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