Haruko Sugimura
Acting
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
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movieA Last Note
1995
Yoko Morimoto
movieThe Strange Tale of Oyuki
1992
Kafu's Mother
movieThe Fossil
1975
Itsuki's stepmother
tvFossil
1972
Mother-in-Law
movieThe Daphne
1966
Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
movieRokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
Ine's Mother
movieRed Beard
1965
Kin, the madam
movieWith Beauty and Sorrow
1965
Otoko's Mother
movieKwaidan
1965
Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
movieNight Scandal
1964
Hatsu Mimura
movieThe Scent of Incense
1964
Taromaru
movieMother
1963
Yoshie
movieAn Autumn Afternoon
1962
Tomoko Sakuma
movieThe Broken Commandment
1962
School master's wife
movieBuddha
1961
Vaidehi
movieThe End of Summer
1961
Katou Shige
movieThe Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
Pickpocket Haruko
movieGoodbye to Glory
1960
Fukunaga's mother Yuki
movieFloating Weeds
1959
Oyoshi
movieThe Three Treasures
1959
Narrator
movieBeauty the Enemy
1959
Fusa Yoshino
movieGood Morning
1959
Kikue Haraguchi
movieSummer Clouds
1958
Mother
movieFlower's Yearning
1958
Ikegami Rie
movieTokyo Twilight
1957
Shigeko Takeuchi
movieThe Crowded Train
1957
Otome, the mother
movieFlowing
1956
Someka
movieEarly Spring
1956
Tamako Tamura
movieShe Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
Masao's mother
moviePrincess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Princess Yen-chun
moviePoliceman's Diary
1955
Moyo Sugita
movieGeisha Konatsu
1954
Raku Kamioka
movieTokyo Story
1953
Shige Kaneko
movieReminiscence
1953
Chikako
movieRepast
1951
Matsu Murata
movieFireworks Over the Sea
1951
Kono Kujirai
movieEarly Summer
1951
Tami Yabe
movieTill We Meet Again
1950
Suga Ono
movieLate Spring
1949
Masa Taguchi
movieGreat X
1948
Taka
movieTemptation
1948
Tokie
movieNo Regrets for Our Youth
1946
Madame Noge
movieMorning for the Osone Family
1946
Fusako Osone
movieArmy
1944
Setsu
movieNightingale
1938
Midwife Yae
movieThe Lights of Asakusa
1937
Marieda Matsushima
