Natto Wada

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Natto Wada
Himeji, Hyogo, Japan
Died18 February 1983

Natto Wada (和田 夏十, Wada Natto, 13 September 1920 – 18 February 1983),

script writer and film columnist.[2]

Career

Wada graduated with an English degree from Tokyo Women's College in 1946.[3] She started her career at the Fujimoto Cinema Production company, where she met her husband, Kon Ichikawa, a filmmaker who promoted her script work to colleagues and collaborated with her on several films.[3] She began writing, or co-writing, scripts in 1951, and continued until 1965.[3]

Films

See also: Category:Films with screenplays by Natto Wada

Wada's scripts included the 1953 film Puu-san, a satirical comedy based on the manga of Yokoyama Taizo; the 1956 film Shokei no Heya, based on a novel by

Izumi Kyoka, which documented the rivalry of two geisha in a male-dominated culture. Kuroi Junin no Onna (Ten Dark Women) was a 1961 film that satirized an egotistical male's reliance on his wife to stay out of trouble.[3] Also that year, Wada wrote Hakai (The Broken Commandment) a film adaptation of Shimizaki Toson's eponymous 1906 novel, which examined the life of a social outcast. Wada's adaptation was notable for strengthening the role of the female protagonist.[3]

Other film scripts by Wada or with collaborators include

Mishima Yukio's 1956 novel, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion.[3]

Columnist

Wada was also known for her work as an advice columnist during the 1960s. Her column, "Personal Life Consultation," ran in the

Asahi Shimbun.[3]

References

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