Portrait of Yasuko Sawaguchi

Acting

Yasuko Sawaguchi

Career

Active from 1981 to 2025, busiest in 1985 and 1999 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
35
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Spirited Away
Spirited Away
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Yasuko Sawaguchi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.1, average 5.4
  • Crime
    0.9, average 3.6
  • Wit & Wordplay
    1.9, average 3.7
  • Class & Capitalism
    1.6, average 3.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Business World 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

48
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
新・御宿かわせみ
新・御宿かわせみ

TV show

2020s

3 titles
絶対零度~情報犯罪緊急捜査~
絶対零度~情報犯罪緊急捜査~ (2025)

TV show · as 二宮奈美

The Woman of S.R.I.: The Movie
The Woman of S.R.I.: The Movie (2021)

as Mariko Sakaki

Ohana no Sensei
Ohana no Sensei (2020)

TV show · as Maruko Otori

2010s

9 titles
Kokichi's Wife
Kokichi's Wife (2019)

TV show · as Nobu

Godzilla Resurrection
Godzilla Resurrection (2018)

as Naoko Okumura

Blow the Spring Wind in the Schoolyard
Blow the Spring Wind in the Schoolyard (2016)

as Tomoyo

Kyotaro Nishimura's Mystery: Railway Inspector 16
Kyotaro Nishimura's Mystery: Railway Inspector 16 (2016)

as Noriko Hanamura

無敵の法律事務所 弁護の鉄人 橘明日香
無敵の法律事務所 弁護の鉄人 橘明日香 (2015)

TV show · as 橘明日香

Single Mothers
Single Mothers (2012)

TV show · as Nao Uemura

Absolute Zero
Absolute Zero (2010)

TV show · as Nami Ninomiya

イソベン・里村タマミの事件簿
イソベン・里村タマミの事件簿 (2010)

TV show · as 里村タマミ

警視庁機動捜査隊216
警視庁機動捜査隊216 (2010)

TV show · as 沢村舞子

2000s

7 titles · average score 92
Giwaku
Giwaku (2009)

as Kumako Shirakawa

動物病院 彩子の事件カルテ
動物病院 彩子の事件カルテ (2009)

TV show · as Ayako Tochio

新・細うで繁盛記
新・細うで繁盛記 (2006)

TV show · as 関口 加代

夏樹静子サスペンス 喪失-ある殺意のゆくえ
夏樹静子サスペンス 喪失-ある殺意のゆくえ (2002)

TV show

Spirited Away
Spirited Away (2001)
GoodWatch score 92

as Mother (voice)

Otose
Otose (2001)

TV show

鉄道捜査官
鉄道捜査官 (2000)

TV show · as 花村乃里子

1990s

16 titles · average score 52
The Woman of S.R.I.
The Woman of S.R.I. (1999)

TV show · as Mariko Sakaki

Salaryman Kintaro
Salaryman Kintaro (1999)

TV show · as Yoko Shinozuka

The Burning Bride
The Burning Bride (1999)

as Haruka Komine

海まで5分
海まで5分 (1998)

TV show · as Akiko Sakamoto

Ryoma Forever
Ryoma Forever (1997)

TV show · as Oryo

Hideyoshi
Hideyoshi (1996)

TV show · as O-Ne

西村京太郎サスペンス 四国情死行
西村京太郎サスペンス 四国情死行 (1996)

TV show · as 寺内亜木子

Himeyuri no To
Himeyuri no To (1995)

as Chiyoko Miyagi

Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon
Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994)
GoodWatch score 52

as Oto Tachibana

Furuhata Ninzaburo
Furuhata Ninzaburo (1994)

TV show

The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji (1991)

TV show

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)

TV show

1980s

12 titles · average score 64
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
GoodWatch score 72

as Erika Shiragami

こちら芝浦探侦社
こちら芝浦探侦社 (1989)

TV show

さよなら李香蘭
さよなら李香蘭 (1989)

TV show · as 李香兰

Thrilling Rock'n Roll Street
Thrilling Rock'n Roll Street (1988)

TV show · as Midori Iwashita

Princess from the Moon
Princess from the Moon (1987)
GoodWatch score 66

as Kaya, the Princess Kaguya

Actress
Actress (1987)

as Seiko

Masamune Shogun
Masamune Shogun (1987)

TV show

Godzilla 1985
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
GoodWatch score 45

as Naoko Okumura

Miotsukushi
Miotsukushi (1985)

TV show · as Kaworu Furukawa

Four Sisters
Four Sisters (1985)

as An Kitazawa

The Return of Godzilla
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
GoodWatch score 74

as Naoko Okumura

西村京太郎トラベルミステリー
西村京太郎トラベルミステリー (1981)

TV show · as Noriko Hanamura