About Sadako Sawamura
Lived 1908 – 1996 (aged 87). Sadako Sawamura was a Japanese actor, film actor and essayist.
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 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) The Blue Sky Maiden (1957) 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
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Who was Sadako Sawamura?
Japanese actress
When was Sadako Sawamura born?
Sadako Sawamura was born on 11 November 1908 in Tokyo.
When did Sadako Sawamura die?
Sadako Sawamura died on 16 August 1996 in Kanagawa Prefecture.
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Sadako Sawamura was an actor, film actor and essayist.
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Sadako Sawamura was Japanese.
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