Sadako Sawamura
ActingAlso Known As
Садако Савамура, 大橋貞子, 泽村贞子, 澤村貞子, ساداکو ساوامورا
Biography
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).
Movies
(238 total)
Good Morning
as Kayoko Fukui
The Life of Oharu
as Sasaya's wife Owasa
Late Autumn
as Fumiko
Street of Shame
as Tatsuko Taya
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Toshiko
A Fugitive from the Past
as Motojima's Wife
Late Chrysanthemums
as Nobu
Love Letter
as Bookstor's owner
The Blue Sky Maiden
as Tatsuko Ono
Mother
as Osei
Zero Focus
as Mrs. Sotaro Uhara
Girls of the Night
as Kitamura
The Catch
as Katsu
Dancing Girl
as Mitsue
Untamed Woman
as Oshima's aunt
