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