Tadashi Sawashima

Tadashi Sawashima
沢島 忠
Born(1926-05-19)May 19, 1926
DiedJanuary 27, 2018(2018-01-27) (aged 91)
OccupationsFilm director
theatre director
Years active1950–1977 (film)
1977–2018 (theatre)
Known forNinkyo eiga films
Theater of Life: Hishakaku
AwardsJapan Academy Prize Special Award (2017)

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.