Saho Sasazawa

Saho Sasazawa was born on Nov 15, 1930 in Japan. Saho Sasazawa's big-screen debut came with Nureta futari directed by Yasuzô Masumura in 1968. Saho Sasazawa is known for House directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Kimiko Ikegami stars as Oshare (Miyuki Koga) and Miki Jinbo as Kung Fu. The upcoming new movie Saho Sasazawa plays is Demon's Room which will be released on Apr 23, 1982.

Son of a reputed poet, he graduated in the Kanto Institute. During his convalescence from a traffic accident he began to write. Two of his first novels obtained a prize in 1961 and very soon he attracted the attention of a Toho film company, which adapted one of his novels in 1963. Although his speciality is mystery novels, he is better known for his historical and chanbara creations: "10 Brave Knights of Sanada", the new version of "Musashi Miyamoto" and above all "Monjiro Kogarashi". "Kogarashi (Cold Wind) Monjiro" was first made into a popular TV Series in 1972-73 directed by Kon Ichikawa and starring Atsuo Nakamura as Monjiro. Its success was so great that Toei made two films this same year based on the story, but with a different team: Sadao Nakajima directing and Bunta Sugawara playing Monjiro. Nakamura played Monjiro in a second TV Series in 1977-78 and finally in the film "The Return of Monjiro Kogarashi" ("Kaette Kita Kogarashi Monjiro", 1993), the last adaptation of a Sasazawa original. Sasazawa himself played bit parts in some movies.