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