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