Tadashi Sawashima
Directing · Born 1926-05-19 · age 91 at death · 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.
Titles
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf
The Pirates
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
Three Yakuza
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
Life of Hishakaku
Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
Good Rascals
Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
The Protector
Life of Hishakaku 2
Bride of White Castle
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
Drunken Sword
Samurai Vagabonds
The Tattooed Lord
Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
A Fishmonger's Tour
Diary of a Wandering Lord
Detective Hibari: Case of the Golden Hairpins
Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
Noble Tasuke
The Edo Official and Apprentice
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
The Ambitious Youth
Gentle Breeze
Scarier than the Devil
Case of a Young Lord 7: Red Crane House
Cry of the Mountain
The Man of Five Rings
Maboroshi no Satsui
Hibari the Traveling Performer
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
Unwieldy Brothers
Golden Ninja
Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
Okashina yatsu
House of Spider Webs
The Actress vs. the Greedy Sharks
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
Life of Hishakaku 3
Onna no hanamichi
間諜