Tadashi Sawashima
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-05-19 (92 years old)
Deathday
2018-01-27
Place of Birth
Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Also known As
Kazuyoshi Takazawa
鷹沢和善
Takasawa Kazuyoshi
Tadashi Sawashima
Biography
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. H...
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1969
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1977
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1960
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1965
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1971
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1971
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1962
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1964
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