Sadako Sawamura
Acting
- Born:
- 1908-11-11
- Died:
- 1996-08-16
- Place of birth:
- Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Sadako Sawamura (沢村貞子, Sawamura Sadako; 11 November 1908 – 16 August 1996) was a Japanese stage and film actress and essayist who appeared in more than 350 films between 1935 and 1976. Sawamura was born in the Asakusa district of Tokyo. After dropping out of Japan Women's University, she was active in left-wing theatre groups and was twice arrested for her political beliefs, spending over a year in prison with much of it in solitary confinement. She started acting in films in 1934, first at the Nikkatsu studio, later at Toho. She appeared in many supporting roles after the war, often working with director Mikio Naruse. Sawamura also acted in films by directors including Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita and Kaneto Shindō. Her brothers were the actors Daisuke Katō and Kunitarō Sawamura. Her autobiography Watashi no Asakusa has been translated into English as My Asakusa. She was married three times: to actor Shigeo Imamura (1931-33), actor Kamatari Fujiwara (1936-46) and subsequently to film magazine editor and critic Yasuhiko Ohashi (1968-96, though domestic partners from 1946 onward).
Known For
Filmography
365日の献立日記
When Winter Comes
Daikazoku
Hikarugake
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
おれの義姉さん
The Street Car Game
The Song from My Heart
My Brother, My Love
Lemon in the Rainbow
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
Nunnery Confidential
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune
Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
Swift Current
Flower Cards Chivalry
Sayonara ressha
Once a Rainy Day
The Kii River
A Sky Full of Tears
Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
Night Bitch
The Passionate Spinster
Finances in Front of the Train Station
Snow Country
That Cute Girl
Love on the Rainbow
Salaryman's Medal
Nami kage
A Fugitive from the Past
Hospital in Front of the Train Station
Eddy Currents of Life
My Lover
Heavenly Gods in Front of the Train Station
Whirlpool of Flesh
Sweet Sweat
Mumu Dance
Taiyou wo Daku Onna
I'm a Bodyguard
A Story from Echigo
Youth Season Continued
Two Bitches
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Miren
At the Side of the Bridge 4
Double Wedding
Tale of Army Brutality
The Life of Rikisha-Man
Dokuritsu bijin-tai
Crazy Operation: First Move
Wakai yatsu
Police Precinct: Backing Investigation
A Salaryman's Reckless Family
At the Side of the Bridge 3
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Naite waratta hanayome
Curry Rice
Born in Sin
Chûshingura
Zoku aizen katsura
Youth Season
At the Side of the Bridge 2
Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain
Kyūjin ryokō
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Glory on the Summit
Star of Hong Kong
At the Side of the Bridge
Four Sisters
Pig and Goldfish
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
Flower in a Storm
Lady Sen and Hideyori
Our Marriage
Koshū
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
In Search of Mother
South Pacific Waves Are High
A Roaring Trade
Nippon no obaachan
Wakai yatsura no kaidan
The Catch
Sanctuary
Boss Takes to the Road
Girls of the Night
Toilet Manager
Awamori-kun uridasu
The Estuary
Hikkoshi yatsure
Onna no hashi
Door of Flowers
Triangle Moods
Romance Express
Zero Focus
Women of Tokyo
Mahiru no wana
Late Autumn
Ponkotsu
Towering Waves
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
Jiyūgaoka fujin
Hero of the Red Light District
Youth in Fury
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
The Dangerous Kiss
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
Police Precinct Part 13
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Glory to the President of the Henpecked Political Party
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Tōkyō no josei
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Hito mo arukeba
Beyond the Hills
The Wandering Princess
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Pineapple Butai
The Terrible Game
The Human Wall
Young Lovers
Ripe and Marriageable
Someday I'll Know
Koko ni otoko ari
Vagabond Lovers
Work Hard, Happy Girls!
The Bell of Love
The Cast-Off
Good Morning
Souls in the Moonlight III
Musuko
Whistling in the Morning
Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face
Echo Mountain
People Waiting for Spring
One Step to Happiness
The Naked General
Bright Young Maidens
Hanayome no teikō
Edo wa aozora
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Little Peach
Fearless Opposition
Romance Freestyle
Souls in the Moonlight II
Firefly Light
直八子供旅
Hibi no haishin
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
No Advice Taken
The Adorable Trio
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Faraway Man
The Blue Sky Maiden
The Beauty Expert
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
When It Rains, It Pours
The Betrothed
Untamed Woman
Haha to ko no mado
A Tale of Dung and Urine
Morning Whistling
Ôban
Story of a Detective's Assistant
Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel
Young Lovers
I Love You
The Rose on His Arm
Love on Rainbow Island
Bridge of Japan
The Three Musketeers Reunite
Cascading White Threads
Gendai no yokubô
Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū
Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha
A Wife's Heart
The Lady Was Pawn
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Avalanche
The President Talks Bank
Street of Shame
Everyone's Sweetheart
Young Tree
The President's Boss
I Was Tokichiro
So Young, So Bright
Iroha Elegy
Ejima and Ikushima
Youth
Detour to Love
The Romance of Yushima
Santōshain to onna hisho
Next Door to Happiness
Mother's Ambition
The Tears of Geisha Konatsu
Beautiful Days
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
Ofukuro
The Big Ambition
Frame of Snow
Here Is a Spring
Policeman's Diary
お月様には悪いけど
The Cock Crows Twice
The Surf
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
The Valley Between Love and Death
Husband on the Run
Geisha Hidekoma
乾杯！女学生
Late Chrysanthemums
Yearning
All of Myself
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
Geisha Konatsu
Itsuko to sono haha
One Night of Love
Mama's Diary
Love Letter
The Lovers
Princess Finds Her Prince
Tokyo Profile
Dreaming People
The Blue Revolution
Sisters
The End of the Night
Miniature
Shinkon noroke bushi
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
Oka wa hanazakari
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Zoku santō jūyaku
Adolescence
Shanghai Rose
Four Asakusa Sisters
Tokyo Sweetheart
Forbidden Path
Mother
Third Class Executives
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
The Life of Oharu
Mr. Lucky
Wedding March
Aizenbashi
Dorei no machi
Dancing Girl
The Love Letter Trial
The White Orchid
Elegy
A Man from Akagi
Jiruba no Tetsu
Beyond the Hills
Duel in Senjo Mountain
Guntō nanban-sen
Spring Snow
Onna no ryūkō
First Love Questions and Answers
Broken Drum
Onna goroshi abura jigoku
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
My Name Is Mistress
Three Pearls
Haha koiboshi
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Flame of My Love
Goblin Courier
Kōfuku no genkai
Ghosts Die at Dawn
Sen-hime goten
Yakyukyō jidai
Nerawareta onna
The Fifth Witness
Twenty-One Fingerprints
Victory Song
Monpe-san
Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill
Mother Never Dies
Onna keizu
Green Earth
Sky of Hope
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
The Night Before the Meiji Restoration
Dancers of Awa
Horse
Kodakara fūfu
Bellflower
Wedding Day
Travels to the East
Hideko the Cheerleader
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Osanaki mono no hata
Ichiyo Higuchi
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
A Pebble by the Wayside
Sōbō
Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
The Foster Mother