
NR

A fresh graduate from a university in Tokyo takes a job as an English teacher at a prestigious high school in Kobe. However, shortly after arriving, he is pranked by four students.

Elegy to Youth

1959

Crime Reporter: Terror in the Middle of the Day poster
NR

The second installment in the crime reporter series, this is a full-fledged crime reporter film depicting a scoop battle among crime reporters surrounding a mysterious murder and an unlicensed blood sampling service operating in the shadows of Greater Tokyo.

Crime Reporter: Terror in the Middle of the Day

1959

Friendship of Jazz poster
10.0

Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while the police are trying to catch him on suspicion of murder.

Friendship of Jazz

1959

Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha

1958

Crime Reporter poster
NR

The story centers on the fierce competition among newspaper reporters stationed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department as they race to break major scoops. Alongside this, the film humorously depicts a rookie reporter who grows while repeatedly making mistakes. The first film in a series adapted from an NHK TV drama. Focused on those who work at the 'Sakurada Press Club', the home base of crime reporters who pursue exclusive stories in a corner of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Crime Reporter

1959

Zoku fûfu hyakkei poster
NR

In this sequel to The Husband Wore the Apron, househusband Soma wins a children's literature award, bringing in a windfall of prize money. Meanwhile, the Kurata couple find jobs that bring further complications into their married life.

Zoku fûfu hyakkei

1958

Shōjo to fūsen poster
NR

1958 Japanese movie

Shōjo to fūsen

1958

Unripe Fruit poster
NR

A youth lyrical painting depicting a sensitive young man with rich poetic feelings focused on the concerns and aspirations of a high school student.

Unripe Fruit

1959

The Night is Mine poster
NR

Four criminals break into the home of a jewelry merchant, Sanpodo, rob the diamonds, and escape. However, one of them receives a bullet during a skirmish between bandits, and the second is wounded by the police. To help their wounded comrades, criminals lock themselves in a city clinic...

The Night is Mine

1958

The Awakening poster
NR

A unique literary work that describes the end of a married woman who rebelled against her husband's adultery and became addicted to her own sexuality.

The Awakening

1957

Gunshū no naka no taiyō poster
NR

This coming-of-age drama depicts Ozaki, Takei, Minami, and Onoki, four men trained in the rugby club and brimming with intelligence and a sense of justice, as they vigorously move forward on their own paths while battling the murky waters of society, supported by their firm friendship with one another.

Gunshū no naka no taiyō

1959

Goodbye Teenage Love poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Goodbye Teenage Love

1958

Series credits