Sadako Sawamura

Known For: Acting
Born: November 11, 1908
Place of Birth: Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Died: August 16, 1996

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. S…

Filmography

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When Winter Comes

1985

Daikazoku

1984

Otei-chan

1978 · Writer

Hikarugake

1977

Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women

1975

おれの義姉さん

おれの義姉さん

1970

The Street Car Game

1969 · Deguchi Ume

The Song from My Heart

1969

My Brother, My Love

1968 · Kayo Kitagawa

Lemon in the Rainbow

1968 · Setsuko Sasaki

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

1968

Nunnery Confidential

1968

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune

1968 · Sada Banno

Thoroughbred Women Gamblers

1967

The Rickshaw Man’s Son

1967 · Taki

Swift Current

1967

Flower Cards Chivalry

1967

Sayonara ressha

1966

Once a Rainy Day

Once a Rainy Day

1966

The Kii River

1966 · Ichi, housekeeper

A Sky Full of Tears

1966 · Kikue Sugisaki

Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms

1966

Night Bitch

1966 · Matsu Komazaki

The Passionate Spinster

1965 · Riki Tonobe

Snow Country

1965 · Dance teacher

That Cute Girl

1965

Love on the Rainbow

1965 · Masako Yamashita

Salaryman's Medal

1965

Nami kage

1965

A Fugitive from the Past

1965 · Motojima's Wife

Eddy Currents of Life

1964 · Teacher Ikegami

Whirlpool of Flesh

1964 · Tomiko Sekiguchi

Sweet Sweat

1964 · Matsuko

Taiyou wo Daku Onna

1964

I'm a Bodyguard

1964

A Story from Echigo

1964

Youth Season Continued

1964 · Sawamura Sawako (Restaurant "Sawamura" proprietress and Keiko's older sister)

Night Scandal in Japan

1964 · Tetsu Kawabe

Mr. Giant's Victory Flag

1964

Miren

1963 · Hostess at 'Mitsuda'

