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Tadashi Sawashima(1926-2018)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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Tadashi Sawashima was born on 19 May 1926 in Kotou, Shiga, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Gentle Breeze (1959), Isshin Tasuke: The Man of Men (1959) and Magistrate Toyama 4: Edo Official and Apprentice (1959). He died on 27 January 2018.
BornMay 19, 1926
DiedJanuary 27, 2018(91)
BornMay 19, 1926
DiedJanuary 27, 2018(91)
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Known for

Gentle Breeze
  • Director
  • 1959
Isshin Tasuke: The Man of Men (1959)
Isshin Tasuke: The Man of Men
  • Director
  • 1959
Magistrate Toyama 4: Edo Official and Apprentice (1959)
Magistrate Toyama 4: Edo Official and Apprentice
  • Director
  • 1959
Jigoku no kazeku-ruma
5.4
  • Director
  • 1960

Credits

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Director

  • Akô Rôshi (1979)
    Akô Rôshi
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Maboroshi no satsui
    • Director
    • 1971
  • Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969)
    Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Boruneo taisho: Akamichi ni tokero
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Cry of the Mountain (1968)
    Cry of the Mountain
    • Director
    • 1968
  • The Golden Couple
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Noren ichidai: jôkyô (1966)
    Noren ichidai: jôkyô
    • Director
    • 1966
  • Ogôn no tozokô
    • Director
    • 1966
  • Bôken daikatsugeki: Ôgon no touzoku
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1966
  • The Actress vs. the Greedy Sharks (1966)
    The Actress vs. the Greedy Sharks
    • Director
    • 1966
  • The Snake Princess (1965)
    The Snake Princess
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Three Yakuza (1965)
    Three Yakuza
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Irezumi hangan (1965)
    Irezumi hangan
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Kanchô
    • Director
    • 1964

Writer

  • Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
    • screenplay
    • 1977
  • Maboroshi no satsui
    • Writer
    • 1971
  • The Actress vs. the Greedy Sharks (1966)
    The Actress vs. the Greedy Sharks
    • Writer
    • 1966
  • The Snake Princess (1965)
    The Snake Princess
    • screenplay
    • 1965
  • Irezumi hangan (1965)
    Irezumi hangan
    • Writer
    • 1965
  • Kanchô
    • screenplay
    • 1964
  • Otoko ippiki dôchûki (1963)
    Otoko ippiki dôchûki
    • screenplay
    • 1963
  • Hibari's Tale of Pathos
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Fuji ni tatsu wakamusha
    6.3
    • screenplay
    • 1961
  • Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
    • Writer
    • 1961
  • Kinnosuke Nakamura and Kôji Tsuruta in Scarier Than the Devil (1960)
    Scarier Than the Devil
    7.7
    • Writer
    • 1960
  • Kaizoku bahansen (1960)
    Kaizoku bahansen
    6.7
    • screenplay (as Kazuyoshi Takasawa)
    • 1960
  • The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
    • Writer
    • 1960
  • Chiyonosuke Azuma and Katsuo Nakamura in The Unwieldy Brothers (1960)
    The Unwieldy Brothers
    7.0
    • screenplay
    • 1960
  • Jigoku no kazeku-ruma
    5.4
    • screenplay
    • 1960

Actor

  • Nagisa Ōshima in Eiga kantoku tte nanda! (2006)
    Eiga kantoku tte nanda!
    7.6
    • Masaaki Katsumoto
    • 2006

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Takasawa Kazuyoshi
  • Born
    • May 19, 1926
    • Kotou, Shiga, Japan
  • Died
    • January 27, 2018

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  • Nickname
    • Tadashi Sawajima

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