Natto Wada | |
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Born | 13 September 1920 |
Died | 18 February 1983 |
Natto Wada (和田 夏十, Wada Natto, 13 September 1920 – 18 February 1983), [1] also known as Natsuto Wada, was a Japanese script writer and film columnist. [2]
Wada graduated with an English degree from Tokyo Women's College in 1946. [3] 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. [3] She began writing, or co-writing, scripts in 1951, and continued until 1965. [3]
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. [3] 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. [3] Also that year, Wada wrote Hakai ( The Broken Commandment) a film adaptation of Shimizaki 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. [3]
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. [3]
Wada was also known for her work as an advice columnist during the 1960s. Her column, "Personal Life Consultation," ran in the Asahi Shimbun. [3]
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