At the Side of the Bridge 4

1963

Double Wedding

1963 · Shigeko

Tale of Army Brutality

1963 · Toki, Yahichi's mother

The Life of Rikisha-Man

1963

Dokuritsu bijin-tai

1963

Crazy Operation: First Move

1963

Police Precinct: Backing Investigation

1963

At the Side of the Bridge 3

1963

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant

1962

Naite waratta hanayome

1962

Curry Rice

1962

Born in Sin

1962

Chûshingura

1962

Zoku aizen katsura

1962

Youth Season

1962

At the Side of the Bridge 2

1962

Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain

1962

Kyūjin ryokō

1962

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen

1962

Glory on the Summit

1962

Star of Hong Kong

1962 · Sugimoto Natsuko

At the Side of the Bridge

1962

Four Sisters

1962 · Makiko

Pig and Goldfish

1962

Ottamage ningyo monogatari

1962

Flower in a Storm

1962

Lady Sen and Hideyori

1962 · Yodogimi

Our Marriage

1962 · Mother

Koshū

1962

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka

1962 · Otake

In Search of Mother

1962 · Otora

South Pacific Waves Are High

1962

A Roaring Trade

1962

Nippon no obaachan

1962

Wakai yatsura no kaidan

1961

The Catch

1961 · Katsu

Sanctuary

1961

Boss Takes to the Road

1961 · Kimie Morikawa

Girls of the Night

1961 · Kitamura

Toilet Manager

1961

Awamori-kun uridasu

1961

The Estuary

1961

Hikkoshi yatsure

1961

Onna no hashi

1961

Door of Flowers

1961

Triangle Moods

1961 · Kame

Romance Express

1961

Zero Focus

1961 · Mrs. Sotaro Uhara

Women of Tokyo

1961 · Yuki Takeuchi

Mahiru no wana

1960 · Kikuyo

Late Autumn

1960 · Fumiko

Ponkotsu

1960

Towering Waves

1960 · Mrs. Tazawa

Dare yori mo kimi o aisu

Dare yori mo kimi o aisu

1960

Jiyūgaoka fujin

1960

Hero of the Red Light District

1960

Youth in Fury

1960 · Aki Katsura

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

1960 · Kaneko Tsujikura

The Dangerous Kiss

1960

Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face

1960

Police Precinct Part 13

1960 · Madam next to Hikariso

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

1960 · Okane

Storm on the Silvery Peaks

1960 · Kiyo

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes

1960 · Okane

Hito mo arukeba

1960 · Kin Narikin

Beyond the Hills

1960 · Oiku Wada

The Wandering Princess

1960 · Kazuko Sugawara

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

1960 · Toshiko

Pineapple Butai

1959 · Omine

The Terrible Game

1959 · Yabuki Toyo

The Human Wall

1959

Young Lovers

1959 · Ayako Nozaki

Ripe and Marriageable

1959 · Mrs. Nakazato

Someday I'll Know

1959 · Fusako Kaneko

Koko ni otoko ari

1959

Vagabond Lovers

1959

The Cast-Off

1959 · Fumiko

Good Morning

1959 · Kayoko Fukui

Souls in the Moonlight III

1959

Whistling in the Morning

1959

Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face

1959

Echo Mountain

1959 · Takako Hirasawa

People Waiting for Spring

1959 · Chiyo Tsukagoshi

One Step to Happiness

1958

The Naked General

1958

Bright Young Maidens

1958 · Chie Shibata, Sumiko's Mother

Hanayome no teikō

1958 · Seiko Maekawa

Beyond the Seasonal Wind

1958

Little Peach

1958

Fearless Opposition

1958

Romance Freestyle

Romance Freestyle

1958

Souls in the Moonlight II

1958 · Otsuno

Firefly Light

1958

直八子供旅

1958

Hibi no haishin

1958

Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi

1958

No Advice Taken

1958

The Adorable Trio

1957 · Sadako Kamiya

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

1957 · Tane

The Blue Sky Maiden

1957 · Tatsuko Ono

The Beauty Expert

1957

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

1957 · Tane

When It Rains, It Pours

1957 · Tane Abe

The Betrothed

1957

Untamed Woman

1957 · Oshima's aunt

Haha to ko no mado

1957

A Tale of Dung and Urine

1957

Morning Whistling

1957

Ôban

1957 · Tane, Ushinosuke's Mother

Story of a Detective's Assistant

1957 · Mine

Young Lovers

1957

The Rose on His Arm

1956 · Akiyama's mother

Love on Rainbow Island

1956 · Omatsu Hayashi

Bridge of Japan

1956

The Three Musketeers Reunite

1956

Cascading White Threads

1956

Gendai no yokubô

1956

Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū

1956

Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha

1956

A Wife's Heart

1956

The Lady Was Pawn

1956

Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl

1956 · Taniyama’s Mother

Avalanche

1956

The President Talks Bank

1956

Street of Shame

1956 · Tatsuko Taya

Young Tree

1956 · Kuniko's mother (uncredited)

The President's Boss

1956

So Young, So Bright

1955 · Oine

Iroha Elegy

1955

Ejima and Ikushima

1955 · 玉椿

Youth

1955

Detour to Love

1955 · Koto, mother

The Romance of Yushima

1955

Santōshain to onna hisho

Santōshain to onna hisho

1955

Next Door to Happiness

1955

Mother's Ambition

1955

Beautiful Days

1955 · Imanishi's Mother

Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei

1955

Ofukuro

1955

The Big Ambition

1955 · Sumie Shida

Frame of Snow

1955 · Satoko (Ishiyama’s wife)

Here Is a Spring

1955

Policeman's Diary

1955

お月様には悪いけど

1954 · 鶴田はと子

The Cock Crows Twice

1954

The Surf

1954 · Tomi, Shinji's Mother

The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness

1954

The Valley Between Love and Death

1954

Geisha Hidekoma

1954

乾杯！女学生

1954

Late Chrysanthemums

1954 · Nobu

All of Myself

1954 · Kazama’s Aunt

Geisha Konatsu

1954 · Kimiso's madame

Itsuko to sono haha

1954 · Fusako Tashiro

One Night of Love

1954 · Ohama

Mama's Diary

1954

Love Letter

1953 · Bookstor's owner

The Lovers

1953 · Mrs. Ushiyama

Princess Finds Her Prince

1953

Tokyo Profile

1953 · Kiyoko

Dreaming People

1953

The Blue Revolution

1953

Sisters

1953

The End of the Night

1953

Miniature

1953

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds

1952

Oka wa hanazakari

1952

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

1952

Zoku santō jūyaku

1952

Adolescence

1952 · Natsu, Mayumi's mother

Shanghai Rose

1952 · Miss Shen

Four Asakusa Sisters

1952

Tokyo Sweetheart

1952 · Jewelry shop proprietress

Forbidden Path

1952

Mother

1952 · Osei

Third Class Executives

1952 · Mrs. Kuwabara

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

1952

The Life of Oharu

1952 · Sasaya's wife Owasa

Mr. Lucky

1952

Wedding March

1951 · Kumako

Dancing Girl

1951 · Mitsue

The Love Letter Trial

1951

The White Orchid

1951

Elegy

1951

A Man from Akagi

1950

Jiruba no Tetsu

1950

Beyond the Hills

Beyond the Hills

1950

Guntō nanban-sen

1950

Spring Snow

1950

Onna no ryūkō

1950

First Love Questions and Answers

1950

Broken Drum

1949 · Yasuko

The Flower That Crossed the Mountain

1949

Ishimatsu of the Forest

1949

Flame of My Love

1949

Goblin Courier

1949

Kōfuku no genkai

1948

Ghosts Die at Dawn

1948 · Takeko

Yakyukyō jidai

1948

Twenty-One Fingerprints

1948

Victory Song

1945 · Captain's mother

Monpe-san

1944

Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill

1943 · Osaki

Mother Never Dies

1942

Onna keizu

1942

Green Earth

1942

Sky of Hope

1942 · Kiyo

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph

1941

The Night Before the Meiji Restoration

1941

Dancers of Awa

1941

Horse

1941 · Kikuko Yamashita

Kodakara fūfu

1941

Bellflower

1940 · Mother

Wedding Day

1940

Travels to the East

1940 · Apprentice Geisha

Hideko the Cheerleader

1940 · Tomoko, Hideko's mother

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki

1939 · Otomi

Osanaki mono no hata

Osanaki mono no hata

1939 · Mother

Ichiyo Higuchi

1939

The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman

The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman

1939

A Pebble by the Wayside

1938 · Sumie

Sōbō

1937

Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown

1936

The Foster Mother

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