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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 Hi…
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- The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979) Director
- Three Yakuza (1965) Director
- Life of Hishakaku 3 (1964) Director
- The Actress vs. the Greedy Sharks (1966) Director
- Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969) Director
- The Man of Five Rings (1981) Director
- Samurai Vagabonds (1960) Director
- Good Rascals (1962) Director
- The Protector (1966) Director
- The Shogun and the Fishmonger (1961) Director
- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 (1960) Screenplay
- Scarier than the Devil (1960) Director
- 間諜 (1964) Director
- Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger (1958) Screenplay
- The Tattooed Lord (1965) Director
- Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill (1960) Director
- The Pirates (1960) Director
- The Ambitious Youth (1962) Director
- Diary of a Wandering Lord (1959) Screenplay
- Life of Hishakaku (1963) Director
- Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey (1958) Director
- Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey (1962) Director
- Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia (1961) Screenplay
- A Fishmonger's Tour (1963) Screenplay
- Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf (1959) Director
- Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro (1965) Director
- Bride of White Castle (1961) Director
- Gentle Breeze (1959) Screenplay
- Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator (1969) Director
- Life of Hishakaku 2 (1963) Director
- Golden Ninja (1966) Director
- Hibari the Traveling Performer (1962) Screenplay
- Unwieldy Brothers (1960) Director
- House of Spider Webs (1959) Director
- Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men (1959) Director
- A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji (1961) Screenplay
- The Edo Official and Apprentice (1959) Director
- Okashina yatsu (1963) Director
- Case of a Young Lord 7: Red Crane House (1958) Director
- Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku (1961) Director
- Noble Tasuke (1958) Director
- Drunken Sword (1962) Director
- Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e (1977) Director
- Detective Hibari: Case of the Golden Hairpins (1958) Director
- Hibari's Tale of Pathos (1962) Screenplay
- Onna no hanamichi (1971) Director
- Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2 (1963) Director
- Cry of the Mountain (1968) Director
- Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger (1960) Director
- Maboroshi no Satsui (1971) Director
- Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja (1957) Director
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Most-watched Tadashi Sawashima films currently: Three Yakuza (1965), Life of Hishakaku 3 (1964), The Actress vs. the Greedy Sharks (1966), Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969), Samurai Vagabonds (1960).
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Selected TV credits: The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979), The Man of Five Rings (1981).
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