Haruko Sugimura
Known for Acting · 121 credits
- Born
- 1909-01-06
- Died
- 1997-04-04
- Place of birth
- Hiroshima, Japan
- Also known as
- Харуко Сугимура · هاروکو سوگیمورا · 杉村春子
Biography
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
TV Shows (4)
Movies (117)
Tokyo Story
1953
as Shige Kaneko
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
as Pickpocket Haruko
Kwaidan
1965
as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Red Beard
1965
as Kin, the madam
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Runway to Hell
1960
as Okuma
Their Legacy
1962
Late Spring
1949
as Masa Taguchi
Children Hand in Hand
1948
Good Morning
1959
as Kikue Haraguchi
Toki no teizo: Sōshūban
1952
Yamasandō
1942
Mother of a Baby Eagle
1944
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
1992
as Kafu's Mother
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958
as Sonoe
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
as Tomoko Sakuma
Mother
1963
as Yoshie
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
as Princess Yen-chun
Floating Weeds
1959
as Oyoshi
Samurai Assassin
1965
as Tsuru
Early Summer
1951
as Tami Yabe
The Written Face
1995
as Self
Night Scandal
1964
as Hatsu Mimura
Reminiscence
1953
as Chikako
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Shigeko Takeuchi
Banana
1960
Nightingale
1938
as Midwife Yae
Geisha Konatsu
1954
as Raku Kamioka
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
as Madame Noge
The Daphne
1966
as Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
A Meeting of Youths
1952
as Tamiyo
Kigeki wa owarinu
1946
G-Men of Japan
1948
Koshō musuko
1953
The Three Treasures
1959
as Narrator
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
as Kayo Tani
Early Spring
1956
as Tamako Tamura
The Day England Falls
1942
The Petrified Forest
1973
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
as Otoko's Mother
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
as Masao's mother
Flowing
1956
as Someka
The Broken Commandment
1962
as School master's wife
The Conspirator
1961
Till We Meet Again
1950
as Suga Ono
The Gambler's Code
1961
as Oroku
Beauty the Enemy
1959
as Fusa Yoshino
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Army
1944
as Setsu
Summer Clouds
1958
as Mother
A Last Note
1995
as Yoko Morimoto
The End of Summer
1961
as Katou Shige
Late Chrysanthemums
1954
as Kin
The Fossil
1975
as Itsuki's stepmother
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949
as Oshin
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
as Kono Kujirai
Youth After School
1963
as Ayako
Spring on Leper's Island
1940
Sunflower Girl
1953
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949
as Oshin
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
as Koyabu
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
Buddha
1961
as Vaidehi
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974
Namiko
1932
Spring Awakens
1947
Temptation
1948
as Tokie
The Crowded Train
1957
as Otome, the mother
The Lights of Asakusa
1937
as Marieda Matsushima
Morning for the Osone Family
1946
as Fusako Osone
I Lived, But...
1983
as Self
Flower's Yearning
1958
as Ikegami Rie
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
Deep River Melody
1960
The Scent of Incense
1964
as Taromaru
The Story of Shunkin
1954
Four Seasons of Women
1950
as Osone
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
as Ine's Mother
The Rokumeikan
1961
Slave Factory
1968
The Wind Blows Twice
1952
The Rokumeikan
1959
Muntinlupa: Song of Nostalgia
1953
Goodbye to Glory
1960
as Fukunaga's mother Yuki
Samurai of the Great Earth
1956
Sakura-tai Chiru
1988
The Romance of Yushima
1955
Musume to watashi
1962
Policeman's Diary
1955
as Moyo Sugita
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
The Wiser Age
1962
as Aki
Umi o yobu koe
1945
Only Child
1969
Forbidden Path
1952
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950
Life of Geisha
1955
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
The Navy
1963
Freedom School
1951
Great X
1948
as Taka
Repast
1951
as Matsu Murata
Black Cloud Road
1948
Onna no hanamichi
1971
Beauty of Life
1951
Three-Fingered Detective
1947
The Glorious Days
1954
White Heron
1941
Wedding Day
1940
愛情の旋風
1951
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
Umi no tora
1945
A Diary of Our Love
1941
Kanchō umi no bara
1945
Ōhinata-mura
1940
Jidanya
1963
The Tale of Jiro
1941
About Haruko Sugimura
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 realist… With 121 credits spanning from 1932 to 1995, Haruko Sugimura has appeared in 117 films and 4 TV shows.
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Most Popular Haruko Sugimura Movies
- Tokyo Story (1953) — as Shige Kaneko
- The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960) — as Pickpocket Haruko
- Kwaidan (1965) — as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
- Red Beard (1965) — as Kin, the madam
- Hadaka no Machi (1957)
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