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.[1]
Career
Sawashima was born in
Chushingura story, but did not succeed.[1]
He was given a Special Award at the 40th
Japan Academy Prize ceremony in 2017 for his career in cinema.[2]
Filmography
He directed 49 films and wrote nine screenplays:[3]
as director:
- Torawakamaru the Koga Ninja (忍術御前試合 Ninjutsu gozen-jiai) (1957)
- Drunken Sword (1962)
- Jinsei gekijo: hisha kaku (1963)
- Cry of the Mountain (1968)
- Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969)
- Boruneo taisho: Akamichi ni tokero (1969)
- Akō Rōshi (1979) (TV series) (ep.1,2,12,13,33 and 34)
screenplays:
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References
- ^ a b c d "沢島忠監督死去、92歳「人生劇場」シリーズで東映任侠路線確立 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能". スポニチ Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ "第40回日本アカデミー賞". 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0263040.htm JMDB, accessed 22 May 2009.
External links
- Tadashi Sawashima at IMDb
- Tadashi Sawashima at Rotten Tomatoes
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