Natto Wada

Overview

Natto Wada (和田夏十, Wada Natto, 13 September 1920 – 18 February 1983), also known as Natsuto Wada, was a Japanese script writer and film columnist.

Wada graduated with an English degree from Tokyo Women's College in 1946. She started her career at the Fujimoto Cinema Production company, where she met her husband, Kon Ichikawa, a filmmaker who promoted her script work to colleagues and collaborated with her on several films. She began writing, or co-writing, scripts in 1951, and continued until 1965. Wada's scripts included the 1953 film Puu-san, a satirical comedy based on the manga of Yokoyama Taizo; the 1956 film Shokei no Heya, based on a novel by Ishihara Shintaro. That year, Wada also wrote Nihonbashi, based on a novel by Izumi Kyoka, which documented the rivalry of two geisha in a male-dominated culture. Kuroi Junin no Onna (Ten Dark Women) was a 1961 film that satirized an egotistical male's reliance on his wife to stay out of trouble. Also that year, Wada wrote Hakai (The Broken Commandment) a film adaptation of Shimazaki Toson's eponymous 1906 novel, which examined the life of a social outcast. Wada's adaptation was notable for strengthening the role of the female protagonist. Other film scripts by Wada or with collaborators include Biruma no Tategoto (Harp of Burma, 1956), based on the eponymous 1946 novel by Takayama Michio; Enjō (Conflagration, 1959) based on Mishima Yukio's 1956 novel, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion. Wada was also known for her work as an advice columnist during the 1960s. Her column, "Personal Life Consultation," ran in the Asahi Shimbun.

Acting
2006	The Kon Ichikawa Story	Actor	Herself	58 Average
Writing
2001	Kah-chan	Writing	Writer	N/A N/A
1988	Crane	Writing	Writer	59 Average
1985	The Burmese Harp	Writing	Screenplay	58 Average
1965	Tokyo Olympiad	Writing	Writer	60 Fair
1963	Alone Across the Pacific	Writing	Screenplay	59 Average
1963	An Actor's Revenge	Writing	Scenario Writer	59 Average
1962	Being Two Isn't Easy	Writing	Writer	59 Average
1962	The Broken Commandment	Writing	Screenplay	58 Average
1961	Ten Dark Women	Writing	Screenplay	58 Average
1960	The Woman Who Touched Legs	Writing	Writer	59 Average
1960	Bonchi	Writing	Screenplay	59 Average
1960	The Wandering Princess	Writing	Writer	58 Average
1959	Fires on the Plain	Writing	Writer	61 Fair
1959	Odd Obsession	Writing	Screenplay	59 Average
1959	Goodbye, Hello	Writing	Writer	N/A N/A
1958	Conflagration	Writing	Writer	59 Average
1957	Hole in One	Writing	Writer	58 Average
1957	The Crowded Train	Writing	Screenplay	58 Average
1956	Bridge of Japan	Writing	Screenplay	59 Average
1956	Punishment Room	Writing	Screenplay	58 Average
1956	The Burmese Harp	Writing	Screenplay	63 Fair
1955	Ghost Story of Youth	Writing	Screenplay	N/A N/A
1954	A Billionaire	Writing	Writer	58 Average
1953	The Lovers	Writing	Writer	N/A N/A
1953	Youth of Heiji Senigata	Writing	Screenplay	N/A N/A
1953	Mr. Pu	Writing	Screenplay	59 Average
1952	This Way, That Way	Writing	Screenplay	59 Average
1952	The Woman Who Touched the Legs	Writing	Screenplay	N/A N/A
1952	Forbidden Path	Writing	Screenplay	N/A N/A
1951	Wedding March	Writing	Writer	N/A N/A
1951	Bengawan Solo	Writing	Writer	N/A N/A
1951	Stolen Love	Writing	Writer	N/A N/A
1951	Koibito	Writing	Writer	58 Average
1949	Endless Passion	Writing	Writer	N/A N/A
1949	Ningen moyo	Writing	Writer	N/A N/A
Costume & Make-Up
1962	Being Two Isn't Easy	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Consultant	59 Average

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Natto Wada

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