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Haruko Sugimura
Actor

Haruko Sugimura

6 Jan 1909Born
4 Apr 1997Died
88Age at death
123Credits

Biography

Haruko Sugimura (杉村 春子, January 6, 1909 – April 4, 1997) was a Japanese stage and film actress, best known for her appearances in the movies of Yasujiro Ozu and Mikio Naruse from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. In the West, her most famous role was that of Shige, the elderly couple's hairdresser daughter in Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953).

After the war, she was highly praised by such masters as Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Yasujiro Ozu, Mikio Naruse, Shiro Toyoda, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Tadashi Imai for her natural and realistic acting. In particular, she was a regular in Yasujiro Ozu's films, appearing in nine of his films.

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 123 credits.

  1. 1995A Last NoteFilm: Yoko Morimoto
  2. 1992The Strange Tale of OyukiFilm: Kafu's Mother
  3. 1988Sakura-tai ChiruFilm
  4. 1987An Early AutumnSeries (1 episode)
  5. 1975The FossilFilm: Itsuki's stepmother
  6. 1974Akumyo: Notorious DragonFilm
  7. 1973雪の華Series (2 episodes)
  8. 1973The Petrified ForestFilm
  9. 1972FossilSeries: Mother-in-Law (8 episodes)
  10. 1971Onna no hanamichiFilm
  11. 1970Second generationSeries (1 episode)
  12. 1969Only ChildFilm
  13. 1968Slave FactoryFilm
  14. 1967The Wife of Seishu HanaokaFilm: Narrator (voice)
  15. 1966The DaphneFilm: Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
  16. 1965Rokujō yukiyama tsumugiFilm: Ine's Mother
  17. 1965Red BeardFilm: Kin, the madam
  18. 1965With Beauty and SorrowFilm: Otoko's Mother
  19. 1965KwaidanFilm: Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
  20. 1965Samurai AssassinFilm: Tsuru
  21. 1964Night ScandalFilm: Hatsu Mimura
  22. 1964The Scent of IncenseFilm: Taromaru
  23. 1963MotherFilm: Yoshie
  24. 1963JidanyaFilm
  25. 1963The NavyFilm
  26. 1963Youth After SchoolFilm: Ayako
  27. 1962An Autumn AfternoonFilm: Tomoko Sakuma
  28. 1962Jun'ai monogatari kusa no miFilm
  29. 1962The Broken CommandmentFilm: School master's wife
  30. 1962Musume to watashiFilm
  31. 1962Till Tomorrow IsFilm
  32. 1962The Wiser AgeFilm: Aki
  33. 1962Their LegacyFilm
  34. 1961The RokumeikanFilm
  35. 1961The ConspiratorFilm
  36. 1961BuddhaFilm: Vaidehi
  37. 1961The End of SummerFilm: Katou Shige
  38. 1961The Gambler's CodeFilm: Oroku
  39. 1960Deep River MelodyFilm
  40. 1960The Woman Who Touched LegsFilm: Pickpocket Haruko
  41. 1960Daughters, Wives and a MotherFilm: Kayo Tani
  42. 1960Runway to HellFilm: Okuma
  43. 1960BananaFilm
  44. 1960Goodbye to GloryFilm: Fukunaga's mother Yuki
  45. 1959Floating WeedsFilm: Oyoshi
  46. 1959The Three TreasuresFilm: Narrator
  47. 1959Pilgrimage at NightFilm: Osai
  48. 1959Beauty the EnemyFilm: Fusa Yoshino
  49. 1959The RokumeikanFilm
  50. 1959Good MorningFilm: Kikue Haraguchi
  51. 1958The Spell of the Hidden GoldFilm: Sonoe
  52. 1958Summer CloudsFilm: Mother
  53. 1958Flower's YearningFilm: Ikegami Rie
  54. 1958Sorrow Is Only for WomenFilm
  55. 1957Hadaka no MachiFilm
  56. 1957Tokyo TwilightFilm: Shigeko Takeuchi
  57. 1957The Crowded TrainFilm: Otome, the mother
  58. 1956FlowingFilm: Someka
  59. 1956Yonjū-hassai no teikōFilm
  60. 1956Early SpringFilm: Tamako Tamura
  61. 1956Samurai of the Great EarthFilm
  62. 1955She Was Like a Wild ChrysanthemumFilm: Masao's mother
  63. 1955The Romance of YushimaFilm
  64. 1955The Tears of Geisha KonatsuFilm
  65. 1955Princess Yang Kwei-feiFilm: Princess Yen-chun
  66. 1955Kokoro ni hana no saku hi madeFilm
  67. 1955Policeman's DiaryFilm: Moyo Sugita
  68. 1955Life of GeishaFilm
  69. 1954The Story of ShunkinFilm
  70. 1954Late ChrysanthemumsFilm: Kin
  71. 1954The Glorious DaysFilm
  72. 1954Geisha KonatsuFilm: Raku Kamioka
  73. 1953An Inlet of Muddy WaterFilm
  74. 1953Tokyo StoryFilm: Shige Kaneko
  75. 1953Muntinlupa: Song of NostalgiaFilm
  76. 1953Koshō musukoFilm
  77. 1953Sunflower GirlFilm
  78. 1953ReminiscenceFilm: Chikako
  79. 1952Toki no teizo: SōshūbanFilm
  80. 1952Forbidden PathFilm

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