was a Japanese kabuki and film actor.
Sawamura, whose original name was Yà «ichi Katà Â, was born in Tokyo to the kabuki actor Denzà  Takeshiba. He studied acting under Sà Âjà «rà  Sawamura VII before taking the stage name Kunitarà  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.
Both Sawamura's own family and that of his wife were active in the film industry. Sawamura's younger brother and sister were the actors Daisuke Katà  and Sadako Sawamura. He married Tomoko Makino, the daughter of Shozo Makino, a film director and the head of Makino Productions. His brothers in law were thus the film directors Sadatsugu Matsuda (1906âÂÂ2003), Masahiro Makino (1908âÂÂ1993), and Shinzà  Makino, as well as the producer Mitsuo Makino. Masahiro married the actress Yukiko Todoroki and their sonâÂÂand thus Sawamura's nephewâÂÂMasayuki Makino, is the head of the Okinawa Actor's School. Sawamura fathered the actors Masahiko Tsugawa and Hiroyuki Nagato, both of whom married famous actresses, Yukiji Asaoka and Yà Âko Minamida respectively.