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