Sadako Sawamura: movies and TV shows
Sadako Sawamura has 273 credits in the archive: 268 films and 5 TV series, from 1936 to 2019. Highest rated: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1936 – 2019 · busiest year: 1962 (26 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 365日の献立日記 | 献立 | TV | — | 110 |
| 1985 | When Winter Comes | Film | — | 76 | |
| 1984 | Daikazoku | TV | — | 75 | |
| 1978 | Otei-chan | TV | — | 69 | |
| 1977 | Hikarugake | TV | — | 68 | |
| 1975 | Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women | Film | — | 66 | |
| 1970 | おれの義姉さん | TV | — | 61 | |
| 1969 | The Song from My Heart | Film | 7.0 | 60 | |
| 1969 | The Street Car Game | Deguchi Ume | Film | — | 60 |
| 1968 | Nunnery Confidential | Film | 5.5 | 59 | |
| 1968 | The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze | Film | 7.7 | 59 | |
| 1968 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune | Sada Banno | Film | — | 59 |
| 1968 | My Brother, My Love | Kayo Kitagawa | Film | 10.0 | 59 |
| 1968 | Lemon in the Rainbow | Setsuko Sasaki | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1967 | Swift Current | Film | — | 58 | |
| 1967 | Thoroughbred Women Gamblers | Film | — | 58 | |
| 1967 | The Rickshaw Man’s Son | Taki | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1967 | Flower Cards Chivalry | Film | 10.0 | 58 | |
| 1966 | Night Bitch | Matsu Komazaki | Film | — | 57 |
| 1966 | Once a Rainy Day | Film | 7.0 | 57 | |
| 1966 | The Kii River | Ichi, housekeeper | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1966 | Sayonara ressha | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1966 | Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1966 | A Sky Full of Tears | Kikue Sugisaki | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1965 | A Fugitive from the Past | Motojima's Wife | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1965 | Snow Country | Dance teacher | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1965 | The Passionate Spinster | Riki Tonobe | Film | — | 56 |
| 1965 | Nami kage | Film | 8.0 | 56 | |
| 1965 | Love on the Rainbow | Masako Yamashita | Film | — | 56 |
| 1965 | Salaryman's Medal | Film | — | 56 | |
| 1965 | That Cute Girl | Film | — | 56 | |
| 1964 | A Story from Echigo | Film | 7.2 | 55 | |
| 1964 | Youth Season Continued | Sawamura Sawako (Restaurant "Sawamura" proprietress and Keiko's older sister) | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1964 | Whirlpool of Flesh | Tomiko Sekiguchi | Film | 10.0 | 55 |
| 1964 | Night Scandal in Japan | Tetsu Kawabe | Film | 10.0 | 55 |
| 1964 | Sweet Sweat | Matsuko | Film | 8.3 | 55 |
| 1964 | Eddy Currents of Life | Teacher Ikegami | Film | — | 55 |
| 1964 | Taiyou wo Daku Onna | Film | — | 55 | |
| 1964 | Mr. Giant's Victory Flag | Film | 8.0 | 55 | |
| 1964 | I'm a Bodyguard | Film | 8.0 | 55 | |
| 1963 | Tale of Army Brutality | Toki, Yahichi's mother | Film | 9.5 | 54 |
| 1963 | Double Wedding | Shigeko | Film | — | 54 |
| 1963 | At the Side of the Bridge 3 | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1963 | Dokuritsu bijin-tai | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1963 | At the Side of the Bridge 4 | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1963 | Miren | Hostess at 'Mitsuda' | Film | — | 54 |
| 1963 | Police Precinct: Backing Investigation | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1963 | Crazy Operation: First Move | Film | 10.0 | 54 | |
| 1963 | The Life of Rikisha-Man | Film | 8.0 | 54 | |
| 1962 | In Search of Mother | Otora | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1962 | Chûshingura | Film | 7.1 | 53 | |
| 1962 | Four Sisters | Makiko | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1962 | Our Marriage | Mother | Film | 7.1 | 53 |
| 1962 | Nippon no obaachan | Film | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 1962 | Glory on the Summit | Film | 9.0 | 53 | |
| 1962 | Star of Hong Kong | Sugimoto Natsuko | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1962 | Naite waratta hanayome | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1962 | Youth Season | Film | 10.0 | 53 | |
| 1962 | South Pacific Waves Are High | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1962 | Curry Rice | Film | 9.0 | 53 | |
| 1962 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant | Film | 8.0 | 53 | |
| 1962 | At the Side of the Bridge 2 | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1962 | The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka | Otake | Film | — | 53 |
| 1962 | Born in Sin | Film | 9.0 | 53 | |
| 1962 | A Roaring Trade | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1962 | Ottamage ningyo monogatari | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1962 | Lady Sen and Hideyori | Yodogimi | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1962 | Zoku aizen katsura | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1962 | Flower in a Storm | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1962 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen | Film | 10.0 | 53 | |
