
Natto Wada
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1920-09-13
Day of Death
1983-02-18 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Natto Wada
Biography
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
as Herself
Crew
(2001)
Kah-chan
Writer
(1988)
Crane
Writer
(1985)
The Burmese Harp
Screenplay
(1965)
Tokyo Olympiad
Writer
(1963)
An Actor's Revenge
Scenario Writer
(1963)
Alone Across the Pacific
Screenplay
(1962)
Being Two Isn't Easy
Writer, Costume Consultant
(1962)
The Broken Commandment
Screenplay
(1961)
Ten Dark Women
Screenplay
(1960)
The Wandering Princess
Writer
(1960)
Bonchi
Screenplay
(1960)
(1959)
Fires on the Plain
Writer
(1959)
Odd Obsession
Screenplay
(1959)
Goodbye, Hello
Writer
(1958)
Conflagration
Writer
(1957)
Hole in One
Writer
(1957)
The Crowded Train
Screenplay
(1956)
Punishment Room
Screenplay
(1956)
Bridge of Japan
Screenplay
(1956)
The Burmese Harp
Screenplay
(1955)
Ghost Story of Youth
Screenplay
(1954)
A Billionaire
Writer
(1954)
12 Chapters About Women
Writer
(1953)
The Lovers
Writer
(1953)
Mr. Pu
Screenplay
(1953)
Youth of Heiji Senigata
Screenplay
(1952)
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Screenplay
(1952)
This Way, That Way
Screenplay
(1952)
Forbidden Path
Screenplay
(1951)
Koibito
Writer
(1951)
Stolen Love
Writer
(1951)
Bengawan Solo
Writer
(1951)
Wedding March
Writer
(1949)
Endless Passion
Writer
(1949)
Ningen moyo
Writer