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Kunitar Sawamura was a Japanese kabuki and film actor.

Sawamura, whose original name was Yichi Kat, was born in Tokyo to the kabuki actor Denz Takeshiba. He studied acting under Sjr Sawamura VII before taking the stage name Kunitar Sawamura IV in 1926, appearing mostly as an onnagata. He began his movie career at the film studio Makino Productions in 1929, and later moved to Nikkatsu, working most of the time in jidaigeki. After the war, he mainly worked as a character actor.

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