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).
★5.4
MOVIE1949
Flame of My Love
★7.0
MOVIE1949
Ishimatsu of the Forest
★9.0
MOVIE1959
Echo Mountain
as Takako Hirasawa
★6.5
MOVIE1954
The Cock Crows Twice
★9.0
MOVIE1960
Hito mo arukeba
as Kin Narikin
★6.0
MOVIE1957
When It Rains, It Pours
as Tane Abe
MOVIE1950
A Man from Akagi
★6.6
MOVIE1962
In Search of Mother
as Otora
★8.0
MOVIE1956
Young Tree
as Kuniko's mother (uncredited)
MOVIE1957
The Beauty Expert
★10.0
MOVIE1950
Jiruba no Tetsu
MOVIE1966
Night Bitch
as Matsu Komazaki
MOVIE1949
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
MOVIE1957
Young Lovers
MOVIE1955
Next Door to Happiness
★7.7
MOVIE1959
Good Morning
as Kayoko Fukui
★7.0
MOVIE1958
The Naked General
MOVIE1961
Toilet Manager
★8.0
MOVIE1957
The Betrothed
MOVIE1944
Monpe-san
★7.3
MOVIE1965
A Fugitive from the Past
as Motojima's Wife
MOVIE1954
Mama's Diary
★6.8
MOVIE1953
Love Letter
as Bookstor's owner
MOVIE1960
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
MOVIE1939
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
MOVIE1948
Yakyukyō jidai
MOVIE1955
Youth
★6.0
MOVIE1945
Victory Song
as Captain's mother
★7.7
MOVIE1952
The Life of Oharu
as Sasaya's wife Owasa
MOVIE1956
The Lady Was Pawn
★5.5
MOVIE1968
Nunnery Confidential
★8.0
MOVIE1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Toshiko
MOVIE1959
Vagabond Lovers
MOVIE1951
The Love Letter Trial
★8.0
MOVIE1953
The Blue Revolution
★7.2
MOVIE1964
A Story from Echigo
MOVIE1961
Onna no hashi
MOVIE1952
Zoku santō jūyaku
MOVIE1958
Hanayome no teikō
as Seiko Maekawa
MOVIE1955
Detour to Love
as Koto, mother
MOVIE1961
Sanctuary
★7.0
MOVIE1964
Youth Season Continued
as Sawamura Sawako (Restaurant "Sawamura" proprietress and Keiko's older sister)
★9.0
MOVIE1952
Oka wa hanazakari
MOVIE1956
Gendai no yokubô
MOVIE1957
A Tale of Dung and Urine
★10.0
MOVIE1960
The Dangerous Kiss
★7.5
MOVIE1957
Untamed Woman
as Oshima's aunt
MOVIE1957
Story of a Detective's Assistant
as Mine
★7.7
MOVIE1960
Late Autumn
as Fumiko
★7.1
MOVIE1962
Chûshingura
★8.0
MOVIE1954
お月様には悪いけど
as 鶴田はと子
MOVIE1956
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
as Taniyama’s Mother
MOVIE1954
Geisha Konatsu
as Kimiso's madame
★7.0
MOVIE1969
The Song from My Heart
MOVIE1956
The Three Musketeers Reunite
MOVIE1957
Haha to ko no mado
MOVIE1955
Mother's Ambition
★7.3
MOVIE1954
Late Chrysanthemums
as Nobu
MOVIE1948
The Fifth Witness
★10.0
MOVIE1955
Frame of Snow
as Satoko (Ishiyama’s wife)
★7.0
MOVIE1960
Youth in Fury
as Aki Katsura
★7.1
MOVIE1962
Our Marriage
as Mother
MOVIE1968
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune
as Sada Banno
MOVIE1954
One Night of Love
as Ohama
MOVIE1955
Ejima and Ikushima
as 玉椿
MOVIE1967
Swift Current
★7.5
MOVIE1966
The Kii River
as Ichi, housekeeper
★6.3
MOVIE1961
Zero Focus
as Mrs. Sotaro Uhara
MOVIE1941
The Night Before the Meiji Restoration
★6.1
MOVIE1958
Little Peach
★8.0
MOVIE1953
The Lovers
as Mrs. Ushiyama
★7.8
MOVIE1955
So Young, So Bright
as Oine
MOVIE1954
All of Myself
as Kazama’s Aunt
★6.5
MOVIE1961
The Catch
as Katsu
★10.0
MOVIE1964
Whirlpool of Flesh
as Tomiko Sekiguchi
★6.9
MOVIE1956
A Wife's Heart
★7.0
MOVIE1966
Once a Rainy Day
★7.7
MOVIE1956
Street of Shame
as Tatsuko Taya
★8.0
MOVIE1954
The Valley Between Love and Death
★6.5
MOVIE1961
Girls of the Night
as Kitamura
★6.7
MOVIE1960
The Wandering Princess
as Kazuko Sugawara
MOVIE1964
Taiyou wo Daku Onna
★9.5
MOVIE1963
Tale of Army Brutality
as Toki, Yahichi's mother
★7.7
MOVIE1968
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
★7.0
MOVIE1959
The Terrible Game
as Yabuki Toyo
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Mother
as Osei
★6.2
MOVIE1942
Mother Never Dies
★6.9
MOVIE1957
The Blue Sky Maiden
as Tatsuko Ono
MOVIE1975
