Acting
Haruko Sugimura
Born Jan 6, 1909 · Hiroshima, Japan · Died Apr 4, 1997
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.
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Acting
The Written Face
1995
Documentary · TV Movie · Fantasy
A Last Note
1995
Drama
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
1992
Drama
Sakura-tai Chiru
1988
Documentary · Drama
An Early Autumn
1987
Family · Drama
I Lived, But...
1983
Documentary
The Fossil
1975
Drama · Fantasy
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974
The Petrified Forest
1973
Crime · Drama
Fossil
1972
Drama
Onna no hanamichi
1971
Drama
Second generation
1970
Drama
Only Child
1969
Drama
Slave Factory
1968
Drama
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
Drama
The Daphne
1966
Drama
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
Red Beard
1965
Drama
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
Romance · Drama
Kwaidan
1965
Horror · Fantasy · Drama
Samurai Assassin
1965
Drama · Action · History
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Comedy · Drama
Night Scandal
1964
Drama
The Scent of Incense
1964
Drama
Mother
1963
Drama
Jidanya
1963
Drama
The Navy
1963
War · Drama
Youth After School
1963
Drama
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Drama
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
The Broken Commandment
1962
Drama
Musume to watashi
1962
Drama
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
The Wiser Age
1962
Drama
Their Legacy
1962
Drama · Comedy
The Conspirator
1961
Drama · History
Buddha
1961
Drama
The End of Summer
1961
Drama
The Gambler's Code
1961
History · Drama
Deep River Melody
1960
Romance · Drama
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
Comedy · Crime
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
Drama
Runway to Hell
1960
Action · Drama
Banana
1960
Goodbye to Glory
1960
Drama · War
Floating Weeds
1959
Drama
The Three Treasures
1959
Fantasy · Action · Drama
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
Drama
Beauty the Enemy
1959
Drama · Romance
Good Morning
1959
Comedy · Family · Drama
Summer Clouds
1958
Drama
Flower's Yearning
1958
Drama · Romance
Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Drama
The Crowded Train
1957
Comedy · Drama
Flowing
1956
Drama
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
1956
Romance
Early Spring
1956
Drama · Romance
Samurai of the Great Earth
1956
Action
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
Romance · Drama
The Romance of Yushima
1955
Drama
The Tears of Geisha Konatsu
1955
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Romance · Drama · History
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
Policeman's Diary
1955
Drama · Comedy
The Story of Shunkin
1954
Drama
Late Chrysanthemums
1954
Drama
The Glorious Days
1954
War
Geisha Konatsu
1954
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
History · Drama
Tokyo Story
1953
Drama
Muntinlupa: Song of Nostalgia
1953
Drama
Koshō musuko
1953
Drama
Sunflower Girl
1953
Comedy
Reminiscence
1953
Drama · War
Toki no teizo: Sōshūban
1952
Drama
Forbidden Path
1952
Drama
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
The Wind Blows Twice
1952
Drama · Romance
A Meeting of Youths
1952
Beauty of Life
1951
Drama
Repast
1951
Drama
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
Drama
Early Summer
1951
Drama
Freedom School
1951
Drama · Comedy
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
Drama
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950
Drama · War
Till We Meet Again
1950
Romance · War · Drama
Four Seasons of Women
1950
Drama
Late Spring
1949
Drama
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949
Horror
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949
Horror
Black Cloud Road
1948
Drama
G-Men of Japan
1948
Crime · Drama
Great X
1948
Drama
Children Hand in Hand
1948
Drama
Temptation
1948
Drama
Three-Fingered Detective
1947
Horror
Spring Awakens
1947
Drama
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
Drama
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
Drama
Morning for the Osone Family
1946
Drama
Army
1944
Drama · War
Mother of a Baby Eagle
1944
The Day England Falls
1942
War
The Tale of Jiro
1941
Drama
A Diary of Our Love
1941
Drama
White Heron
1941
Spring on Leper's Island
1940
History · Drama
Wedding Day
1940
Drama
Nightingale
1938
Drama
The Lights of Asakusa
1937
Drama
Namiko
1932
Drama · Romance