Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 11, 1908
Died
Aug 16, 1996
Place of Birth
Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Credits
276 titles
Sadako Sawamura
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
献立
When Winter Comes
Daikazoku
Otei-chan
Writer
Hikarugake
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
おれの義姉さん
The Street Car Game
Deguchi Ume
The Song from My Heart
My Brother, My Love
Kayo Kitagawa
Lemon in the Rainbow
Setsuko Sasaki
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
Nunnery Confidential
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune
Sada Banno
Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
Taki
Swift Current
Flower Cards Chivalry
Sayonara ressha
Once a Rainy Day
The Kii River
Ichi, housekeeper
A Sky Full of Tears
Kikue Sugisaki
Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
Night Bitch
Matsu Komazaki
The Passionate Spinster
Riki Tonobe
Snow Country
Dance teacher
Love on the Rainbow
Masako Yamashita
That Cute Girl
Salaryman's Medal
Nami kage
A Fugitive from the Past
Motojima's Wife
Eddy Currents of Life
Teacher Ikegami
Whirlpool of Flesh
Tomiko Sekiguchi
Sweet Sweat
Matsuko
Taiyou wo Daku Onna
I'm a Bodyguard
A Story from Echigo
Youth Season Continued
Sawamura Sawako (Restaurant "Sawamura" proprietress and Keiko's older sister)
Night Scandal in Japan
Tetsu Kawabe
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Miren
Hostess at 'Mitsuda'
At the Side of the Bridge 4
Double Wedding
Shigeko
Tale of Army Brutality
Toki, Yahichi's mother
Dokuritsu bijin-tai
The Life of Rikisha-Man
Crazy Operation: First Move
Police Precinct: Backing Investigation
At the Side of the Bridge 3