Tadashi Sawashima

Rejissor

1926-05-19 – 2018-01-27 · Shiga, Japan

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.

• 新選組 (1969) — Director
• 右門捕物帖 片眼の狼 (1959) — Director, Screenplay
• 海賊八幡船 (1960) — Director
• 一心太助 天下の一大事 (1958) — Screenplay, Director
• 富士に立つ若武者 (1961) — Screenplay, Director
• 股旅　三人やくざ (1965) — Director
• 家光と彦左と一心太助 (1961) — Director
• 忍術御前試合 (1957) — Director
• 人生劇場　飛車角 (1963) — Director
• 右門捕物帖　地獄の風車 (1960) — Director, Screenplay
• 大江戸評判記　美男の顔役 (1962) — Director
• ひばりの森の石松 (1960) — Director, Screenplay
• のれん一代　女侠 (1966) — Director
• 人生劇場　続　飛車角 (1963) — Director
• 白馬城の花嫁 (1961) — Director, Screenplay
• ひばり・チエミの弥次喜多道中 (1962) — Director, Screenplay
• 酔いどれ無双剣 (1962) — Director, Screenplay
• 殿さま弥次喜多 (1960) — Director
• いれずみ判官 (1965) — Director, Screenplay
• 殿さま弥次喜多 怪談道中 (1958) — Director
• 若さま侍捕物帖 黒い椿 (1961) — Screenplay, Director
• 一心太助 男一匹道中記 (1963) — Screenplay, Director
• 殿さま弥次喜多 捕物道中 (1959) — Screenplay, Director
• ひばり捕物帖　かんざし小判 (1958) — Director