- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- September 13, 1920
- Place of Birth
- Himeji, Hyogo, Japan
- Died
- February 18, 1983
Natto Wada
Natto Wada (和田 夏十, Wada Natto, 13 September 1920 – 18 February 1983), also known as Natsuto Wada, was a Japanese script writer and film columnist. Wada graduated with an English degree from Tokyo Women's College in 1946. She started her career at the Fujimoto Cinema Production company, where she met her husband, Kon Ichikawa, a filmmaker who promoted her script work to colleagues and collaborated with her on several films. She began writing, or co-writing, scripts in 1951, and continued until 1965. Wada's scripts included the 1953 film Puu-san, a satirical comedy based on the manga of Yokoyama Taizo; the 1956 film Shokei no Heya, based on a novel by Ishihara Shintaro. That year, Wada also wrote Nihonbashi, based on a novel by Izumi Kyoka, which documented the rivalry of two geisha in a male-dominated culture. Kuroi Junin no Onna (Ten Dark Women) was a 1961 film that satirized an egotis…
Filmography
tvTen Dark Women
2016 · Original Story
movieThe Kon Ichikawa Story
2006 · Herself
movieTen Dark Women
2002 · Writer
movieKah-chan
2001 · Writer
movieCrane
1988 · Writer
movieThe Burmese Harp
1985 · Screenplay
movieTokyo Olympiad
1965 · Writer
movieAlone Across the Pacific
1963 · Screenplay
movieAn Actor's Revenge
1963 · Scenario Writer
movieBeing Two Isn't Easy
1962 · Costume Consultant, Screenplay
movieThe Broken Commandment
1962 · Screenplay
movieTen Dark Women
1961 · Screenplay
movieThe Woman Who Touched Legs
1960 · Writer
movieBonchi
1960 · Screenplay
movieThe Wandering Princess
1960 · Writer
movieFires on the Plain
1959 · Writer
movieOdd Obsession
1959 · Screenplay
movieGoodbye, Hello
1959 · Writer
movieConflagration
1958 · Screenplay
movieHole in One
1957 · Writer
movieThe Crowded Train
1957 · Screenplay
movieBridge of Japan
1956 · Screenplay
moviePunishment Room
1956 · Screenplay
movieThe Burmese Harp
1956 · Screenplay
movieGhost Story of Youth
1955 · Screenplay
movie12 Chapters About Women
1954 · Writer
movieA Billionaire
1954 · Writer
movieThe Lovers
1953 · Writer
movieYouth of Heiji Senigata
1953 · Screenplay
movieMr. Pu
1953 · Screenplay
movieThis Way, That Way
1952 · Screenplay
movieThe Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952 · Screenplay
movieForbidden Path
1952 · Screenplay
movieWedding March
1951 · Writer
movieBengawan Solo
1951 · Writer
movieStolen Love
1951 · Writer
movieKoibito
1951 · Writer
movieEndless Passion
1949 · Writer
movieNingen moyo
1949 · Writer