Tadashi Sawashima
Tadashi Sawashima (沢島 忠, Sawashima Tadashi) (19 May 1926 – 27 January 2018) was a Japanese film director and theatre director. He directed films from the 1950s to the 1970s. He died on 27 January 2018 of multiple organ failure at the age of 91.
Sawashima was born in Kotō, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He joined the Toei Studio in 1950 and worked as an assistant director under Masahiro Makino and Kunio Watanabe before debuting as a director in 1957 with Torawakamaru the Koga Ninja. He is most known for his work in Toei's ninkyo eiga series, but he also directed entertainment jidaigeki featuring Hibari Misora, Chiemi Eri, and Kinnosuke Nakamura. He directed his last film in 1977, and mostly directed stage productions after that. In his final years, he had been attempting to film a version of the Chushingura story, but did not succeed.
He was given a Special Award at the 40th Japan Academy Prize ceremony in 2017 for his career in cinema. He directed 49 films and wrote nine screenplays.
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Films (49)
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
1977 · Director, Writer
Onna no hanamichi
1971 · Screenplay, Director
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971 · Screenplay, Director
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969 · Director
Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator
1969 · Director
Cry of the Mountain
1968 · Director
Golden Ninja
1966 · Director
The Protector
1966 · Director
The Actress vs. the Greedy Sharks
1966 · Director, Screenplay
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
1965 · Director, Screenplay
Three Yakuza
1965 · Director
The Tattooed Lord
1965 · Director, Screenplay
間諜
1964 · Director, Screenplay
Life of Hishakaku 3
1964 · Director
Okashina yatsu
1963 · Director
Life of Hishakaku 2
1963 · Director
Life of Hishakaku
1963 · Director
A Fishmonger's Tour
1963 · Screenplay, Director
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
1963 · Director, Screenplay
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
1962 · Screenplay
Drunken Sword
1962 · Director, Screenplay
Hibari the Traveling Performer
1962 · Screenplay
The Ambitious Youth
1962 · Director, Screenplay
Good Rascals
1962 · Director
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962 · Director, Screenplay
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961 · Screenplay, Director
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1961 · Director, Screenplay
Bride of White Castle
1961 · Director, Screenplay
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961 · Screenplay, Director
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
1961 · Director
Scarier than the Devil
1960 · Director, Screenplay
The Pirates
1960 · Director
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960 · Screenplay
Unwieldy Brothers
1960 · Director, Screenplay
Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
1960 · Director, Screenplay
Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
1960 · Director, Screenplay
Samurai Vagabonds
1960 · Director
Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
1959 · Director, Writer
The Edo Official and Apprentice
1959 · Director, Screenplay
Gentle Breeze
1959 · Screenplay, Director
House of Spider Webs
1959 · Director
Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf
1959 · Director, Screenplay
Diary of a Wandering Lord
1959 · Screenplay, Director
Case of a Young Lord 7: Red Crane House
1958 · Screenplay, Director
Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
1958 · Screenplay, Director
Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
1958 · Director
Detective Hibari: Case of the Golden Hairpins
1958 · Director
Noble Tasuke
1958 · Director
Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
1957 · Director
