Acting
Haruko Sugimura
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.
Filmography
A Last Note
Film · 1995
The Written Face
Film · 1995
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Film · 1992
Sakura-tai Chiru
Film · 1988
An Early Autumn
Series · 1987
I Lived, But...
Film · 1983
The Fossil
Film · 1975
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
Film · 1974
The Petrified Forest
Film · 1973
雪の華
Series · 1973
Fossil
Series · 1972
Onna no hanamichi
Film · 1971
Second generation
Series · 1970
Only Child
Film · 1969
Slave Factory
Film · 1968
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Film · 1967
The Daphne
Film · 1966
Red Beard
Film · 1965
Kwaidan
Film · 1965
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Film · 1965
Samurai Assassin
Film · 1965
With Beauty and Sorrow
Film · 1965
The Radish and the Carrot
Film · 1965
The Scent of Incense
Film · 1964
Night Scandal
Film · 1964
Jidanya
Film · 1963
Youth After School
Film · 1963
Mother
Film · 1963
The Navy
Film · 1963
Till Tomorrow Is
Film · 1962
Musume to watashi
Film · 1962
Their Legacy
Film · 1962
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
Film · 1962
The Broken Commandment
Film · 1962
The Wiser Age
Film · 1962
An Autumn Afternoon
Film · 1962
The End of Summer
Film · 1961
The Conspirator
Film · 1961
The Gambler's Code
Film · 1961
The Rokumeikan
Film · 1961
Buddha
Film · 1961
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Film · 1960
Deep River Melody
Film · 1960
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Film · 1960
Goodbye to Glory
Film · 1960
Runway to Hell
Film · 1960
Banana
Film · 1960
Good Morning
Film · 1959
Floating Weeds
Film · 1959
The Rokumeikan
Film · 1959
The Three Treasures
Film · 1959
Beauty the Enemy
Film · 1959
Pilgrimage at Night
Film · 1959
Summer Clouds
Film · 1958
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Film · 1958
Flower's Yearning
Film · 1958
Sorrow Is Only for Women
Film · 1958
Tokyo Twilight
Film · 1957
Hadaka no Machi
Film · 1957
The Crowded Train
Film · 1957
Early Spring
Film · 1956
Flowing
Film · 1956
Samurai of the Great Earth
Film · 1956
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
Film · 1956
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Film · 1955
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Film · 1955
The Romance of Yushima
Film · 1955
Policeman's Diary
Film · 1955
Life of Geisha
Film · 1955
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
Film · 1955
The Tears of Geisha Konatsu
Film · 1955
Late Chrysanthemums
Film · 1954
The Story of Shunkin
Film · 1954
The Glorious Days
Film · 1954
Geisha Konatsu
Film · 1954
Tokyo Story
Film · 1953
Reminiscence
Film · 1953
Sunflower Girl
Film · 1953
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Film · 1953
Koshō musuko
Film · 1953
Muntinlupa: Song of Nostalgia
Film · 1953
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Film · 1952
Forbidden Path
Film · 1952
The Wind Blows Twice
Film · 1952
A Meeting of Youths
Film · 1952
Toki no teizo: Sōshūban
Film · 1952
Repast
Film · 1951
Early Summer
Film · 1951
愛情の旋風
Film · 1951
Freedom School
Film · 1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
Film · 1951
Beauty of Life
Film · 1951
Four Seasons of Women
Film · 1950
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Film · 1950
Till We Meet Again
Film · 1950
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Film · 1950
Late Spring
Film · 1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Film · 1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Film · 1949
G-Men of Japan
Film · 1948
Temptation
Film · 1948
Great X
Film · 1948
Children Hand in Hand
Film · 1948
Black Cloud Road
Film · 1948
Spring Awakens
Film · 1947
Three-Fingered Detective
Film · 1947
No Regrets for Our Youth
Film · 1946
Morning for the Osone Family
Film · 1946
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Film · 1946
Kigeki wa owarinu
Film · 1946
Umi no tora
Film · 1945
Kanchō umi no bara
Film · 1945
Umi o yobu koe
Film · 1945
Army
Film · 1944
Mother of a Baby Eagle
Film · 1944
The Day England Falls
Film · 1942
Yamasandō
Film · 1942
White Heron
Film · 1941
A Diary of Our Love
Film · 1941
The Tale of Jiro
Film · 1941
Spring on Leper's Island
Film · 1940
Wedding Day
Film · 1940
Ōhinata-mura
Film · 1940
Nightingale
Film · 1938
The Lights of Asakusa
Film · 1937
Namiko
Film · 1932