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Sadako Sawamura
From The Life of Oharu (1952)
Born	Sadako Katō (1908-11-11)11 November 1908 Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Died	16 August 1996(1996-08-16) (aged 87)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1935–1976
Spouses	Kamatari Fujiwara (m. 1936–1946) Yasuhiko Ohashi (m. ?–1996)
Relatives	Daisuke Katō and Kunitarō Sawamura (brothers)

Sadako Sawamura (沢村貞子, Sawamura Sadako, 11 November 1908 – 16 August 1996) was a Japanese stage and film actress who appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1976.

Biography

Sawamura was born Sadako Katō in the Asakusa district of Tokyo. After dropping out of Japan Women's University, she was active in left-wing theatre groups and twice arrested. 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. Other filmmakers Sawamura worked with include 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 to actor Kamatari Fujiwara and film magazine editor and critic Yasuhiko Ohashi.

Selected filmography

Film

• Totsugu hi made (1940)
• Dancing Girl (1951)
• The Life of Oharu (1952)
• Epitome (1953)
• Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
• So Young, So Bright (1955)
• Street of Shame (1956)
• Late Autumn (1960)
• The Wandering Princess (1960)
• Zero Focus (1961)
• Girls of the Night (1961)
• Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962)

Television

• Shinsho Taikōki (1973), Ōmandokoro
• Sekigahara (1981), Maeda Matsu

References

1. ^ "沢村貞子". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
2. ^ "沢村貞子". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
3. ^ "沢村貞子". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
4. Sawamura, Sadako (2000). My Asakusa: Coming of Age in pre-war Tokyo. Boston: Tuttle. ISBN 9780804821353.

External links

• Sadako Sawamura at IMDb

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