In 1914, he was invited to join a film studio, Tennenshoku Katsudo Shashin (meaning Natural Color Moving Picture Company), retired from Kabuki and succeeded to the name of Shirogoro SAWAMURA.
1914年に設立したばかりの映画会社天然色活動写真に迎え入れられ歌舞伎を廃業と同時に5代目澤村四郎五郎を襲名。