Cause of death Heart attack Role Actress Occupation Actress Died August 16, 1996 | Years active 1935-1985 Books My Asakusa Name Sadako Sawamura | |
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Siblings Daisuke Kato, Kunitaro Sawamura, Seiko Yajima Movies Late Chrysanthemums, Good Morning, Late Autumn, When a Woman Ascends t, A Fugitive from the Past Similar People Daisuke Kato, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kamatari Fujiwara, Masahiko Tsugawa, Kogo Noda | ||
Sadako Sawamura (沢村貞子, Sawamura Sadako, 11 November 1908 – 16 August 1996) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 140 films between 1935 and 1985. Her brothers were the actors Daisuke Kato and Kunitarō Sawamura. Her autobiography, My Asakusa, has been translated into English. Sawamura married fellow Japanese actor Kamatari Fujiwara (known in the West for his role as Manzō (万造) in the Seven Samurai) in 1936. They divorced 10 years later.
Filmography
Actress
1987
Ohima nara Kite yo ne! (TV Series) as
Tsuyako Satake
- Episode #1.9 (1987) - Tsuyako Satake
- Episode #1.8 (1987) - Tsuyako Satake
- Episode #1.7 (1987) - Tsuyako Satake
- Episode #1.4 (1987) - Tsuyako Satake
- Episode #1.3 (1987) - Tsuyako Satake
- Episode #1.2 (1987) - Tsuyako Satake
- Episode #1.1 (1987) - Tsuyako Satake
1985
Fuyugamae (TV Movie) as
Aki Fujimura
1978
Shitamachi no onna Fûko (TV Series)
1978
Akujo ni tsuite (TV Series) as
Kazue Sawayama
1975
Nippon bijo monogatari: onna no naka no onna as
Mutsu ikoma
1974
Aoi sanmyaku (TV Series)
1969
Waga koi waga uta as
Hitomi's Mother
1968
Ah, Yokaren as
Shoji's Mother, Kikue
1968
Kenka Tarô (TV Series)
1968
Aniki no koibito as
Kayo Kitagawa
1968
Niji no naka no remon as
Setsuko Sasaki
1968
Kigeki ekimae kazan as
Sada Banno
1968
Kigeki ekimae kaiun as
Sada Banno
1967
Gekiryu as
Sadako Asuka
1967
Hana fudâ tôsei
1967
Tale of Kawachi Chivalry as
Tamae
1967
Three Women Gambling Experts
1966
Akogare
1966
The Kii River as
Ichi, housekeeper
1966
Sora ippai no namida as
Kikue Sugisaki
1966
Ohanahan (TV Series)
1966
Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms as
Fusae
1966
Yoru no mesuinu
1965
Eddy Currents of Life as
Ikegami
1965
Hikaru umi (TV Series) as
Wife of minister
1965
Kekkon sôdan as
Riki Tonobe
1965
Snow Country as
Dance teacher
1965
Love on the Rainbow
1965
Nami kage as
Ine Kosugi
1965
A Fugitive from the Past as
Motojima's Wife
1964
Lover as
Sugiko's aunt
1964
Whirlpool of Women
1964
Sweet Sweat as
Matsuko
1964
Echigo Tsutsuishi Oyashirazu as
Landowner's wife
1964
Nihiki no mesu inu as
Tetsu Kawabe
1964
Otoko girai as
Mrs. Denen-chofu
1964
Kigeki ekimae okami as
Kikutarô
1963
Miren as
Hostess at 'Mitsuda'
1963
Kekkonshiki Kekkonshiki as
Shigeko
1963
Rikugun zangyaku monogatari as
Toki, Yahichi's mother
1963
Muhômatsu no isshô
1963
Crazy Operation
1963
Whirlwind
1963
Shiawase no kane (TV Movie)
1962
Naite waratta hanayome as
Hatsu Okamoto
1962
Born in Sin as
Clergyman's Wife
1962
Kare raisu as
Umeko Tsurumi
1962
Chushingura as
Tomiko
1962
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
The Recruiting Trip
1962
Kigeki ekimae onsen as
Kintarô
1962
Star of Hong Kong as
Natsuko Sugimoto
1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari as
Okane
1962
Aizen Katsura
1962
Lady Sen and Hideyori
1962
Our Marriage
1962
Beran me-e geisha to Osaka musume
1962
Mabuta no haha as
Otora
1962
A Roaring Trade
1962
Nippon no obaachan as
Nutritian
1961
Wakai yatsura no kaidan as
Tsune
1961
The Catch as
Katsu, Kazumasa's wife
1961
Shindo no shacho shirizu: Jirocho shacho yosakoi dochu
1961
Onna bakari no yoru as
Dr. Kitamura
1961
Toilet buchô as
Sawako Hashimoto
1961
Toiretto shacho
1961
Estuary
1961
Onna no hashi
1961
Tokyo onigiri musume as
Kame
1961
Romance Express as
Gen
