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Natto Wada
Himeji, Hyogo, Japan
Natto Wada (和田 夏十, Wada Natto, 13 September 1920 – 18 February 1983), also known as Natsuto Wada, was a Japanese script writer and film columnist. Wada graduated with an English…
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Natto Wada (和田 夏十, Wada Natto, 13 September 1920 – 18 February 1983), also known as Natsuto Wada, was a Japanese script writer and film columnist. Wada graduated with an English degree from Tokyo Women's College in 1946. She started her career at the Fujimoto Cinema Production company, where she met her husband, Kon Ichikawa, a filmmaker who promoted her script work to colleagues and collaborated with her on several films. She began writing, or co-writing, scripts in 1951, and continued until 1965. Wada's scripts included the 1953 film Puu-san, a satirical comedy based on the manga of Yokoyama Taizo; the 1956 film Shokei no Heya, based on a novel by Ishihara Shintaro. That year, Wada also wrote Nihonbashi, based on a novel by Izumi Kyoka, which documented the rivalry of two geisha in a male-dominated culture. Kuroi Junin no Onna (Ten Dark Women) was a 1961 film that satirized an egotistical male's reliance on his wife to stay out of trouble. Also that year, Wada wrote Hakai (The Broken Commandment) a film adaptation of Shimazaki Toson's eponymous 1906 novel, which examined the life of a social outcast. Wada's adaptation was notable for strengthening the role of the female protagonist. Other film scripts by Wada or with collaborators include Biruma no Tategoto (Harp of Burma, 1956), based on the eponymous 1946 novel by Takayama Michio; Enjō (Conflagration, 1959) based on Mishima Yukio's 1956 novel, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion. Wada was also known for her work as an advice columnist during the 1960s. Her column, "Personal Life Consultation," ran in the Asahi Shimbun.
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2016
Ten Dark Women
TV show Original Story
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2006
The Kon Ichikawa Story
Movie Herself
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2002
Ten Dark Women
Movie Writer
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2001
Kah-chan
Movie Writer
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1988
Crane
Movie Writer
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1985
The Burmese Harp
Movie Screenplay
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1965
Tokyo Olympiad
Movie Writer
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1963
Alone Across the Pacific
Movie Screenplay
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1963
An Actor's Revenge
Movie Scenario Writer
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1962
Being Two Isn't Easy
Movie Costume Consultant
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1962
The Broken Commandment
Movie Screenplay
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1961
Ten Women in Black
Movie Screenplay
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1960
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Movie Writer
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1960
Bonchi
Movie Screenplay
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1960
The Wandering Princess
Movie Writer
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1959
Fires on the Plain
Movie Screenplay
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1959
Odd Obsession
Movie Screenplay
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1959
Goodbye, Hello
Movie Writer
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1958
Conflagration
Movie Screenplay
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1957
Hole in One
Movie Writer
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1957
The Crowded Train
Movie Screenplay
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1956
Bridge of Japan
Movie Screenplay
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1956
Punishment Room
Movie Screenplay
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1956
The Burmese Harp
Movie Screenplay
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1955
Ghost Story of Youth
Movie Screenplay
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1954
12 Chapters About Women
Movie Writer
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1954
A Billionaire
Movie Writer
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1953
The Lovers
Movie Writer
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1953
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Movie Screenplay
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1953
Mr. Pu
Movie Screenplay
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1952
This Way, That Way
Movie Screenplay
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1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Movie Screenplay
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1952
Forbidden Path
Movie Screenplay
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1951
Wedding March
Movie Writer
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1951
Bengawan Solo
Movie Writer
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1951
Stolen Love
Movie Writer
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1951
Koibito
Movie Writer
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1949
Endless Passion
Movie Writer
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1949
Ningen moyo
Movie Writer