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
★7.0
MOVIE1962
Nippon no obaachan
★8.7
MOVIE1960
Hero of the Red Light District
★7.8
MOVIE1953
Miniature
★8.0
MOVIE1965
Nami kage
★5.8
MOVIE1956
The Rose on His Arm
as Akiyama's mother
★8.2
MOVIE1955
Here Is a Spring
★8.0
MOVIE1956
Love on Rainbow Island
as Omatsu Hayashi
★6.7
MOVIE1965
Snow Country
as Dance teacher
MOVIE1954
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
MOVIE1955
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
MOVIE1950
Spring Snow
MOVIE1954
乾杯！女学生
★10.0
MOVIE1953
The End of the Night
★6.3
MOVIE1959
The Human Wall
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Horse
as Kikuko Yamashita
★7.0
MOVIE1941
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
★9.0
MOVIE1951
Elegy
MOVIE1961
Wakai yatsura no kaidan
MOVIE1985
When Winter Comes
★10.0
MOVIE1960
Ponkotsu
MOVIE1960
Mahiru no wana
as Kikuyo
★8.3
MOVIE1964
Sweet Sweat
as Matsuko
★9.0
MOVIE1962
Glory on the Summit
★10.0
MOVIE1964
Night Scandal in Japan
as Tetsu Kawabe
MOVIE1960
Police Precinct Part 13
as Madam next to Hikariso
MOVIE1960
Police Precinct Part 13
★10.0
MOVIE1962
Youth Season
★6.5
MOVIE1953
Tokyo Profile
as Kiyoko
★10.0
MOVIE1952
Mr. Lucky
MOVIE1961
Hikkoshi yatsure
★10.0
MOVIE1940
Bellflower
as Mother
MOVIE1962
Naite waratta hanayome
MOVIE1959
Young Lovers
as Ayako Nozaki
★6.4
MOVIE1951
Dancing Girl
as Mitsue
★9.0
MOVIE1958
Firefly Light
MOVIE1948
Nerawareta onna
MOVIE1969
The Street Car Game
as Deguchi Ume
★8.0
MOVIE1964
I'm a Bodyguard
★10.0
MOVIE1959
Ripe and Marriageable
as Mrs. Nakazato
★6.3
MOVIE1938
A Pebble by the Wayside
as Sumie
MOVIE1965
The Passionate Spinster
as Riki Tonobe
MOVIE1958
直八子供旅
★6.0
MOVIE1962
Four Sisters
as Makiko
★6.8
MOVIE1955
Beautiful Days
as Imanishi's Mother
★8.0
MOVIE1954
The Surf
as Tomi, Shinji's Mother
MOVIE1962
A Roaring Trade
★8.0
MOVIE1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Tane
★8.0
MOVIE1955
The Romance of Yushima
★7.0
MOVIE1955
Policeman's Diary
★8.0
MOVIE1962
Lady Sen and Hideyori
as Yodogimi
MOVIE1965
Salaryman's Medal
★6.6
MOVIE1958
Souls in the Moonlight II
as Otsuno
MOVIE1953
Dreaming People
MOVIE1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
as Okane
★9.0
MOVIE1958
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
★8.0
MOVIE1942
Onna keizu
MOVIE1958
Fearless Opposition
★8.0
MOVIE1962
Star of Hong Kong
as Sugimoto Natsuko
★8.0
MOVIE1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
★8.0
MOVIE1950
Guntō nanban-sen
MOVIE1966
Sayonara ressha
MOVIE1958
Romance Freestyle
★10.0
MOVIE1963
Crazy Operation: First Move
MOVIE1953
Princess Finds Her Prince
MOVIE1958
No Advice Taken
★6.0
MOVIE1966
A Sky Full of Tears
as Kikue Sugisaki
★10.0
MOVIE1960
Jiyūgaoka fujin
★9.0
MOVIE1957
Ôban
as Tane, Ushinosuke's Mother
★8.0
MOVIE1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
MOVIE1963
At the Side of the Bridge 4
MOVIE1958
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
MOVIE1956
The President Talks Bank
MOVIE1955
Santōshain to onna hisho
MOVIE1943
Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill
as Osaki
★1.0
MOVIE1960
Towering Waves
as Mrs. Tazawa
★9.0
MOVIE1962
Curry Rice
MOVIE1950
Beyond the Hills
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Third Class Executives
as Mrs. Kuwabara
★7.8
MOVIE1956
Bridge of Japan
MOVIE1956
Cascading White Threads
★10.0
MOVIE1968
My Brother, My Love
as Kayo Kitagawa
MOVIE1959
Whistling in the Morning
MOVIE1961
The Estuary
★9.0
MOVIE1959
Someday I'll Know
as Fusako Kaneko
★9.0
MOVIE1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Tane
★8.0
MOVIE1952
Tokyo Sweetheart
as Jewelry shop proprietress
★8.0
MOVIE1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Kaneko Tsujikura
MOVIETBA
The Foster Mother
MOVIE1962