| 1962 | Kyūjin ryokō | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1962 | Pig and Goldfish | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1962 | At the Side of the Bridge | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1962 | Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1962 | Koshū | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1961 | Toilet Manager | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1961 | Sanctuary | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1961 | Onna no hashi | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1961 | Girls of the Night | Kitamura | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1961 | Zero Focus | Mrs. Sotaro Uhara | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1961 | The Catch | Katsu | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1961 | Women of Tokyo | Yuki Takeuchi | Film | — | 52 |
| 1961 | Triangle Moods | Kame | Film | — | 52 |
| 1961 | Wakai yatsura no kaidan | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1961 | Boss Takes to the Road | Kimie Morikawa | Film | — | 52 |
| 1961 | Hikkoshi yatsure | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1961 | Awamori-kun uridasu | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1961 | Romance Express | Film | 7.0 | 52 | |
| 1961 | The Estuary | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1961 | Door of Flowers | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1960 | Hito mo arukeba | Kin Narikin | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1960 | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | Toshiko | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1960 | Late Autumn | Fumiko | Film | 7.7 | 51 |
| 1960 | The Dangerous Kiss | Film | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 1960 | Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1960 | The Wandering Princess | Kazuko Sugawara | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1960 | Youth in Fury | Aki Katsura | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1960 | Hero of the Red Light District | Film | 8.7 | 51 | |
| 1960 | Towering Waves | Mrs. Tazawa | Film | 1.0 | 51 |
| 1960 | Dare yori mo kimi o aisu | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1960 | Mahiru no wana | Kikuyo | Film | — | 51 |
| 1960 | Storm on the Silvery Peaks | Kiyo | Film | — | 51 |
| 1960 | Ponkotsu | Film | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 1960 | Jiyūgaoka fujin | Film | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 1960 | Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes | Okane | Film | — | 51 |
| 1960 | Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success | Okane | Film | — | 51 |
| 1960 | Police Precinct Part 13 | Madam next to Hikariso | Film | — | 51 |
| 1960 | Police Precinct Part 13 | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1960 | Beyond the Hills | Oiku Wada | Film | — | 51 |
| 1960 | New Third Class Executive: Husband Education | Kaneko Tsujikura | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1959 | Echo Mountain | Takako Hirasawa | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1959 | Good Morning | Kayoko Fukui | Film | 7.7 | 50 |
| 1959 | Vagabond Lovers | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1959 | Young Lovers | Ayako Nozaki | Film | — | 50 |
| 1959 | The Human Wall | Film | 6.3 | 50 | |
| 1959 | The Terrible Game | Yabuki Toyo | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1959 | Souls in the Moonlight III | Film | 6.6 | 50 | |
| 1959 | The Cast-Off | Fumiko | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1959 | Pineapple Butai | Omine | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1959 | Someday I'll Know | Fusako Kaneko | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1959 | People Waiting for Spring | Chiyo Tsukagoshi | Film | — | 50 |
| 1959 | Ripe and Marriageable | Mrs. Nakazato | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1959 | Whistling in the Morning | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1959 | Koko ni otoko ari | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1959 | Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1958 | The Naked General | Film | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 1958 | Little Peach | Film | 6.1 | 49 | |
| 1958 | Hanayome no teikō | Seiko Maekawa | Film | — | 49 |
| 1958 | Firefly Light | Film | 9.0 | 49 | |
| 1958 | Souls in the Moonlight II | Otsuno | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1958 | Beyond the Seasonal Wind | Film | 9.0 | 49 | |
| 1958 | No Advice Taken | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1958 | Bright Young Maidens | Chie Shibata, Sumiko's Mother | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1958 | Romance Freestyle | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1958 | 直八子供旅 | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1958 | One Step to Happiness | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1958 | Fearless Opposition | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1958 | Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1958 | Hibi no haishin | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1957 | When It Rains, It Pours | Tane Abe | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1957 | The Beauty Expert | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1957 | Young Lovers | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1957 | The Betrothed | Film | 8.0 | 48 | |
