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).
as Otsuna
as 献立(116 eps)
as Deguchi Ume
as Kayo Kitagawa
as Setsuko Sasaki
as Sada Banno
as Taki
as Ichi, housekeeper
as Kikue Sugisaki
as Matsu Komazaki
as Riki Tonobe
as Dance teacher
as Masako Yamashita
as Motojima's Wife
as Teacher Ikegami
as Sugiko's aunt
as Tomiko Sekiguchi
as Matsuko
as Sawamura Sawako (Restaurant "Sawamura" proprietress and Keiko's older sister)
as Tetsu Kawabe
as Hostess at 'Mitsuda'
as Shigeko
as Toki, Yahichi's mother
as Sugimoto Natsuko
as Makiko
as Yodogimi
as Mother
as Otora
as Katsu
as Kimie Morikawa
as Kitamura
as Kame
as Mrs. Sotaro Uhara
as Yuki Takeuchi
as Kikuyo
as Fumiko
as Mrs. Tazawa
as Aki Katsura
as Kaneko Tsujikura
as Madam next to Hikariso
as Kiyo
as Kin Narikin
as Oiku Wada
as Kazuko Sugawara
as Toshiko
as Omine
as Yabuki Toyo
as Ayako Nozaki
as Mrs. Nakazato
as Fusako Kaneko
as Fumiko
as Kayoko Fukui
as Takako Hirasawa
as Chiyo Tsukagoshi
as Chie Shibata, Sumiko's Mother
as Seiko Maekawa
as Teru Namura
as Otsuno
as Sadako Kamiya
as Tane
as Tatsuko Ono
as Tane
as Tane Abe
as Oshima's aunt
as Tane, Ushinosuke's Mother
as Akiyama's mother
as Omatsu Hayashi
as Taniyama’s Mother
as Tatsuko Taya
as Kuniko's mother (uncredited)
as Oine
as 玉椿
as Koto, mother
as Imanishi's Mother
as Sumie Shida
as Satoko (Ishiyama’s wife)
as 鶴田はと子
as Tomi, Shinji's Mother
as Nobu
as Kazama’s Aunt
as Kimiso's madame
as Fusako Tashiro
as Ohama
as Bookstor's owner
as Mrs. Ushiyama
as Kiyoko
as Natsu, Mayumi's mother
as Miss Shen
as Jewelry shop proprietress
as Osei
as Mrs. Kuwabara
as Sasaya's wife Owasa
as Kumako
as Mitsue
as Yasuko
as Takeko
as Captain's mother
as Kiyo
as Kikuko Yamashita
as Mother
as Apprentice Geisha
as Tomoko, Hideko's mother
as Mother
as Sumie