Sadako Sawamura
Acting
1908-11-11 · Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
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).
Filmography
365日の献立日記
2019 · Series
When Winter Comes
1985 · Movie
Daikazoku
1984 · Series
Otei-chan
1978 · Series
Hikarugake
1977 · Series
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1975 · Movie
おれの義姉さん
1970 · Series
The Street Car Game
1969 · Movie
The Song from My Heart
1969 · Movie
My Brother, My Love
1968 · Movie
Lemon in the Rainbow
1968 · Movie
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968 · Movie
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
1968 · Movie
Nunnery Confidential
1968 · Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune
1968 · Movie
Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
1967 · Movie
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
1967 · Movie
Swift Current
1967 · Movie
Flower Cards Chivalry
1967 · Movie
Sayonara ressha
1966 · Movie
Once a Rainy Day
1966 · Movie
The Kii River
1966 · Movie
A Sky Full of Tears
1966 · Movie
Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
1966 · Movie
Night Bitch
1966 · Movie
The Passionate Spinster
1965 · Movie
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965 · Movie
Snow Country
1965 · Movie
Love on the Rainbow
1965 · Movie
That Cute Girl
1965 · Movie
Salaryman's Medal
1965 · Movie
Nami kage
1965 · Movie
Hospital in Front of the Train Station
1965 · Movie
A Fugitive from the Past
1965 · Movie
Eddy Currents of Life
1964 · Movie
My Lover
1964 · Movie
Heavenly Gods in Front of the Train Station
1964 · Movie
Whirlpool of Flesh
1964 · Movie
Sweet Sweat
1964 · Movie
Mumu Dance
1964 · Movie
Taiyou wo Daku Onna
1964 · Movie
I'm a Bodyguard
1964 · Movie
A Story from Echigo
1964 · Movie
Youth Season Continued
1964 · Movie
Two Bitches
1964 · Movie
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964 · Movie
Miren
1963 · Movie
At the Side of the Bridge 4
1963 · Movie
Double Wedding
1963 · Movie
Tale of Army Brutality
1963 · Movie
Dokuritsu bijin-tai
1963 · Movie
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963 · Movie
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963 · Movie
Wakai yatsu
1963 · Movie
Police Precinct: Backing Investigation
1963 · Movie
A Salaryman's Reckless Family
1963 · Movie
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963 · Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962 · Movie
Naite waratta hanayome
1962 · Movie
Born in Sin
1962 · Movie
Curry Rice
1962 · Movie
Chûshingura
1962 · Movie
Zoku aizen katsura
1962 · Movie
Youth Season
1962 · Movie
At the Side of the Bridge 2
1962 · Movie
Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain
1962 · Movie
Kyūjin ryokō
1962 · Movie
Glory on the Summit
1962 · Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962 · Movie
Star of Hong Kong
1962 · Movie
At the Side of the Bridge
1962 · Movie
Four Sisters
1962 · Movie
Pig and Goldfish
1962 · Movie
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962 · Movie
Flower in a Storm
1962 · Movie
Lady Sen and Hideyori
1962 · Movie
Our Marriage
1962 · Movie
Koshū
1962 · Movie
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
1962 · Movie
In Search of Mother
1962 · Movie
South Pacific Waves Are High
1962 · Movie
A Roaring Trade
1962 · Movie
Nippon no obaachan
1962 · Movie
Wakai yatsura no kaidan
1961 · Movie
The Catch
1961 · Movie
Sanctuary
1961 · Movie
Boss Takes to the Road
1961 · Movie
Girls of the Night
1961 · Movie
Toilet Manager
1961 · Movie
Awamori-kun uridasu
1961 · Movie
The Estuary
1961 · Movie
Onna no hashi
1961 · Movie
Hikkoshi yatsure
1961 · Movie
Door of Flowers
1961 · Movie
Triangle Moods
1961 · Movie
Romance Express
1961 · Movie
