8.1
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Acting
Haruko Sugimura
- Born
- Died
- (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Hiroshima, Japan
- Credits
- 126 titles
Biography
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.
Signature work
Known For
8.1
Movie
8.0
Movie
Late Spring
7.7
Movie
Kwaidan
8.2
Movie
Red Beard
7.9
Movie
An Autumn Afternoon
7.7
Movie
Good Morning
7.9
Movie
Early Summer
7.5
Movie
Floating Weeds
7.7
Movie
Tokyo Twilight
7.5
Movie
The End of Summer
7.5
Movie
Early Spring
6.9
Movie
No Regrets for Our Youth
6.7
Movie
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
7.3
Movie
Samurai Assassin
7.6
Movie
Repast
7.2
Movie
Late Chrysanthemums
7.2
Movie
Flowing
5.7
Movie
With Beauty and Sorrow
Acting credits 126
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Written Face Film | Self |
| 1995 | A Last Note Film | Yoko Morimoto |
| 1992 | The Strange Tale of Oyuki Film | Kafu's Mother |
| 1988 | Sakura-tai Chiru Film | |
| 1987 | An Early Autumn TV | (1 ep) |
| 1983 | I Lived, But... Film | Self |
| 1975 | The Fossil Film | Itsuki's stepmother |
| 1974 | Akumyo: Notorious Dragon Film | |
| 1973 | 雪の華 TV | (2 ep) |
| 1973 | The Petrified Forest Film | |
| 1972 | Fossil TV | Mother-in-Law (8 ep) |
| 1971 | Onna no hanamichi Film | |
| 1970 | Second generation TV | (1 ep) |
| 1969 | Only Child Film | |
| 1968 | Slave Factory Film | |
| 1967 | The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1966 | The Daphne Film | Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother) |
| 1965 | Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi Film | Ine's Mother |
| 1965 | Red Beard Film | Kin, the madam |
| 1965 | With Beauty and Sorrow Film | Otoko's Mother |
| 1965 | Kwaidan Film | Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea") |
| 1965 | Samurai Assassin Film | Tsuru |
| 1965 | The Radish and the Carrot Film | |
| 1964 | Night Scandal Film | Hatsu Mimura |
| 1964 | The Scent of Incense Film | Taromaru |
| 1963 | Mother Film | Yoshie |
| 1963 | Jidanya Film | |
| 1963 | The Navy Film | |
| 1963 | Youth After School Film | Ayako |
| 1962 | An Autumn Afternoon Film | Tomoko Sakuma |
| 1962 | Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi Film | |
| 1962 | The Broken Commandment Film | School master's wife |
| 1962 | Musume to watashi Film | |
| 1962 | Till Tomorrow Is Film | |
| 1962 | The Wiser Age Film | Aki |
| 1962 | Their Legacy Film | |
| 1961 | The Rokumeikan Film | |
| 1961 | The Conspirator Film | |
| 1961 | Buddha Film | Vaidehi |
| 1961 | The End of Summer Film | Katou Shige |
| 1961 | The Gambler's Code Film | Oroku |
| 1960 | Deep River Melody Film | |
| 1960 | The Woman Who Touched Legs Film | Pickpocket Haruko |
| 1960 | Daughters, Wives and a Mother Film | Kayo Tani |
| 1960 | Runway to Hell Film | Okuma |
| 1960 | Banana Film | |
| 1960 | Goodbye to Glory Film | Fukunaga's mother Yuki |
| 1959 | Floating Weeds Film | Oyoshi |
| 1959 | The Three Treasures Film | Narrator |
| 1959 | Pilgrimage at Night Film | Osai |
| 1959 | Beauty the Enemy Film | Fusa Yoshino |
| 1959 | The Rokumeikan Film | |
| 1959 | Good Morning Film | Kikue Haraguchi |
| 1958 | The Spell of the Hidden Gold Film | Sonoe |
| 1958 | Summer Clouds Film | Mother |
| 1958 | Flower's Yearning Film | Ikegami Rie |
| 1958 | Sorrow Is Only for Women Film | |
| 1957 | Hadaka no Machi Film | |
| 1957 | Tokyo Twilight Film | Shigeko Takeuchi |
| 1957 | The Crowded Train Film | Otome, the mother |