Sawako Agawa (阿川 佐和子, Agawa Sawako, November 1, 1953) is a Japanese essayist, novelist and actress from Tokyo.

KNOWN FOR

The Boy and the Heron
2023
When I was a Child Everything Was Fine
2025
Rikuoh
2017
We Are Rockets!
2018
Egoist
2023
Cicada Boy
2019
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
A Sumo Wrestler's Tail
2010
Anata no Soba de Ashita ga Warau
2021
Beat Takeshi Presents TV Tackle
1989
The Tale of Nishino
2014
A Town and a Tall Chimney
2019

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
15
Writing
1
2025
When I was a Child Everything Was Fine
as Nagashima Satoko
2023
The Boy and the Heron
as Eriko (voice)
2023
Egoist
as Taeko Nakamura
2021
Anata no Soba de Ashita ga Warau
as Asako Mashiro
2019
A Town and a Tall Chimney
as Narrator (voice)
2019
Cicada Boy
as Shono Nejiko
2018
We Are Rockets!
as Komako Gamo
2017
Rikuoh
as Akemi Masaoka
2014
The Tale of Nishino
as Sayuri Sasaki
2011
Sawako's Morning
as Herself - Host
2010
A Sumo Wrestler's Tail
as Narrator (Voice)
2010
Ghibli's Bookshelf
as self
2005
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2000
Colorful
1989
Beat Takeshi Presents TV Tackle