Dare yori mo dare yori mo kimi o aisu
1961 · Movie
Zero Focus
1961 · Movie
Women of Tokyo
1961 · Movie
Mahiru no wana
1960 · Movie
Late Autumn
1960 · Movie
Ponkotsu
1960 · Movie
Towering Waves
1960 · Movie
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
1960 · Movie
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960 · Movie
Hero of the Red Light District
1960 · Movie
Youth in Fury
1960 · Movie
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960 · Movie
The Dangerous Kiss
1960 · Movie
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
1960 · Movie
Police Precinct Part 13
1960 · Movie
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960 · Movie
Glory to the President of the Henpecked Political Party
1960 · Movie
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1960 · Movie
Tōkyō no josei
1960 · Movie
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960 · Movie
Hito mo arukeba
1960 · Movie
Beyond the Hills
1960 · Movie
The Wandering Princess
1960 · Movie
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 · Movie
Pineapple Butai
1959 · Movie
The Terrible Game
1959 · Movie
The Human Wall
1959 · Movie
Young Lovers
1959 · Movie
Ripe and Marriageable
1959 · Movie
Someday I'll Know
1959 · Movie
Vagabond Lovers
1959 · Movie
Koko ni otoko ari
1959 · Movie
Work Hard, Happy Girls!
1959 · Movie
The Bell of Love
1959 · Movie
The Cast-Off
1959 · Movie
Good Morning
1959 · Movie
Souls in the Moonlight III
1959 · Movie
Musuko
1959 · Movie
Whistling in the Morning
1959 · Movie
Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face
1959 · Movie
Echo Mountain
1959 · Movie
People Waiting for Spring
1959 · Movie
One Step to Happiness
1958 · Movie
The Naked General
1958 · Movie
Bright Young Maidens
1958 · Movie
Hanayome no teikō
1958 · Movie
Edo wa aozora
1958 · Movie
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958 · Movie
Little Peach
1958 · Movie
Fearless Opposition
1958 · Movie
Romance Freestyle
1958 · Movie
Souls in the Moonlight II
1958 · Movie
Firefly Light
1958 · Movie
直八子供旅
1958 · Movie
Hibi no haishin
1958 · Movie
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958 · Movie
No Advice Taken
1958 · Movie
The Adorable Trio
1957 · Movie
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957 · Movie
Faraway Man
1957 · Movie
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957 · Movie
The Beauty Expert
1957 · Movie
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957 · Movie
When It Rains, It Pours
1957 · Movie
Haha to ko no mado
1957 · Movie
The Betrothed
1957 · Movie
Untamed Woman
1957 · Movie
A Tale of Dung and Urine
1957 · Movie
Morning Whistling
1957 · Movie
Ôban
1957 · Movie
Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel
1957 · Movie
Story of a Detective's Assistant
1957 · Movie
Young Lovers
1957 · Movie
I Love You
1956 · Movie
The Rose on His Arm
1956 · Movie
Love on Rainbow Island
1956 · Movie
Bridge of Japan
1956 · Movie
The Three Musketeers Reunite
1956 · Movie
Cascading White Threads
1956 · Movie
Gendai no yokubô
1956 · Movie
Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū
1956 · Movie
Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha
1956 · Movie
A Wife's Heart
1956 · Movie
The Lady Was Pawn
1956 · Movie
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956 · Movie
Avalanche
1956 · Movie
The President Talks Bank
1956 · Movie
Street of Shame
1956 · Movie
Everyone's Sweetheart
1956 · Movie
Young Tree
1956 · Movie
The President's Boss
1956 · Movie
I Was Tokichiro
1955 · Movie
So Young, So Bright
1955 · Movie
Iroha Elegy
1955 · Movie
Ejima and Ikushima
1955 · Movie
Youth
1955 · Movie
Detour to Love
1955 · Movie
The Romance of Yushima
1955 · Movie
