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Haruko Sugimura
Actor
Born January 7, 1909Died 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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Haruko Sugimura Filmography
| 1995 | A Last Note · as Yoko Morimoto |
| 1992 | The Strange Tale of Oyuki · as Kafu's Mother |
| 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 | Mother · as Yoshie |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | An Autumn Afternoon · as Tomoko Sakuma |
| 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 | Daughters, Wives and a Mother · as Kayo Tani |
| 1959 | Floating Weeds · as Oyoshi |
| 1959 | The Three Treasures · as Narrator |
| 1959 | Good Morning · as Kikue Haraguchi |
| 1958 | Summer Clouds · as Mother |
| 1957 | Tokyo Twilight · as Shigeko Takeuchi |
| 1957 | The Crowded Streetcar · as Otome, The Mother |
| 1956 | Flowing · as Someka |
| 1956 | Early Spring · as Tamako Tamura |
| 1955 | She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum · as Masao's Mother |
| 1955 | Princess Yang Kwei-fei · as Princess Yen-Chun |
| 1955 | Keisatsu nikki · as Moyo Sugita |
| 1954 | Late Chrysanthemums · as Kin |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | Tokyo Story · as Shige Kaneko |
| 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 Taguchi |
| 1949 | The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part II · as Oshin |
| 1949 | The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part I · as Oshin |
| 1948 | Yuwaku · as Tokie |
| 1947 | |
| 1947 | Four Love Stories · as Yukiko's Mother (episode 1) |
| 1946 | No Regrets for Our Youth · as Madame Noge |
| 1946 | |
| 1946 | Morning for the Osone Family · as Fusako Osone |
| 1944 | |
| 1937 | The Lights of Asakusa · as Marieda Matsushima |