Haruko Sugimura
Actor
January 7, 1909 — April 4, 1997 (88 years)
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.
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.
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Filmography
| 1995 | A Last Note · as Yoko Morimoto |
| 1992 | The Strange Tale of Oyuki · as Kafu's Mother |
| 1987 | Kesa no aki · as Taki - Kozo's Ex-Wife |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | The Fossil · as Itsuki's Stepmother |
| 1973 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1965 | Red Beard · as Kin, The Madam |
| 1965 | With Beauty and Sorrow · as Otoko's Mother |
| 1965 | Samurai Assassin · as Tsuru |
| 1964 | Kwaidan · as Madame (segment "in A Cup Of Tea") |
| 1964 | The Scent of Incense. Part 1 · as Taromaru |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Mother · as Yoshie |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | An Autumn Afternoon · as Tomoko SakumaOn Plex |
| 1962 | The Outcast · as School Master's Wife |
| 1962 | A Woman's Place · as Aki |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Buddha · as Vaidehi |
| 1961 | The End of Summer · as Katou Shige |
| 1961 | The Gambler's Code · as Oroku |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Daughters, Wives and a Mother · as Kayo Tani |
| 1960 | Tenpô rokkasen - Jigoku no hanamichi · as Okuma |
| 1959 | Floating Weeds · as OyoshiOn Plex |
| 1959 | The Three Treasures · as Narrator |
| 1959 | Good Morning · as Kikue HaraguchiOn Plex |
| 1958 | Summer Clouds · as Mother |
| 1957 | Tokyo Twilight · as Shigeko TakeuchiOn Plex |
| 1957 | The Crowded Streetcar · as Otome, The Mother |
| 1956 | Flowing · as Someka |
| 1956 | Early Spring · as Tamako TamuraOn Plex |
| 1955 | She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum · as Masao's Mother |
| 1955 | Princess Yang Kwei-fei · as Princess Yen-ChunOn Plex |
| 1955 | Keisatsu nikki · as Moyo Sugita |
| 1954 | Late Chrysanthemums · as Kin |
| 1954 | |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | Tokyo Story · as Shige KanekoOn Plex |
| 1951 | Repast · as Matsu Murata |
| 1951 | Fireworks Over the Sea · as Kono Kujirai |
| 1951 | Early Summer · as Tami Yabe |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | Till We Meet Again · as Suga Ono |
| 1949 | Late Spring · as Masa TaguchiOn Plex |
| 1949 | The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part II · as Oshin |
| 1949 | The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part I · as OshinOn Plex |
| 1948 | Yuwaku · as Tokie |
| 1947 | |
| 1947 | |
| 1946 | No Regrets for Our Youth · as Madame NogeOn Plex |
| 1946 | |
| 1946 | Morning for the Osone Family · as Fusako OsoneOn Plex |
| 1944 | Army · as SetsuOn Plex |
| 1937 | The Lights of Asakusa · as Marieda Matsushima |
| 1995 | The Written Face · as Self |
| 1983 | I Lived, But... · as Self |