Nihon Essayist Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (1977) award
Sadako Sawamura
さわむら さだこ
Sawamura Sadako
Pen Names:
Teiko Ohashi（birth name）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1908-11-11 （Saruhawacho, Asakusa, Tokyo City (now Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan)）
- Died
- 1996-08-16 （Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan） age 87
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- actress, essayist
- Active Years
- 1929-1989
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Women's University (prewar/affiliated school) | Teacher Training / Home Economics | — | — | 1926-1930 | Japan |
Japan Women's University (prewar/affiliated school)
Teacher Training / Home Economics
Period:
1926-1930
Country:
Japan
Left before graduation to pursue theatre and acting
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Mainichi Film Concours — Best Supporting Actress | Red Line District; The Sun and the Rose; Modern Desires; Wife's Heart | — | Mainichi Film Concours | 受賞 |
| 1977 | Japan Essayists Club Prize | My Asakusa | — | Japan Essayists Club | 受賞 |
| 1979 | NHK Broadcasting Culture Award | — | — | NHK | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Japan Academy Prize — Chairman's Special Award (posthumous) | — | — | Japan Academy Prize | 追贈（没後） |
Mainichi Film Concours — Best Supporting Actress
1956
Work:
Red Line District; The Sun and the Rose; Modern Desires; Wife's Heart
Organization:
Mainichi Film Concours
Result:
受賞
Japan Essayists Club Prize
1977
Work:
My Asakusa
Organization:
Japan Essayists Club
Result:
受賞
NHK Broadcasting Culture Award
1979
Organization:
NHK
Result:
受賞
Japan Academy Prize — Chairman's Special Award (posthumous)
1997
Organization:
Japan Academy Prize
Result:
追贈（没後）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Song of Shells
1969 essaysAn early collection of essays; personal, domestic essays that became popular with readers.
home lifecookingdowntown Tokyo life
My Asakusa
1976 essays / autobiographical essaysAutobiographical essays recounting life in Asakusa; praised for vivid depictions of downtown Tokyo.
memoirurban culturefamily
Adaptations
- [TV drama] Oteichan (1978)
Bibliography
- Song of Shells
- My Asakusa
- My Kitchen
- My Living Room
- My Three-Way Mirror
- My Meddlesome Talks
- My Life as a Supporting Actress
- My Menu Diary
- Growing Old Close Together
- The Pleasures of Aging
- Companions in Aging: Fifty Years Together
- Conversations on Aging
Adaptations
- Oteichan (TV serial adaptation of My Asakusa)
- 365 Days Menu Diary (NHK E-Tele program based on her menu diary)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- simple, approachable voicedetailed depictions of everyday life
- Recurring Motifs
- home cookingdowntown scenerymemory and family
Health
-
heart failure1996Led to death in 1996
Legacy
A celebrated character actress who appeared in over 350 films and a respected essayist; known for versatile supporting roles and vivid essays about downtown Tokyo life.
Academic Societies
- Japan Essayists Club
Archives
- NHK Archives (records of appearances)
- Japanese Movie Database / film archives
In Popular Culture
- NHK morning drama based on My Asakusa (adapted for television)
- 365 Days Menu Diary adapted into an NHK E-Tele program
Trivia
- Appeared in over 350 films in her lifetime as a celebrated supporting actress.
- Was involved in leftist theatre activism as a student and was arrested twice under the Peace Preservation Law.
- Retired to Yokosuka and requested a natural burial (scattering of ashes).
- As an essayist she wrote about cooking and downtown life; My Asakusa won the Japan Essayists Club Prize.