Natto Wada

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1920-09-13 (63 years old)

Deathday

1983-02-18

Place of Birth

Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Natto Wada

Biography

Natto Wada (和田 夏十, Wada Natto, 13 September 1920 – 18 February 1983), also known as Natsuto Wada, was a Japanese script writer and film columnist. Wada graduated with an English degree from Tokyo Women's College in 1946. She started her career at the Fujimoto Cinema Production company, where she met her husband, Kon Ichikawa, a filmmaker who promoted her script work to colleagues and collaborated with her on several films. She began writing, or co-writing, scripts in 1951, and continued until 1965. Wada's scripts included the 1953 film Puu-san, a satirical comedy based on the manga of Yokoyama Taizo; the 1956 film Shokei no Heya, based on a...

Acting

Production

1959

1963

An Actor's Revenge

as Scenario Writer

1958

Conflagration

as Writer

1954

A Billionaire

as Writer

1957

Hole in One

as Writer

1962

Being Two Isn't Easy

as Costume Consultant

2001

Kah-chan

as Writer

1960

Bonchi

as Screenplay

1961

Ten Dark Women

as Screenplay

1949

1951

Koibito

as Writer

1951

Stolen Love

as Writer

1951

Wedding March

as Writer

1951

Bengawan Solo

as Writer

1985

The Burmese Harp

as Screenplay

1956

Punishment Room

as Screenplay

1953

The Lovers

as Writer

1953

Mr. Pu

as Screenplay

1963

1965

1956

Bridge of Japan

as Screenplay

1959

Odd Obsession

as Screenplay

1955

1959

1952

This Way, That Way

as Screenplay

1956

The Burmese Harp

as Screenplay

1988

Crane

as Writer

1962

1953

1952

Forbidden Path

as Screenplay

1949

Ningen moyo

as Writer

1957

The Crowded Train

as Screenplay

2002

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