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Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Acting
11 Nov 1908
16 Aug 1996
Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

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...

Also Known As

Садако Савамура, 大橋貞子, 泽村贞子, 澤村貞子, ساداکو ساوامورا

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