Santōshain to onna hisho
1955 · Movie
Next Door to Happiness
1955 · Movie
Mother's Ambition
1955 · Movie
The Tears of Geisha Konatsu
1955 · Movie
Beautiful Days
1955 · Movie
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955 · Movie
Ofukuro
1955 · Movie
The Big Ambition
1955 · Movie
Frame of Snow
1955 · Movie
Here Is a Spring
1955 · Movie
Policeman's Diary
1955 · Movie
お月様には悪いけど
1954 · Movie
The Cock Crows Twice
1954 · Movie
The Surf
1954 · Movie
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
1954 · Movie
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954 · Movie
Husband on the Run
1954 · Movie
Geisha Hidekoma
1954 · Movie
乾杯！女学生
1954 · Movie
Late Chrysanthemums
1954 · Movie
Yearning
1954 · Movie
All of Myself
1954 · Movie
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
1954 · Movie
Geisha Konatsu
1954 · Movie
Itsuko to sono haha
1954 · Movie
One Night of Love
1954 · Movie
Mama's Diary
1954 · Movie
Love Letter
1953 · Movie
The Lovers
1953 · Movie
Princess Finds Her Prince
1953 · Movie
Tokyo Profile
1953 · Movie
The Blue Revolution
1953 · Movie
Dreaming People
1953 · Movie
Sisters
1953 · Movie
The End of the Night
1953 · Movie
Miniature
1953 · Movie
Shinkon noroke bushi
1953 · Movie
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952 · Movie
Oka wa hanazakari
1952 · Movie
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952 · Movie
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952 · Movie
Adolescence
1952 · Movie
Shanghai Rose
1952 · Movie
Four Asakusa Sisters
1952 · Movie
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952 · Movie
Forbidden Path
1952 · Movie
Mother
1952 · Movie
Third Class Executives
1952 · Movie
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952 · Movie
The Life of Oharu
1952 · Movie
Mr. Lucky
1952 · Movie
Wedding March
1951 · Movie
Aizenbashi
1951 · Movie
Dorei no machi
1951 · Movie
Dancing Girl
1951 · Movie
The Love Letter Trial
1951 · Movie
The White Orchid
1951 · Movie
Elegy
1951 · Movie
A Man from Akagi
1950 · Movie
Jiruba no Tetsu
1950 · Movie
Beyond the Hills
1950 · Movie
Duel in Senjo Mountain
1950 · Movie
Guntō nanban-sen
1950 · Movie
Spring Snow
1950 · Movie
Onna no ryūkō
1950 · Movie
First Love Questions and Answers
1950 · Movie
Broken Drum
1949 · Movie
Onna goroshi abura jigoku
1949 · Movie
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949 · Movie
My Name Is Mistress
1949 · Movie
Three Pearls
1949 · Movie
Haha koiboshi
1949 · Movie
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949 · Movie
Flame of My Love
1949 · Movie
Goblin Courier
1949 · Movie
Kōfuku no genkai
1948 · Movie
Ghosts Die at Dawn
1948 · Movie
Sen-hime goten
1948 · Movie
Yakyukyō jidai
1948 · Movie
Nerawareta onna
1948 · Movie
The Fifth Witness
1948 · Movie
Twenty-One Fingerprints
1948 · Movie
Victory Song
1945 · Movie
Monpe-san
1944 · Movie
Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill
1943 · Movie
Mother Never Dies
1942 · Movie
Onna keizu
1942 · Movie
Green Earth
1942 · Movie
Sky of Hope
1942 · Movie
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
1941 · Movie
The Night Before the Meiji Restoration
1941 · Movie
Dancers of Awa
1941 · Movie
Horse
1941 · Movie
Kodakara fūfu
1941 · Movie
Bellflower
1940 · Movie
Wedding Day
1940 · Movie
Travels to the East
1940 · Movie
Hideko the Cheerleader
1940 · Movie
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939 · Movie
Osanaki mono no hata
1939 · Movie
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939 · Movie
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
1939 · Movie
A Pebble by the Wayside
1938 · Movie
Sōbō
1937 · Movie
Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
1936 · Movie
The Foster Mother
Movie