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).
TV Shows(4)
Movies(248)
When Winter Comes
1985
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1975
The Street Car Game
Deguchi Ume
1969
The Song from My Heart
1969
My Brother, My Love
Kayo Kitagawa
1968
Rose Buds in the Rainbow
Setsuko Sasaki
1968
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
Nunnery Confidential
1968
Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
1967
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
Taki
1967
Swift Current
1967
Flower Cards Chivalry
1967
Sayonara ressha
1966
Once a Rainy Day
1966
The Kii River
Ichi, housekeeper
1966
A Sky Full of Tears
Kikue Sugisaki
1966
Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
1966
Night Bitch
Matsu Komazaki
1966
The Passionate Spinster
Riki Tonobe
1965
Snow Country
Dance teacher
1965
That Cute Girl
1965
Love on the Rainbow
Masako Yamashita
1965
Salaryman's Medal
1965
Nami kage
1965
A Fugitive from the Past
Motojima's Wife
1965
Eddy Currents of Life
Teacher Ikegami
1964
Whirlpool of Flesh
Tomiko Sekiguchi
1964
Sweet Sweat
Matsuko
1964
Taiyou wo Daku Onna
1964
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
A Story from Echigo
1964
Youth Season Continued
Sawamura Sawako (Restaurant "Sawamura" proprietress and Keiko's older sister)
1964
Night Scandal in Japan
Tetsu Kawabe
1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Miren
Hostess at 'Mitsuda'
1963
At the Side of the Bridge 4
1963
Double Wedding
Shigeko
1963
Tale of Army Brutality
Toki, Yahichi's mother
1963
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
Sugimoto Natsuko
1962
At the Side of the Bridge
1962
Four Sisters
Makiko
1962
Pig and Goldfish
1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
Flower in a Storm
1962
Lady Sen and Hideyori
Yodogimi
1962
Our Marriage
Mother
1962
Koshū
1962
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
Otake
1962
In Search of Mother
Otora
1962
South Pacific Waves Are High
1962
A Roaring Trade
1962
Nippon no obaachan
1962
Wakai yatsura no kaidan
1961
The Catch
Katsu
1961
Sanctuary
1961
Boss Takes to the Road
Kimie Morikawa
1961
Girls of the Night
Kitamura
1961
Toilet Manager
1961
Awamori-kun uridasu
1961
The Estuary
1961
Hikkoshi yatsure
1961
Onna no hashi
1961
Door of Flowers
1961
Triangle Moods
Kame
1961
Romance Express
1961
Zero Focus
Mrs. Sotaro Uhara
1961
Women of Tokyo
Yuki Takeuchi
1961
Mahiru no wana
Kikuyo
1960
Late Autumn
Fumiko
1960
Ponkotsu
1960
Towering Waves
Mrs. Tazawa
1960
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
1960
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
Hero of the Red Light District
1960
Youth in Fury
Aki Katsura
1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Kaneko Tsujikura
1960
The Dangerous Kiss
1960
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
1960
Police Precinct Part 13
Madam next to Hikariso
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Okane
1960
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Kiyo
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Okane
1960
Hito mo arukeba
Kin Narikin
1960
Beyond the Hills
Oiku Wada
1960
The Wandering Princess
Kazuko Sugawara
1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Toshiko
1960
Pineapple Butai
Omine
1959
The Terrible Game
Yabuki Toyo
1959
The Human Wall
1959
Young Lovers
Ayako Nozaki
1959
Ripe and Marriageable
Mrs. Nakazato
1959
Someday I'll Know
Fusako Kaneko
1959
Koko ni otoko ari
1959
Vagabond Lovers
1959
The Cast-Off
Fumiko
1959
Good Morning
Kayoko Fukui
1959
Souls in the Moonlight III
1959
Whistling in the morning
1959
Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face
1959
Echo Mountain
Takako Hirasawa
1959
People Waiting for Spring
Chiyo Tsukagoshi
1959
One Step to Happiness
1958
The Naked General
1958
Bright Young Maidens
Chie Shibata, Sumiko's Mother
1958
Hanayome no teikō
Seiko Maekawa
1958
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
Little Peach
1958
Fearless Opposition
1958
Romance Freestyle
1958
Souls in the Moonlight II
Otsuno
1958
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
Sadako Kamiya
1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Tane
1957
The Blue Sky Maiden
Tatsuko Ono
1957
The Beauty Expert
1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Tane
1957
When It Rains, It Pours
Tane Abe
1957
The Betrothed
1957
Untamed Woman
Oshima's aunt
1957
Haha to ko no mado
1957
Morning Whistling
1957
Ôban
Tane, Ushinosuke's Mother
1957
Young Lovers
1957
The Rose on His Arm
Akiyama's mother
1956
Love on Rainbow Island
Omatsu Hayashi
1956
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
Taniyama’s Mother
1956
Avalanche
1956
The President Talks Bank
1956
Street of Shame
Tatsuko Taya
1956
Young Tree
Kuniko's mother (uncredited)
1956
The President's Boss
1956
So Young, So Bright
1955
Iroha Elegy
1955
Ejima and Ikushima
玉椿
1955
Youth
1955
The Romance of Yushima
1955
Santōshain to onna hisho
1955
Next Door to Happiness
1955
Mother's Ambition
1955
Beautiful Days
Imanishi's Mother
1955
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
Ofukuro
1955
The Big Ambition
Sumie Shida
1955
Frame of Snow
Satoko (Ishiyama’s wife)
1955
Here Is a Spring
1955
Policeman's Diary
1955
お月様には悪いけど
鶴田はと子
1954
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
The Surf
Tomi, Shinji's Mother
1954
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
Nobu
1954
All of Myself
Kazama’s Aunt
1954
Itsuko to sono haha
Fusako Tashiro
1954
Love Letter
Bookstor's owner
1953
The Lovers
Mrs. Ushiyama
1953
Princess Finds Her Prince
1953
Tokyo Profile
Kiyoko
1953
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
Adolescence
Natsu, Mayumi's mother
1952
Shanghai Rose
Miss Shen
1952
Four Asakusa Sisters
1952
Tokyo Sweetheart
Jewelry shop proprietress
1952
Forbidden Path
1952
Mother
Osei
1952
Third Class Executives
Mrs. Kuwabara
1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
The Life of Oharu
Sasaya's wife Owasa
1952
Mr. Lucky
1952
Wedding March
Kumako
1951
Dancing Girl
Mitsue
1951
The White Orchid
1951
Elegy
1951
A Man from Akagi
1950
Jiruba no Tetsu
1950
Beyond the Hills
1950
Guntō nanban-sen
1950
Spring Snow
1950
Onna no ryūkō
1950
First Love Questions and Answers
1950
Broken Drum
Yasuko
1949
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
Takeko
1948
Twenty-One Fingerprints
1948
Victory Song
Captain's mother
1945
Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill
Osaki
1943
Mother Never Dies
1942
Onna keizu
1942
Green Earth
1942
Sky of Hope
Kiyo
1942
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
1941
Dancers of Awa
1941
Horse
Kikuko Yamashita
1941
Kodakara fūfu
1941
Bellflower
Mother
1940
Wedding Day
1940
Toyuki
Apprentice Geisha
1940
Hideko the Cheerleader
Tomoko, Hideko's mother
1940
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Otomi
1939
Osanaki mono no hata
Mother
1939
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
1939
A Pebble by the Wayside
Sumie
1938
Sōbō
1937
Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
1936
The Foster Mother