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