About

Known credits:
37
Birthday:
1920-09-13
Place of birth:
Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Website:
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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.

Known for

Acting
2006 The Kon Ichikawa Story Actor Herself 59
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Writing
2001 Kah-chan Writing Writer N/A
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1988 Crane Writing Writer 59
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1985 The Burmese Harp Writing Screenplay 58
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1965 Tokyo Olympiad Writing Writer 60
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1963 Alone Across the Pacific Writing Screenplay 59
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1963 An Actor's Revenge Writing Scenario Writer 59
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1962 Being Two Isn't Easy Writing Writer 59
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1962 The Broken Commandment Writing Screenplay 59
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1961 Ten Dark Women Writing Screenplay 59
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1960 The Woman Who Touched Legs Writing Writer 59
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1960 Bonchi Writing Screenplay 59
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1960 The Wandering Princess Writing Writer 59
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1959 Fires on the Plain Writing Writer 62
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1959 Odd Obsession Writing Screenplay 59
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1959 Goodbye, Hello Writing Writer N/A
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1958 Conflagration Writing Writer 59
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1957 Hole in One Writing Writer 58
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1957 The Crowded Train Writing Screenplay 58
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1956 Bridge of Japan Writing Screenplay 59
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1956 Punishment Room Writing Screenplay 59
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1956 The Burmese Harp Writing Screenplay 63
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1955 Ghost Story of Youth Writing Screenplay N/A
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1954 A Billionaire Writing Writer 58
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1953 The Lovers Writing Writer N/A
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1953 Youth of Heiji Senigata Writing Screenplay N/A
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1953 Mr. Pu Writing Screenplay 59
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1952 This Way, That Way Writing Screenplay 59
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1952 The Woman Who Touched the Legs Writing Screenplay N/A
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1952 Forbidden Path Writing Screenplay N/A
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1951 Wedding March Writing Writer N/A
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1951 Bengawan Solo Writing Writer N/A
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1951 Stolen Love Writing Writer N/A
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1951 Koibito Writing Writer 58
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1949 Endless Passion Writing Writer N/A
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1949 Ningen moyo Writing Writer N/A
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Costume & Make-Up
1962 Being Two Isn't Easy Costume & Make-Up Costume Consultant 59
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