The actor Sawamura Kunitarô II held this name from November 1819 to 1836.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He started his career as a disciple of the actor Nakayama Nanshi II, who gave him the name of Nakayama Enshi and trained him to perform in kodomo shibai in Kyôto from the beginning of the 1830s. He became a disciple of Nakamura Karoku I in 1836 and took the name of Nakamura Kaoru. He joined Ichikawa Ebizô V in 1845 and received the name of Ichikawa Suminojô. He used Ichikawa Kashô as a stage name for a while around 1863 and finally took the name of Sawamura Kunitarô III in 1866. He traveled a lot during his career, not only in his native Kamigata, but also in Tôkyô and the central provinces. He was able to play quite a wide range of roles, either as a tachiyaku or an onnagata. He never achieved stardom and his last recorded performance was in January 1890, in Tôkyô at the Azumaza (a koshibai venue).

Born the 1st of June 1905 in Asakusa (Tôkyô). He was the son of the playwright Kawatake Mokuami's disciple Katô Denzô and his real name was Katô Tomoichi. He started his career in 1914 as a child-actor, performing under the name of Sawamura Kozuchi. He took the name of Sawamura Kunitarô IV in October 1924 and left the koshibai Kabuki world to become a movie actor in 1929 by joining the Makino Eiga company. He joined the Tôkatsu movie company in 1931 and the Nikkatsu in 1932. He died of a stroke the 26th of November 1974. He was the father of the famous movie stars Nagato Hiroyuki and Tsugawa Masahiko. He was also the brother of the movie actor Katô Daisuke.

The list of Sawamura Kunitarô's movies (in Japanese)