1961
Zero Focus as
Mrs. Sotaro Uhara
1961
Women of Tokyo as
Yuki Takeuchi
1961
Matsukawa-Jiken
1960
Trap in Broad Daylight as
Kikuyo
1960
Late Autumn as
Fumiko
1960
Towering Waves as
Mrs. Tazawa
1960
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu as
Kane Nakajima
1960
Yôtô monogatari: hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin-giri as
Ogen
1960
Wanton Journey
1960
Seppun dorobô
1960
Kyôsaitô sôsai ni eikô are as
Toriko
1960
Ginrei no ôja as
Kiyo
1960
Tokyo no josei
1960
Hito mo arukeba as
Kin Narikin
1960
Yama no kanata ni - Dai ichi-bu: Ringo no hoo: Dai ni-bu: Sakana no seppun as
Oiku Wada
1960
Ruten no ôhi as
Kazuko Sugawara
1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs as
Toshiko (Yuri's mother)
1959
Asa o yobu kuchibue
1959
Pineapple butai as
Omine
1959
Osorubeki hiasobi
1959
Ningen no kabe as
Haruko Shôji
1959
Maidens of Kashima Sea
1959
Wakai koibitotachi as
Ayako Nozaki
1959
Mi wa jukushitari as
Mrs. Nakazato
1959
Aruhi watashi wa as
Fusako Kaneko
1959
Vagabond Lovers
1959
Hanran as
Fumiko
1959
Good Morning as
Kayoko Fukui
1959
Daibosatsu tôge - Kanketsu-hen
1959
Mischief
1959
Kodama wa yonde iru as
Takako Hirasawa
1959
People Waiting for Spring
1959
Sora kakeru hanayome as
Sayoko
1958
Hadaka no taishô
1958
Kami no taisho
1958
Wakai musumetachi as
Chie Shibata - Sumiko's mother
1958
The Country Boss
1958
Little Peach
1958
Romance Freestyle
1958
Daibosatsu tôge - Dai ni bu
1958
Glow of the Firefly
1958
Daily Betrayal
1958
No Advice Taken
1957
The Adorable Trio
1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as
Tane
1957
Shukin ryoko
1957
Nigedashita endan
1957
We'll Meet Again as
Tatsuko Ono
1957
Morishige no Boku wa biyôshi as
Oshun
1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as
Tane
1957
When It Rains, It Pours as
Tane Abe
1957
Haha to ko no mado
1957
Nagasugita haru as
Ikuo's mother
1957
Untamed Woman
1957
A Tale of Dung and Urine
1957
Hana wa nagekazu
1957
Asa no kuchibue
1957
Ôban as
Tane, Ushinosuke's Mother
1957
Goyôkiki monogatari as
Mine
1957
Zoku Goyôkiki monogatari as
Mine
1957
Katei kyôshi to joseito
1957
Itoshi koibito tachi
1956
Kimi o aisu
1956
Taiyô to bara as
Akiyama's mother
1956
Hadashi no seishun as
Omatsu Hayashi
1956
Bunshichi motoyui yori: Nakiwarai go jû-ryô
1956
Ninjutsu kaidanji
1956
Sanba garasu saikaisu
1956
Tôkyô chaki-chaki musume
1956
Cascading White Threads
1956
Gendai no yokubô as
Shizue
1956
Hogaraka-san: Kôhen
1956
A Wife's Heart
1956
Hogaraka-san: Zenpen
1956
White Devilfish
1956
Three Young Men and a Dream Girl
1956
Nadare
1956
Zoku hesokuri shacho
1956
Street of Shame as
Tatsuko Taya
1956
Migotona musume as
Toyoko Takahara
1956
Uramachi no ojôsan
1956
Wakai ki as
Kuniko's mother
1956
Hesokuri shachô as
Etsuko
1956
Kakubô sambagarasu as
Kaneko
1955
Wakaki Ushio
1955
I Am Tokichiro
1955
Iroha Elegy
1955
So Young, So Bright
1955
Akogare
1955
Yagate aozora as
Koto, mother
1955
Santashain no onna hisho
1955
Next Door to Happiness
1955
Ai no ikka
1955
Aijô kaigi
1955
Hanayome wa doko ni iru
1955
Dai ni no koibito
1955
Geisha Konatsu: Hitori neru yo no Konatsu as
Kimiso's madame
1955
Ojôsan no kyûkon
1955
Gojûen Yokochô
1955
Beautiful Days
1955
Salaryman Mejiro Sampei as
Unoki's wife
1955
Kaigara to hana
1955
Hana no yukue as
Sakae
1955
Ofukuro
1955
Suigô aiwa: Musume sendôsan
1955
The Big Ambition
1955
Yuki no honô
1955
Aishu nikki as
Shigeko
1955
Musuko no endan
1955
Koko ni izumi ari
1955
Sannin musume: Tadaima kon'yaku-chû
1955
Keisatsu nikki
1955
Anata to tomo ni
1954
Otsukisama ni wa warui kedo as
Hatoko Tsuruta
1954
Wakaki hi wa kanashi as
Shôji's mother
1954
Ai to shi no tanima
1954
Doyoubi no tenshi
1954
Geisha Hidekoma
1954
Seishun zenki as
Mrs. Kuninobu
1954
Kanpai! Jogakusei
1954
Kuroi keshi
