Sadako Sawamura
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).
259 acting credits
Acting · 259
Hikarugake
1977
Good Morning
1959
おれの義姉さん
1970
Chûshingura
1962
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
The Life of Oharu
1952
Late Autumn
1960
Street of Shame
1956
A Fugitive from the Past
1965
Untamed Woman
1957
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
Daikazoku
1984
A Wife's Heart
1956
Nunnery Confidential
1968
Mother
1952
Little Peach
1958
Girls of the Night
1961
Horse
1941
Late Chrysanthemums
1954
Sweet Sweat
1964
Hero of the Red Light District
1960
Love on Rainbow Island
1956
Four Sisters
1962
Princess Finds Her Prince
1953
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
Dancing Girl
1951
Once a Rainy Day
1966
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Here Is a Spring
1955
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
Beyond the Hills
1960
Snow Country
1965
Bridge of Japan
1956
The Catch
1961
My Brother, My Love
1968
The End of the Night
1953
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
The Surf
1954
Sky of Hope
1942
The Human Wall
1959
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954
Ôban
1957
The Kii River
1966
Night Scandal in Japan
1964
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
Beautiful Days
1955
Romance Express
1961
Star of Hong Kong
1962
South Pacific Waves Are High
1962
Glory on the Summit
1962
The Cast-Off
1959
Broken Drum
1949
Adolescence
1952
Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face
1959
Forbidden Path
1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963
Tale of Army Brutality
1963
Beyond the Hills
1950
Souls in the Moonlight II
1958
The Street Car Game
1969
Miniature
1953
The Wandering Princess
1960
The Terrible Game
1959
Double Wedding
1963
Whirlpool of Flesh
1964
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
Ofukuro
1955
The Rose on His Arm
1956
Firefly Light
1958
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
1941
Born in Sin
1962
Mr. Lucky
1952
That Cute Girl
1965
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939
Zero Focus
1961
Toyuki
1940
Onna keizu
1942
Shanghai Rose
1952
The White Orchid
1951
Kyūjin ryokō
1962
At the Side of the Bridge 4
1963
The Romance of Yushima
1955
Mahiru no wana
1960
All of Myself
1954
Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain
1962
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
The President's Boss
1956
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1975
Bright Young Maidens
1958
When Winter Comes
1985
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
Mother Never Dies
1942
Youth in Fury
1960
Spring Snow
1950
Romance Freestyle
1958
Triangle Moods
1961
Elegy
1951
Santōshain to onna hisho
1955
Third Class Executives
1952
Souls in the Moonlight III
1959
Our Marriage
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
Women of Tokyo
1961
Itsuko to sono haha
1954
Youth Season
1962
At the Side of the Bridge
1962
Dokuritsu bijin-tai
1963
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939
The Estuary
1961
Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
1967
The President Talks Bank
1956
Dancers of Awa
1941
Morning Whistling
1957
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
1960
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Someday I'll Know
1959
A Roaring Trade
1962
Towering Waves
1960
Ripe and Marriageable
1959
Flame of My Love
1949
Wedding Day
1940
Police Precinct: Backing Investigation
1963
Goblin Courier
1949
Green Earth
1942
The Big Ambition
1955
Wakai yatsura no kaidan
1961
Geisha Hidekoma
1954
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
Avalanche
1956
乾杯！女学生
1954
One Step to Happiness
1958
Eddy Currents of Life
1964
Love on the Rainbow
1965
Policeman's Diary
1955
Tokyo Profile
1953
Nami kage
1965
No Advice Taken
1958
Whistling in the morning
1959
The Adorable Trio
1957
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
Koko ni otoko ari
1959
Curry Rice
1962
Hibi no haishin
1958
Pineapple Butai
1959
直八子供旅
1958
Love Letter
1953
A Sky Full of Tears
1966
Wedding March
1951
The Passionate Spinster
1965
The Foster Mother
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Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū
1956
Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
1966
Police Precinct Part 13
1960
Boss Takes to the Road
1961
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
1967
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958
Salaryman's Medal
1965
At the Side of the Bridge 2
1962
Awamori-kun uridasu
1961
Naite waratta hanayome
1962
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
Ghosts Die at Dawn
1948
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
1962
365日の献立日記
2019
Twenty-One Fingerprints
1948
Pig and Goldfish
1962
Young Tree
1956
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
Fearless Opposition
1958
Dreaming People
1953
A Pebble by the Wayside
1938
Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha
1956
So Young, So Bright
1955
Nippon no obaachan
1962
Hikkoshi yatsure
1961
Sisters
1953
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Miren
1963
In Search of Mother
1962
Bellflower
1940
Flower in a Storm
1962
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1960
Four Asakusa Sisters
1952
A Story from Echigo
1964
Door of Flowers
1961
Rose Buds in the Rainbow
1968
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
Kodakara fūfu
1941
Lady Sen and Hideyori
1962
First Love Questions and Answers
1950
The Betrothed
1957
The Lovers
1953
Sōbō
1937
Night Bitch
1966
The Blue Revolution
1953
The Dangerous Kiss
1960
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
1954
Iroha Elegy
1955
Victory Song
1945
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
Kōfuku no genkai
1948
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
When It Rains, It Pours
1957
Guntō nanban-sen
1950
The Naked General
1958
Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
1936
Toilet Manager
1961
People Waiting for Spring
1959
Hideko the Cheerleader
1940
Ponkotsu
1960
Cascading White Threads
1956
Koshū
1962
Echo Mountain
1959
Next Door to Happiness
1955
Flower Cards Chivalry
1967
A Man from Akagi
1950
Onna no ryūkō
1950
Mother's Ambition
1955
The Song from My Heart
1969
Sayonara ressha
1966
Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill
1943
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949
Osanaki mono no hata
1939
Young Lovers
1959
The Beauty Expert
1957
Frame of Snow
1955
Story of a Detective's Assistant
1957
Youth Season Continued
1964
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952
Hito mo arukeba
1960
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
1960
Jiruba no Tetsu
1950
Swift Current
1967
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
Detour to Love
1955
Gendai no yokubô
1956
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
Young Lovers
1957
Geisha Konatsu
1954
Onna no hashi
1961
The Three Musketeers Reunite
1956
Sanctuary
1961
お月様には悪いけど
1954
Youth
1955
One Night of Love
1954
Taiyou wo Daku Onna
1964
Hanayome no teikō
1958
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
1939
Haha to ko no mado
1957
Vagabond Lovers
1959
The Night Before the Meiji Restoration
1941
Mama's Diary
1954