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Sadako Sawamura
Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
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…
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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).
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2019
365日の献立日記
TV show 献立
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1985
When Winter Comes
Movie
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1984
Daikazoku
TV show
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1978
Otei-chan
TV show Writer
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1977
Hikarugake
TV show
- 1975
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1970
おれの義姉さん
TV show
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1969
The Street Car Game
Movie Deguchi Ume
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1969
The Song from My Heart
Movie
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1968
My Brother, My Love
Movie Kayo Kitagawa
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1968
Lemon in the Rainbow
Movie Setsuko Sasaki
- 1968
- 1968
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1968
Nunnery Confidential
Movie
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1968
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune
Movie Sada Banno
- 1967
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1967
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
Movie Taki
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1967
Swift Current
Movie
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1967
Flower Cards Chivalry
Movie
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1966
Sayonara ressha
Movie
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1966
Once a Rainy Day
Movie
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1966
The Kii River
Movie Ichi, housekeeper
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1966
A Sky Full of Tears
Movie Kikue Sugisaki
- 1966
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1966
Night Bitch
Movie Matsu Komazaki
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1965
The Passionate Spinster
Movie Riki Tonobe
- 1965
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1965
Snow Country
Movie Dance teacher
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1965
That Cute Girl
Movie
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1965
Love on the Rainbow
Movie Masako Yamashita
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1965
Salaryman's Medal
Movie
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1965
Nami kage
Movie
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1965
A Fugitive from the Past
Movie Motojima's Wife
- 1965
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1964
Eddy Currents of Life
Movie Teacher Ikegami
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1964
My Lover
Movie Sugiko's aunt
- 1964
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1964
Whirlpool of Flesh
Movie Tomiko Sekiguchi
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1964
Sweet Sweat
Movie Matsuko
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1964
Mumu Dance
Movie
