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