South Pacific Waves Are High
★9.0
MOVIE1940
Hideko the Cheerleader
as Tomoko, Hideko's mother
MOVIE1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
as Okane
MOVIE1963
Double Wedding
as Shigeko
MOVIE1955
Iroha Elegy
★8.0
MOVIE1952
Shanghai Rose
as Miss Shen
MOVIE1964
Eddy Currents of Life
as Teacher Ikegami
MOVIE1963
Police Precinct: Backing Investigation
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Kodakara fūfu
★6.7
MOVIE1949
Broken Drum
as Yasuko
★8.0
MOVIE1956
The President's Boss
MOVIE1963
Dokuritsu bijin-tai
MOVIE1948
Ghosts Die at Dawn
as Takeko
★8.0
MOVIE1942
Sky of Hope
as Kiyo
★6.6
MOVIE1959
Souls in the Moonlight III
MOVIE1959
People Waiting for Spring
as Chiyo Tsukagoshi
MOVIE1952
Four Asakusa Sisters
MOVIE1957
Morning Whistling
★9.0
MOVIE1952
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
★7.0
MOVIE1968
Lemon in the Rainbow
as Setsuko Sasaki
★7.0
MOVIE1961
Romance Express
MOVIE1961
Women of Tokyo
as Yuki Takeuchi
MOVIE1960
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
as Kiyo
★9.0
MOVIE1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
MOVIE1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
MOVIE1960
Beyond the Hills
as Oiku Wada
MOVIE1962
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
as Otake
★8.0
MOVIE1952
Forbidden Path
MOVIE1962
At the Side of the Bridge
MOVIE1962
At the Side of the Bridge 2
★10.0
MOVIE1952
Adolescence
as Natsu, Mayumi's mother
MOVIE1956
Avalanche
MOVIE1961
Triangle Moods
as Kame
★8.0
MOVIE1954
Itsuko to sono haha
as Fusako Tashiro
★8.0
MOVIE1940
Travels to the East
as Apprentice Geisha
MOVIE1961
Door of Flowers
★9.0
MOVIE1950
Onna no ryūkō
MOVIE1962
Pig and Goldfish
MOVIE1961
Boss Takes to the Road
as Kimie Morikawa
MOVIE1955
The Big Ambition
as Sumie Shida
MOVIE1962
Kyūjin ryokō
MOVIE1958
Hibi no haishin
★8.0
MOVIE1967
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
as Taki
MOVIE1956
Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha
MOVIE1951
The White Orchid
★7.0
MOVIE1955
Ofukuro
MOVIE1940
Wedding Day
★10.0
MOVIE1958
Bright Young Maidens
as Chie Shibata, Sumiko's Mother
★10.0
MOVIE1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
MOVIE1954
Geisha Hidekoma
MOVIE1963
Miren
as Hostess at 'Mitsuda'
★10.0
MOVIE1959
Pineapple Butai
as Omine
MOVIE1963
At the Side of the Bridge 3
MOVIE1959
Koko ni otoko ari
MOVIE1960
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
★8.0
MOVIE1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Ichiyo Higuchi
★8.0
MOVIE1959
The Cast-Off
as Fumiko
★6.0
MOVIE1949
Goblin Courier
MOVIE1948
Twenty-One Fingerprints
MOVIE1962
Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain
MOVIE1953
Sisters
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
as Otomi
MOVIE1967
Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
MOVIE1965
That Cute Girl
★8.0
MOVIE1963
The Life of Rikisha-Man
MOVIE1937
Sōbō
★10.0
MOVIE1950
First Love Questions and Answers
MOVIE1962
Koshū
MOVIE1948
Sen-hime goten
MOVIE1965
Love on the Rainbow
as Masako Yamashita
MOVIE1961
Awamori-kun uridasu
★10.0
MOVIE1951
Wedding March
as Kumako
MOVIE1962
Zoku aizen katsura
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Dancers of Awa
MOVIE1939
Osanaki mono no hata
as Mother
MOVIE1958
One Step to Happiness
★10.0
MOVIE1967
Flower Cards Chivalry
MOVIE1948
Kōfuku no genkai
★9.0
MOVIE1962
Born in Sin
MOVIE1942
Green Earth
MOVIE1962
Flower in a Storm
MOVIE1956
Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū
MOVIE1966
Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
MOVIE1957
The Adorable Trio
as Sadako Kamiya
MOVIE1959
Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face
MOVIE1936
Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
MOVIE1949
Haha koiboshi
MOVIE1949
My Name Is Mistress
MOVIE1949