A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Wada Natto
Birthplace:
Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Born:
September 13, 1920
Died:
February 18, 1983
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.
Costume Consultant:
1962 Being Two Isn't Easy
Scenario Writer:
1962 Being Two Isn't Easy
1963 An Actor's Revenge
Screenplay:
1952 Forbidden Path
1952 The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952 This Way, That Way
1953 Mr. Pu
1953 Youth of Heiji Senigata
1955 Ghost Story of Youth
1956 Bridge of Japan
1956 Punishment Room
1956 The Burmese Harp
1960 Bonchi
1961 Ten Dark Women
1962 Being Two Isn't Easy
1962 The Broken Commandment
1963 Alone Across the Pacific
1963 An Actor's Revenge
1985 The Burmese Harp
Writer:
1949 Endless Passion
1949 Ningen moyo
1951 Bengawan Solo
1951 Koibito
1951 Stolen Love
1951 Wedding March
1952 Forbidden Path
1952 The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952 This Way, That Way
1953 Mr. Pu
1953 The Lovers
1953 Youth of Heiji Senigata
1954 A Billionaire
1955 Ghost Story of Youth
1956 Bridge of Japan
1956 Punishment Room
1956 The Burmese Harp
1957 Hole in One
1957 The Crowded Train
1958 Conflagration
1959 Fires on the Plain
1959 Goodbye, Hello
1959 Odd Obsession
1960 Bonchi
1960 The Wandering Princess
1960 The Woman Who Touched Legs
1961 Ten Dark Women
1962 Being Two Isn't Easy
1962 The Broken Commandment
1963 Alone Across the Pacific
1963 An Actor's Revenge
1965 Tokyo Olympiad
1985 The Burmese Harp
1988 Crane
2001 Kah-chan
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