Haruko Sugimura
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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
Credits
Red Beard (1965)
as Kin, the madam
Late Spring (1949)
as Masa Taguchi
Tokyo Story (1953)
as Shige Kaneko
The End of Summer (1961)
as Katou Shige
Kwaidan (1965)
as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Good Morning (1959)
as Kikue Haraguchi
Repast (1951)
as Matsu Murata
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
as Tomoko Sakuma
The Written Face (1995)
as Self
Floating Weeds (1959)
as Oyoshi
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
as Shigeko Takeuchi
The Three Treasures (1959)
as Narrator
Muntinlupa: Song of Nostalgia (1953)
Actor
The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960)
as Pickpocket Haruko
Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
as Princess Yen-chun
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
as Madame Noge
The Tears of Geisha Konatsu (1955)
Actor
Early Spring (1956)
as Tamako Tamura
Samurai Assassin (1965)
as Tsuru
Yonjū-hassai no teikō (1956)
Actor
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967)
as Narrator (voice)
The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992)
as Kafu's Mother
The Scent of Incense (1964)
as Taromaru
Early Summer (1951)
as Tami Yabe
Flowing (1956)
as Someka
Reminiscence (1953)
as Chikako
Mother (1963)
as Yoshie
The Fossil (1975)
as Itsuki's stepmother
Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
as Kin
The Navy (1963)
Actor
The Conspirator (1961)
Actor
Three-Fingered Detective (1947)
Actor
Policeman's Diary (1955)
as Moyo Sugita
G-Men of Japan (1948)
Actor
Geisha Konatsu (1954)
as Raku Kamioka
Nightingale (1938)
as Midwife Yae
Yamasandō (1942)
Actor
The Daphne (1966)
as Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
The Broken Commandment (1962)
as School master's wife
I Lived, But... (1983)
as Self
Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)
as Kayo Tani
The Gambler's Code (1961)
as Oroku
The Petrified Forest (1973)
Actor
An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Actor
Black Cloud Road (1948)
Actor
Runway to Hell (1960)
as Okuma
Listen to the Voices of the Sea (1950)
Actor
Summer Clouds (1958)
as Mother
The Crowded Train (1957)
as Otome, the mother
Buddha (1961)
as Vaidehi
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955)
as Masao's mother
Pilgrimage at Night (1959)
as Osai
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made (1955)
Actor
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon (1974)
Actor
The Rainbow-Colored Flower (1950)
as Koyabu
Hadaka no Machi (1957)
Actor
The Wiser Age (1962)
as Aki
Night Scandal (1964)
as Hatsu Mimura
A Last Note (1995)
as Yoko Morimoto
The Glorious Days (1954)
Actor
Morning for the Osone Family (1946)
as Fusako Osone
The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958)
as Sonoe
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949)
as Oshin
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl (1952)
Actor
Toki no teizo: Sōshūban (1952)
Actor
With Beauty and Sorrow (1965)
as Otoko's Mother
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi (1965)
as Ine's Mother
Fireworks Over the Sea (1951)
as Kono Kujirai
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949)
as Oshin
Kanchō umi no bara (1945)
Actor
Youth After School (1963)
as Ayako
Till We Meet Again (1950)
as Suga Ono
Children Hand in Hand (1948)
Actor
The Day England Falls (1942)
Actor
Forbidden Path (1952)
Actor
Namiko (1932)
Actor
Their Legacy (1962)
Actor
A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946)
Actor
Onna no hanamichi (1971)
Actor
Life of Geisha (1955)
Actor
Sunflower Girl (1953)
Actor
Great X (1948)
as Taka
The Romance of Yushima (1955)
Actor
Jidanya (1963)
Actor
Army (1944)
as Setsu
Sakura-tai Chiru (1988)
Actor
Spring Awakens (1947)
Actor
Musume to watashi (1962)
Actor
Ōhinata-mura (1940)
Actor
Mother of a Baby Eagle (1944)
Actor
Beauty the Enemy (1959)
as Fusa Yoshino
Koshō musuko (1953)
Actor
The Wind Blows Twice (1952)
as Oritsu
Banana (1960)
Actor
The Lights of Asakusa (1937)
as Marieda Matsushima
Samurai of the Great Earth (1956)
Actor
Slave Factory (1968)
Actor
Goodbye to Glory (1960)
as Fukunaga's mother Yuki
Kigeki wa owarinu (1946)
Actor
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi (1962)
Actor
Beauty of Life (1951)
Actor
Temptation (1948)
as Tokie
Freedom School (1951)
Actor
The Rokumeikan (1959)
Actor
Till Tomorrow Is (1962)
Actor
Deep River Melody (1960)
Actor
A Meeting of Youths (1952)
as Tamiyo
愛情の旋風 (1951)
Actor
The Story of Shunkin (1954)
Actor
The Tale of Jiro (1941)
Actor
The Rokumeikan (1961)
Actor
A Diary of Our Love (1941)
Actor
Flower's Yearning (1958)
as Ikegami Rie
Wedding Day (1940)
Actor
Spring on Leper's Island (1940)
Actor
Only Child (1969)
Actor
Umi no tora (1945)
Actor
Umi o yobu koe (1945)
Actor
Four Seasons of Women (1950)
as Osone
White Heron (1941)
Actor