Natto Wada

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Female

Birthday 1920-09-13

Deathday 1983-02-18 (62 years old)

Place of Birth Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As Wada Natto

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

Writer

2001
Kah-chan

as Writer

1988
Crane

as Writer

1985
The Burmese Harp

as Screenplay

1965
Tokyo Olympiad

as Writer

1963
An Actor's Revenge

as Scenario Writer

1963
1962
1962
1961
Ten Dark Women

as Screenplay

1960
Bonchi

as Screenplay

1959
1959
Odd Obsession

as Screenplay

1959
Goodbye, Hello

as Writer

1958
Conflagration

as Writer

1957
Hole in One

as Writer

1957
The Crowded Train

as Screenplay

1956
Punishment Room

as Screenplay

1956
Bridge of Japan

as Screenplay

1956
The Burmese Harp

as Screenplay

1955
Ghost Story of Youth

as Screenplay

1954
A Billionaire

as Writer

1953
The Lovers

as Writer

1953
Mr. Pu

as Screenplay

1953
1952
This Way, That Way

as Screenplay

1952
Forbidden Path

as Screenplay

1951
Koibito

as Writer

1951
Stolen Love

as Writer

1951
Bengawan Solo

as Writer

1951
Wedding March

as Writer

1949
Endless Passion

as Writer

1949
Ningen moyo

as Writer

Costume & Make-Up

1962
Being Two Isn't Easy

as Costume Consultant

Actor

2006