Tadashi Sawashima

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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…

  • Directing
  • Born 19 May 1926
  • Died 27 January 2018 (age 91)
  • Shiga, Japan
  • 51 credits

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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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