| 1957 | Untamed Woman | Oshima's aunt | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1957 | Story of a Detective's Assistant | Mine | Film | — | 48 |
| 1957 | Haha to ko no mado | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1957 | A Tale of Dung and Urine | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1957 | The Blue Sky Maiden | Tatsuko Ono | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1957 | The Adorable Trio | Sadako Kamiya | Film | — | 48 |
| 1957 | Ôban | Tane, Ushinosuke's Mother | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1957 | Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen | Tane | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1957 | Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen | Tane | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1957 | Morning Whistling | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1956 | Young Tree | Kuniko's mother (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1956 | Street of Shame | Tatsuko Taya | Film | 7.7 | 47 |
| 1956 | Gendai no yokubô | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1956 | Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl | Taniyama’s Mother | Film | — | 47 |
| 1956 | The Lady Was Pawn | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1956 | A Wife's Heart | Film | 6.9 | 47 | |
| 1956 | The Three Musketeers Reunite | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1956 | The Rose on His Arm | Akiyama's mother | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1956 | Love on Rainbow Island | Omatsu Hayashi | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1956 | Bridge of Japan | Film | 7.8 | 47 | |
| 1956 | The President Talks Bank | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1956 | Avalanche | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1956 | The President's Boss | Film | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 1956 | Cascading White Threads | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1956 | Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1956 | Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1955 | Next Door to Happiness | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1955 | Youth | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1955 | Mother's Ambition | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1955 | Detour to Love | Koto, mother | Film | — | 46 |
| 1955 | Frame of Snow | Satoko (Ishiyama’s wife) | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1955 | Ejima and Ikushima | 玉椿 | Film | — | 46 |
| 1955 | So Young, So Bright | Oine | Film | 7.8 | 46 |
| 1955 | Policeman's Diary | Film | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 1955 | Beautiful Days | Imanishi's Mother | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1955 | Santōshain to onna hisho | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1955 | The Romance of Yushima | Film | 8.0 | 46 | |
| 1955 | Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1955 | The Big Ambition | Sumie Shida | Film | — | 46 |
| 1955 | Here Is a Spring | Film | 8.2 | 46 | |
| 1955 | Iroha Elegy | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1955 | Ofukuro | Film | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 1954 | The Cock Crows Twice | Film | 6.5 | 45 | |
| 1954 | Mama's Diary | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1954 | Late Chrysanthemums | Nobu | Film | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1954 | お月様には悪いけど | 鶴田はと子 | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1954 | One Night of Love | Ohama | Film | — | 45 |
| 1954 | Geisha Konatsu | Kimiso's madame | Film | — | 45 |
| 1954 | 乾杯!女学生 | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1954 | The Surf | Tomi, Shinji's Mother | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1954 | The Valley Between Love and Death | Film | 8.0 | 45 | |
| 1954 | Itsuko to sono haha | Fusako Tashiro | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1954 | All of Myself | Kazama’s Aunt | Film | — | 45 |
| 1954 | The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1954 | Geisha Hidekoma | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1953 | Love Letter | Bookstor's owner | Film | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1953 | The Blue Revolution | Film | 8.0 | 44 | |
| 1953 | The Lovers | Mrs. Ushiyama | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1953 | Miniature | Film | 7.8 | 44 | |
| 1953 | Tokyo Profile | Kiyoko | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1953 | The End of the Night | Film | 10.0 | 44 | |
