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name: "Kenji Sawada"
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# Kenji Sawada

Actor. Born 25 June 1948 in Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 June 1948, Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
- **Also known as:** Julie, ジュリー, 澤田研二, 沢田研二

## Biography

Kenji Sawada, also credited as Julie, is a Japanese singer, songwriter and actor. Born on 25 June 1948 in Tottori Prefecture, he rose to prominence as the lead vocalist of the rock band The Tigers during the late 1960s group sounds era.

Sawada has appeared in numerous films, including as Osamu in *Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters* (1985), Makoto Kido in *The Man Who Stole the Sun* (1979), Shiro Amakusa in *Samurai Reincarnation* (1981), Hieda Reijirou in *Hiruko the Goblin* (1991) and Masao Katakuri in *The Happiness of the Katakuris* (2002). He has been married to actress Yūko Tanaka since 1989.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters* (1985), Fi1m 86, as Osamu — [page](https://film.one/film/mishima-a-life-in-four-chapters.md)

## Also known for

- *The Happiness of the Katakuris* (2002), Masao Katakuri
- *Hiruko the Goblin* (1991), Hieda Reijirou
- *Samurai Reincarnation* (1981), Shiro Amakusa
- *The Man Who Stole the Sun* (1979), Makoto Kido

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