Cast
Sadako Sawamura
Acting
Cast
Sadako Sawamura
Known for
Acting
Born
1908-11-11
From
Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Died
1996-08-16
Also known as Садако Савамура, 大橋貞子, 泽村贞子
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. 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).
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Toshiko
Good Morning
as Kayoko Fukui
Street of Shame
as Tatsuko Taya
Four Sisters
as Makiko
Untamed Woman
as Oshima's aunt
The Life of Oharu
as Sasaya's wife Owasa
Chûshingura
Late Autumn
as Fumiko
Snow Country
as Dance teacher
The Wandering Princess
as Kazuko Sugawara
Nunnery Confidential
Late Chrysanthemums
as Nobu
Love Letter
as Bookstor's owner
A Fugitive from the Past
as Motojima's Wife
Night Scandal in Japan
as Tetsu Kawabe
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Kaneko Tsujikura
Bridge of Japan
Ejima and Ikushima
as 玉椿
Mother
as Osei
Little Peach
Zoku aizen katsura
The Catch
as Katsu
Someday I'll Know
as Fusako Kaneko
Miniature
The Blue Sky Maiden
as Tatsuko Ono
Zero Focus
as Mrs. Sotaro Uhara
The End of the Night
A Wife's Heart
The Surf
as Tomi, Shinji's Mother
Sweet Sweat
as Matsuko
At the Side of the Bridge
Jiyūgaoka fujin
All of Myself
as Kazama’s Aunt
Elegy
Double Wedding
as Shigeko
The Human Wall
Bright Young Maidens
as Chie Shibata, Sumiko's Mother
Boss Takes to the Road
as Kimie Morikawa
Crazy Operation: First Move
Broken Drum
as Yasuko
Love on Rainbow Island
as Omatsu Hayashi
Star of Hong Kong
as Sugimoto Natsuko
The President Talks Bank
Beyond the Hills
as Oiku Wada
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Nippon no obaachan
Forbidden Path
The Kii River
as Ichi, housekeeper
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face
Third Class Executives
as Mrs. Kuwabara
Avalanche
Tokyo Sweetheart
as Jewelry shop proprietress
Beyond the Hills
A Story from Echigo
In Search of Mother
as Otora
The Cast-Off
as Fumiko
Dancing Girl
as Mitsue
Young Tree
as Kuniko's mother (uncredited)
Spring Snow
Firefly Light
Nami kage
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Jiruba no Tetsu
Once a Rainy Day
When Winter Comes
Sky of Hope
as Kiyo
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Green Earth
Princess Finds Her Prince
Onna keizu
Ishimatsu of the Forest
The Terrible Game
as Yabuki Toyo
Policeman's Diary
Souls in the Moonlight II
as Otsuno
Mother Never Dies
Girls of the Night
as Kitamura
Ôban
as Tane, Ushinosuke's Mother
Triangle Moods
as Kame
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Tane
The Romance of Yushima
Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain
Horse
as Kikuko Yamashita
Hero of the Red Light District
Adolescence
as Natsu, Mayumi's mother
Mahiru no wana
as Kikuyo
Towering Waves
as Mrs. Tazawa
Glory on the Summit
The Blue Revolution
Police Precinct Part 13
as Madam next to Hikariso
Police Precinct Part 13
Fearless Opposition
My Brother, My Love
as Kayo Kitagawa
Ichiyo Higuchi
Beautiful Days
as Imanishi's Mother
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Here Is a Spring
Dancers of Awa
The President's Boss
The Rose on His Arm
as Akiyama's mother
At the Side of the Bridge 2
The White Orchid
Lady Sen and Hideyori
as Yodogimi
Morning Whistling
The Big Ambition
as Sumie Shida
Born in Sin
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
South Pacific Waves Are High
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
At the Side of the Bridge 4
Night Bitch
as Matsu Komazaki
Santōshain to onna hisho
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
The Cock Crows Twice
Hito mo arukeba
as Kin Narikin
I'm a Bodyguard
Women of Tokyo
as Yuki Takeuchi
Tale of Army Brutality
as Toki, Yahichi's mother
Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
A Man from Akagi
Curry Rice
The Valley Between Love and Death
Mr. Lucky
Eddy Currents of Life
as Teacher Ikegami
That Cute Girl
直八子供旅
Geisha Hidekoma
A Roaring Trade
The Passionate Spinster
as Riki Tonobe
Flame of My Love
Kyūjin ryokō
Dreaming People
Itsuko to sono haha
as Fusako Tashiro
Pig and Goldfish
The Beauty Expert
Our Marriage
as Mother
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
as Otomi
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
Whirlpool of Flesh
as Tomiko Sekiguchi
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Tane
When It Rains, It Pours
as Tane Abe
The Street Car Game
as Deguchi Ume
Shanghai Rose
as Miss Shen
Whistling in the Morning
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
as Taki
Youth Season
Dokuritsu bijin-tai
Awamori-kun uridasu
Mother's Ambition
Koshū
Bellflower
as Mother
Ghosts Die at Dawn
as Takeko
The Betrothed
Echo Mountain
as Takako Hirasawa
Police Precinct: Backing Investigation
Toyuki
as Apprentice Geisha
Ofukuro
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
as Okane
Love on the Rainbow
as Masako Yamashita
Next Door to Happiness
Salaryman's Medal
Wedding March
as Kumako
One Step to Happiness
Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū
Ripe and Marriageable
as Mrs. Nakazato
Kōfuku no genkai
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
as Kiyo
Flower in a Storm
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
Pineapple Butai
as Omine
Hibi no haishin
Youth in Fury
as Aki Katsura
Wakai yatsura no kaidan
No Advice Taken
Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha
Romance Freestyle
Flower Cards Chivalry
乾杯！女学生
The Lovers
as Mrs. Ushiyama
The Adorable Trio
as Sadako Kamiya
The Dangerous Kiss
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
as Otake
Miren
as Hostess at 'Mitsuda'
Hikkoshi yatsure
Wedding Day
Sōbō
Sisters
The Foster Mother
Iroha Elegy
Victory Song
as Captain's mother
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
as Okane
Romance Express
The Naked General
Koko ni otoko ari
Kodakara fūfu
Swift Current
A Pebble by the Wayside
as Sumie
Souls in the Moonlight III
Four Asakusa Sisters
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
A Sky Full of Tears
as Kikue Sugisaki
So Young, So Bright
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
as Taniyama’s Mother
Hideko the Cheerleader
as Tomoko, Hideko's mother
Twenty-One Fingerprints
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
Goblin Courier
Door of Flowers
Sanctuary
First Love Questions and Answers
Toilet Manager
Guntō nanban-sen
Tokyo Profile
as Kiyoko
The Life of Rikisha-Man
Naite waratta hanayome
Rose Buds in the Rainbow
as Setsuko Sasaki
Young Lovers
The Estuary
Ponkotsu
Osanaki mono no hata
as Mother
Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
Cascading White Threads
Youth Season Continued
as Sawamura Sawako (Restaurant "Sawamura" proprietress and Keiko's older sister)
Story of a Detective's Assistant
as Mine
The Night Before the Meiji Restoration
Mama's Diary
Sayonara ressha
Frame of Snow
as Satoko (Ishiyama’s wife)
Haha to ko no mado
The Song from My Heart
Young Lovers
as Ayako Nozaki
Oka wa hanazakari
Taiyou wo Daku Onna
Geisha Konatsu
as Kimiso's madame
The Three Musketeers Reunite
Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill
as Osaki
Onna no ryūkō
The Lady Was Pawn
People Waiting for Spring
as Chiyo Tsukagoshi
Detour to Love
as Koto, mother
One Night of Love
as Ohama
Zoku santō jūyaku
Onna no hashi
Gendai no yokubô
Hanayome no teikō
as Seiko Maekawa
お月様には悪いけど
as 鶴田はと子
Youth
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
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