| 1953 | Dreaming People | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1953 | Princess Finds Her Prince | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1953 | Sisters | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1952 | The Life of Oharu | Sasaya's wife Owasa | Film | 7.7 | 43 |
| 1952 | Mother | Osei | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1952 | Oka wa hanazakari | Film | 9.0 | 43 | |
| 1952 | Zoku santō jūyaku | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1952 | Tokyo Sweetheart | Jewelry shop proprietress | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1952 | Adolescence | Natsu, Mayumi's mother | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1952 | Forbidden Path | Film | 8.0 | 43 | |
| 1952 | Mr. Lucky | Film | 10.0 | 43 | |
| 1952 | The Woman Who Touched the Legs | Film | 8.0 | 43 | |
| 1952 | Third Class Executives | Mrs. Kuwabara | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1952 | Shanghai Rose | Miss Shen | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1952 | Kin no tamago: Golden Girl | Film | 9.0 | 43 | |
| 1952 | One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds | Film | 9.0 | 43 | |
| 1952 | Four Asakusa Sisters | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1951 | The Love Letter Trial | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1951 | Dancing Girl | Mitsue | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1951 | The White Orchid | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1951 | Elegy | Film | 9.0 | 42 | |
| 1951 | Wedding March | Kumako | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1950 | A Man from Akagi | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1950 | Jiruba no Tetsu | Film | 10.0 | 41 | |
| 1950 | Beyond the Hills | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1950 | Guntō nanban-sen | Film | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1950 | Spring Snow | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1950 | Onna no ryūkō | Film | 9.0 | 41 | |
| 1950 | First Love Questions and Answers | Film | 10.0 | 41 | |
| 1949 | Flame of My Love | Film | 5.4 | 40 | |
| 1949 | Ishimatsu of the Forest | Film | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1949 | The Flower That Crossed the Mountain | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1949 | Broken Drum | Yasuko | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1949 | My Name Is Mistress | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1949 | Goblin Courier | Film | 6.0 | 40 | |
| 1949 | Haha koiboshi | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1949 | Three Pearls | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1949 | Onna goroshi abura jigoku | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1948 | Yakyukyō jidai | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1948 | The Fifth Witness | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1948 | Sen-hime goten | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1948 | Nerawareta onna | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1948 | Ghosts Die at Dawn | Takeko | Film | — | 39 |
| 1948 | Kōfuku no genkai | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1948 | Twenty-One Fingerprints | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1945 | Victory Song | Captain's mother | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1944 | Monpe-san | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1943 | Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill | Osaki | Film | — | 34 |
| 1942 | Mother Never Dies | Film | 6.2 | 33 | |
| 1942 | Onna keizu | Film | 8.0 | 33 | |
| 1942 | Green Earth | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1942 | Sky of Hope | Kiyo | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1941 | The Night Before the Meiji Restoration | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1941 | Horse | Kikuko Yamashita | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1941 | A Man's Flower Road of Triumph | Film | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1941 | Kodakara fūfu | Film | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1941 | Dancers of Awa | Film | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1940 | Travels to the East | Apprentice Geisha | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1940 | Wedding Day | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1940 | Bellflower | Mother | Film | 10.0 | 31 |
| 1940 | Hideko the Cheerleader | Tomoko, Hideko's mother | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1939 | The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1939 | Ichiyo Higuchi | Film | 8.0 | 30 | |
| 1939 | Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki | Otomi | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1939 | Osanaki mono no hata | Mother | Film | — | 30 |
| 1938 | A Pebble by the Wayside | Sumie | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1937 | Sōbō | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1936 | Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown | Film | — | 27 | |
| The Foster Mother | Film | — | — |