1954
Late Chrysanthemums as
Nobu
1954
Mama no shinkon ryokô
1954
All of Myself
1954
Shiosai as
Tomi, Shinji's Mother
1954
Gohiiki rokka sen: Suttobi otoko
1954
Zoku Botchan shain
1954
Geisha Konatsu as
Kimiso's madame
1954
Botchan shain
1954
Wakaki hi no yûwaku
1954
Itsuko to sono haha as
Fusako Tashiro
1954
Koyoi hito yo o
1954
Mama no nikki
1954
Koyoi chikainu
1953
Love Letter
1953
Junjô shain
1953
Muhomono as
Okumi
1953
The Lovers as
Mrs. Ushiyama
1953
Tokai no yokogao as
Kiyoko
1953
Benten yokochô
1953
The Blue Revolution as
Tsuneko Koizumi
1953
Shinju haha
1953
Kyôdai as
Tei Inukai
1953
Hebi to hato
1953
Epitome as
Isogai's wife
1953
Yoru no owari as
Tsuneko
1953
Shinkon noroke bushi
1953
Yume miru hitobito
1953
Totsugu koyoi ni
1953
Kashi no Ishimatsu
1953
Ittô shain: Santô jûyaku kyôdai-hen
1952
Asakusa yonin shimai
1952
Santô jûyaku as
Mrs. Kuwabara
1952
Oka wa hanazakari as
Ayako Kanzaki
1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
Musume jûku wa mada junjô yo as
Okiyo
1952
Zoku santô jûyaku
1952
Shishunki as
Natsu, Mayumi's mother
1952
Shanghai Rose as
Miss Shen
1952
Tokyo Sweetheart as
The Jeweler's wife
1952
Wakai hito
1952
Wakaki hi no ayamachi
1952
Mother as
O-Sei
1952
Kin no tamago: Golden girl
1952
The Life of Oharu as
Owasa
1952
Mr. Lucky
1952
Awa tanuki yashiki
1951
Wedding March
1951
Shinsetsu Ishikawa Goemon
1951
Hôpu-san: Sararîman tora no maki as
Yasuko, Akiba's wife
1951
Aizenbashi
1951
Dancing Girl as
Mitsue
1951
The Foster Mother
1951
Koibumi saiban
1951
Izu monogatari
1951
The White Orchid
1951
Elegy
1950
Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki
1950
Akagi Kara kita otoko
1950
Sarutobi Sasuke: Senjô ke goku no hi matsuri
1950
Dôtei as
Oai
1950
Otomi to Yosaburô: Zenpen
1950
Umon torimonochô: Umon Izu no tabi nikki
1950
Spring Snow
1949
Tengu hikyaku as
Oei
1949
A Broken Drum as
Yasuko
1949
Onna koroshi abura jigoku
1949
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949
My Name Is Mistress
1949
Flame of My Love
1948
The Limit of Happiness
1948
Yûrei akatsuki ni shisu as
Takeko
1948
Nijûichi no shimon
1945
Victory Song as
Captain's mother
1944
Monpe-san
1943
Kettô Banjakuzaka as
Osaki
1942
Mother Never Dies as
Uemura's wife
1942
Zoku onna keizu
1942
Onna keizu
1942
Midori no daichi as
Kaun Cho
1942
Kibô no aozora as
Kiyo
1941
Otoko no hanamichi
1941
Kekkon no seitai as
Shizuko Sanno
1941
Awa no odoriko
1941
Uma as
Kikuko Yamashita
1941
Kodakara fûfu as
Miss Onizuka, a vice principal of school
1940
Onna no machi as
Toyoko, Shinjiro's elder sister
1940
Tsuriganesô as
Mother
1940
Niizuma kagami: Kôhen as
Umeko
1940
Niizuma kagami: Zenpen as
Umeko
1940
Totsugu hi made as
Tsuneko Maki
1940
Toyuki as
Apprentice Geisha
1940
Hideko no ôendanchô as
Tomoko, Hideko's mother
1940
Shinpan Tange Sazen: Koiguruma as
Otomi
1939
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki as
Otomi
1939
The Imaginary Ghetto as
Shigeko Kusaue
1939
Utae kawakaze
1939
Osanaki mono no hata as
Mother
1939
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Hayate-hen as
Otomi
1938
Robo no ishi as
Sumie Kumita
1938
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Yoto-hen (Short) as
Otomi
1938
Gunkô no otome-tachi
1938
Chocolate to heitai as
Kiku
1938
Yubiwa no waltz
1937
Etchan noridasu as
Chikako
1937
Ûso kurabu
1937
Etchan as
Tsuruyo
1937
Shinzo ga tsoyoi
1936
Yokusô no hanayome
1936
Furyu fukagawata
1936
Yomeiri mae no musume tachi
1936
Koi wa ame ni nurete as
Shimomura
1935
Bokyo no uta
1935
Gunkoku komoriuta
1935
Midori no chiheisen kohen
1935
Midori no chiheisen zenpen
1935
Kaikoku dai Nippon
1935
Uramachi no kokyogaku
1935
Shôshûrei as
Oshime, Kamekichi's wife
1934
Geisha sandaiki showahen
References
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