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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
- The Man of Five Rings (1981) Director
- Three Yakuza (1965) Director
- Maboroshi no Satsui (1971) Screenplay
- Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969) Director
- The Edo Official and Apprentice (1959) Director
- Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger (1960) Director
- The Pirates (1960) Director
- House of Spider Webs (1959) Director
- The Ambitious Youth (1962) Director
- Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro (1965) Director
- Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja (1957) Director
- The Tattooed Lord (1965) Director
- Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2 (1963) Director
- Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku (1961) Director
- Life of Hishakaku (1963) Director
- Samurai Vagabonds (1960) Director
- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 (1960) Screenplay
- Drunken Sword (1962) Director
- Life of Hishakaku 2 (1963) Director
- Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men (1959) Director
- Life of Hishakaku 3 (1964) Director
- A Fishmonger's Tour (1963) Screenplay
- Detective Hibari: Case of the Golden Hairpins (1958) Director
- Diary of a Wandering Lord (1959) Screenplay
- Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia (1961) Screenplay
- 間諜 (1964) Director
- Scarier than the Devil (1960) Director
- The Shogun and the Fishmonger (1961) Director
- Onna no hanamichi (1971) Screenplay
- The Protector (1966) Director
- Golden Ninja (1966) Director
- Bride of White Castle (1961) Director
- Good Rascals (1962) Director
- Unwieldy Brothers (1960) Director
- A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji (1961) Screenplay
- Noble Tasuke (1958) Director
- Cry of the Mountain (1968) Director
- Case of a Young Lord 7: Red Crane House (1958) Screenplay
- Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger (1958) Screenplay
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Most-watched Tadashi Sawashima films currently: Three Yakuza (1965), Maboroshi no Satsui (1971), Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969), The Edo Official and Apprentice (1959), Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger (1960).
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Selected TV credits: The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979), The Man of Five Rings (1981).
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