- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 6, 1909
- Place of Birth
- Hiroshima, Japan
- Died
- April 4, 1997
Haruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura (杉村 春子 Sugimura Haruko, 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
movieThe Written Face
1995 · Self
movieA Last Note
1995 · Yoko Morimoto
movieThe Strange Tale of Oyuki
1992 · Kafu's Mother
movieSakura-tai Chiru
1988
tvAn Early Autumn
1987
movieI Lived, But...
1983 · Self
movieThe Fossil
1975 · Itsuki's stepmother
movieAkumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974
雪の華
tv雪の華
1973
movieThe Petrified Forest
1973
tvFossil
1972 · Mother-in-Law
movieOnna no hanamichi
1971
tvSecond generation
1970
movieOnly Child
1969
movieSlave Factory
1968
movieThe Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
movieThe Daphne
1966 · Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
movieRokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965 · Ine's Mother
movieRed Beard
1965 · Kin, the madam
movieWith Beauty and Sorrow
1965 · Otoko's Mother
movieKwaidan
1965 · Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
movieSamurai Assassin
1965 · Tsuru
movieNight Scandal
1964 · Hatsu Mimura
movieThe Scent of Incense
1964 · Taromaru
movieMother
1963 · Yoshie
movieJidanya
1963
movieThe Navy
1963
movieYouth After School
1963 · Ayako
movieAn Autumn Afternoon
1962 · Tomoko Sakuma
movieJun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
movieThe Broken Commandment
1962 · School master's wife
movieMusume to watashi
1962
movieTill Tomorrow Is
1962
movieThe Wiser Age
1962 · Aki
movieTheir Legacy
1962
The Rokumeikan
movieThe Rokumeikan
1961
movieThe Conspirator
1961
movieBuddha
1961 · Vaidehi
movieThe End of Summer
1961 · Katou Shige
movieThe Gambler's Code
1961 · Oroku
movieDeep River Melody
1960
movieThe Woman Who Touched Legs
1960 · Pickpocket Haruko
movieDaughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 · Kayo Tani
movieRunway to Hell
1960 · Okuma
movieBanana
1960
movieGoodbye to Glory
1960 · Fukunaga's mother Yuki
movieFloating Weeds
1959 · Oyoshi
movieThe Three Treasures
1959 · Narrator
movieBeauty the Enemy
1959 · Fusa Yoshino
The Rokumeikan
movieThe Rokumeikan
1959
movieGood Morning
1959 · Kikue Haraguchi
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
movieThe Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958 · Sonoe
movieSummer Clouds
1958 · Mother
movieFlower's Yearning
1958 · Ikegami Rie
movieHadaka no Machi
1957
movieTokyo Twilight
1957 · Shigeko Takeuchi
movieThe Crowded Train
1957 · Otome, the mother
movieFlowing
1956 · Someka
movieEarly Spring
1956 · Tamako Tamura
movieSamurai of the Great Earth
1956
movieShe Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955 · Masao's mother
movieThe Romance of Yushima
1955
moviePrincess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 · Princess Yen-chun
movieKokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
moviePoliceman's Diary
1955 · Moyo Sugita
Life of Geisha
movieLife of Geisha
1955
movieThe Story of Shunkin
1954
movieLate Chrysanthemums
1954 · Kin
movieThe Glorious Days
1954
movieGeisha Konatsu
1954 · Raku Kamioka
movieAn Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
movieTokyo Story
1953 · Shige Kaneko
movieKoshō musuko
1953
movieSunflower Girl
1953
movieReminiscence
1953 · Chikako
movieToki no teizo: Sōshūban
1952
movieForbidden Path
1952
movieKin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
movieThe Wind Blows Twice
1952
movieA Meeting of Youths
1952 · Tamiyo
movieBeauty of Life
1951
movieRepast
1951 · Matsu Murata
movieFireworks Over the Sea
1951 · Kono Kujirai
movieEarly Summer
1951 · Tami Yabe
movieFreedom School
1951
愛情の旋風
movie愛情の旋風
1951
movieThe Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950 · Koyabu
movieListen to the Voices of the Sea
1950
movieTill We Meet Again
1950 · Suga Ono
movieFour Seasons of Women
1950 · Osone
movieLate Spring
1949 · Masa Taguchi
movieYotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949 · Oshin
movieYotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949 · Oshin
movieG-Men of Japan
1948
movieGreat X
1948 · Taka
movieTemptation
1948 · Tokie
movieChildren Hand in Hand
1948
movieThree-Fingered Detective
1947
movieSpring Awakens
1947
movieNo Regrets for Our Youth
1946 · Madame Noge
movieA Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
movieMorning for the Osone Family
1946 · Fusako Osone
Kigeki wa owarinu
movieKigeki wa owarinu
1946
Umi o yobu koe
movieUmi o yobu koe
1945
Kanchō umi no bara
movieKanchō umi no bara
1945
Umi no tora
movieUmi no tora
1945
movieArmy
1944 · Setsu
movieMother of a Baby Eagle
1944
movieThe Day England Falls
1942
Yamasandō
movieYamasandō
1942
movieThe Tale of Jiro
1941
movieA Diary of Our Love
1941
movieWhite Heron
1941
Ōhinata-mura
movieŌhinata-mura
1940
movieSpring on Leper's Island
1940
movieWedding Day
1940
movieNightingale
1938 · Midwife Yae
movieThe Lights of Asakusa
1937 · Marieda Matsushima
movieNamiko
1932