Sadako Sawamura
293 movies · 5 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 11, 1908
- Died
- Aug 16, 1996 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Садако Савамура · 大橋貞子 · 泽村贞子 · 澤村貞子
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.
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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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Known for
Sadako Sawamura: movies and TV shows
Acting (297)
- Upcoming The Foster Mother
as Otsuna
- 2019
- 1985
- 1984
- 1977
- 1975
- 1970
- 1969 The Street Car Game
as Deguchi Ume
- 1969
- 1968 My Brother, My Love
as Kayo Kitagawa
- 1968 Lemon in the Rainbow
as Setsuko Sasaki
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968 A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune
as Sada Banno
- 1967
- 1967 The Rickshaw Man’s Son
as Taki
- 1967
- 1967
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966 The Kii River
as Ichi, housekeeper
- 1966 A Sky Full of Tears
as Kikue Sugisaki
- 1966
- 1966 Night Bitch
as Matsu Komazaki
- 1965 The Passionate Spinster
as Riki Tonobe
- 1965
- 1965 Snow Country
as Dance teacher
- 1965
- 1965 Love on the Rainbow
as Masako Yamashita
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 A Fugitive from the Past
as Motojima's Wife
- 1965
- 1964 Eddy Currents of Life
as Teacher Ikegami
- 1964 My Lover
as Sugiko's aunt
- 1964
- 1964 Whirlpool of Flesh
as Tomiko Sekiguchi
- 1964 Sweet Sweat
as Matsuko
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 Youth Season Continued
as Sawamura Sawako (Restaurant "Sawamura" proprietress and Keiko's older sister)
- 1964 Two Bitches
as Tetsu Kawabe
- 1964
- 1963 Miren
as Hostess at 'Mitsuda'
- 1963
- 1963 Double Wedding
as Shigeko
- 1963 Tale of Army Brutality
as Toki, Yahichi's mother
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 Star of Hong Kong
as Sugimoto Natsuko
- 1962
- 1962 Four Sisters
as Makiko
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 Lady Sen and Hideyori
as Yodogimi
- 1962 Our Marriage
as Mother
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 In Search of Mother
as Otora
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
- 1961 The Catch
as Katsu
- 1961
- 1961 Boss Takes to the Road
as Kimie Morikawa
- 1961 Girls of the Night
as Kitamura
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Triangle Moods
as Kame
- 1961
- 1961 Zero Focus
as Mrs. Sotaro Uhara
- 1961 Women of Tokyo
as Yuki Takeuchi
- 1960 Mahiru no wana
as Kikuyo
- 1960 Late Autumn
as Fumiko
- 1960
- 1960 Towering Waves
as Mrs. Tazawa
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Youth in Fury
as Aki Katsura
- 1960 New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Kaneko Tsujikura
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Police Precinct Part 13
as Madam next to Hikariso
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Storm on the Silvery Peaks
as Kiyo
- 1960
- 1960 Hito mo arukeba
as Kin Narikin
- 1960 Beyond the Hills
as Oiku Wada
- 1960 The Wandering Princess
as Kazuko Sugawara
- 1960 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Toshiko
- 1959 Pineapple Butai
as Omine
- 1959 The Terrible Game
as Yabuki Toyo
- 1959
- 1959 Young Lovers
as Ayako Nozaki
- 1959 Ripe and Marriageable
as Mrs. Nakazato
- 1959 Someday I'll Know
as Fusako Kaneko
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 The Cast-Off
as Fumiko
- 1959 Good Morning
as Kayoko Fukui
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Echo Mountain
as Takako Hirasawa
- 1959 People Waiting for Spring
as Chiyo Tsukagoshi
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Bright Young Maidens
as Chie Shibata, Sumiko's Mother
- 1958 Hanayome no teikō
as Seiko Maekawa
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Souls in the Moonlight II
as Otsuno
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957 The Adorable Trio
as Sadako Kamiya
- 1957 Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Tane
- 1957
- 1957 The Blue Sky Maiden
as Tatsuko Ono
- 1957
- 1957 Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Tane
- 1957 When It Rains, It Pours
as Tane Abe
- 1957
- 1957 Untamed Woman
as Oshima's aunt
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Ôban
as Tane, Ushinosuke's Mother
- 1957 Story of a Detective's Assistant
as Mine
- 1957
- 1957
- 1956
- 1956 The Rose on His Arm
as Akiyama's mother
- 1956 Love on Rainbow Island
as Omatsu Hayashi
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
as Taniyama’s Mother
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 Street of Shame
as Tatsuko Taya
- 1956
- 1956 Young Tree
as Kuniko's mother (uncredited)
- 1956
- 1955
- 1955 So Young, So Bright
as Oine
- 1955
- 1955 Ejima and Ikushima
as 玉椿
- 1955
- 1955 Detour to Love
as Koto, mother
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 Beautiful Days
as Imanishi's Mother
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 The Big Ambition
as Sumie Shida
+ 97 more credits
Behind the camera (1)
- 1978