Haruko Sugimura
Known for
Whatever else has changed around her, Haruko Sugimura has remained a working actress who has seen the business change around her more than once. There are 58 entries on the filmography, most of them supporting work in other people's stories. 'Tokyo Story' sits at the front of the filmography, where she plays Shige Kaneko. Elsewhere on the filmography sits 'Late Spring'. The first screen credit dates from 1932.
Haruko Sugimura
57 Movies
1 Series
Whatever else has changed around her, Haruko Sugimura has remained a working actress who has seen the business change around her more than once. There are 58 entries on the filmography, most of them supporting work in other people's stories. 'Tokyo Story' sits at the front of the filmography, where she plays Shige Kaneko. Elsewhere on the filmography sits 'Late Spring'. The first screen credit dates from 1932.
Movies
Plays Kin, the madam
Red Beard
1965
Plays Shige Kaneko
Tokyo Story
1953
Plays Masa Taguchi
Late Spring
1949
Plays Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Kwaidan
1965
Plays Tomoko Sakuma
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Plays Katou Shige
The End of Summer
1961
Plays Taromaru
The Scent of Incense
1964
Plays Kikue Haraguchi
Good Morning
1959
Plays Matsu Murata
Repast
1951
Plays Shigeko Takeuchi
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Plays Tami Yabe
Early Summer
1951
Plays Tamako Tamura
Early Spring
1956
Plays Princess Yen-chun
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Plays Oyoshi
Floating Weeds
1959
Plays Someka
Flowing
1956
Plays Itsuki's stepmother
The Fossil
1975
Plays Tsuru
Samurai Assassin
1965
Plays Masao's mother
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
Plays Madame Noge
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
Plays Vaidehi
Buddha
1961
Plays Kono Kujirai
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
Plays Kafu's Mother
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
1992
Plays Mother
Summer Clouds
1958
Plays Yoko Morimoto
A Last Note
1995
Plays Oroku
The Gambler's Code
1961
Plays School master's wife
The Broken Commandment
1962
Plays Oshin
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949
Plays Oshin
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949
Plays Kayo Tani
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
Plays Otome, the mother
The Crowded Train
1957
Plays Otoko's Mother
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
Plays Suga Ono
Till We Meet Again
1950
Plays Yoshie
Mother
1963
Plays Setsu
Army
1944
Plays Aki
The Wiser Age
1962
Plays Fusako Osone
Morning for the Osone Family
1946
Plays Kin
Late Chrysanthemums
1954
Plays Okuma
Runway to Hell
1960
Plays Moyo Sugita
Policeman's Diary
1955
Plays Marieda Matsushima
The Lights of Asakusa
1937
TV Shows
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A Last Note
Full Filmography
A Last Note
Yoko Morimoto
1995
Film
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Kafu's Mother
1992
Film
The Fossil
Itsuki's stepmother
1975
Film
Fossil
Mother-in-Law · 8 episodes
1972–
TV
The Daphne
Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
1966
Film
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Ine's Mother
1965
Film
Red Beard
Kin, the madam
1965
Film
With Beauty and Sorrow
Otoko's Mother
1965
Film
Kwaidan
Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
1965
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Haruko Sugimura still alive?
Haruko Sugimura passed away on April 4, 1997 at age 88.
What are the most famous roles of Haruko Sugimura?
Haruko Sugimura is best known for roles in Tokyo Story, Late Spring, Kwaidan.
How many movies has Haruko Sugimura been in?
Over a 65-year career (since 1932), Haruko Sugimura has appeared in 57 movies and 1 TV shows.
What was Haruko Sugimura's first movie?
The career of Haruko Sugimura began with Namiko (1932).
What is Haruko Sugimura's most recent movie or series?
Haruko Sugimura's most recent release is The Written Face, which premiered on September 1, 1995.
What TV shows has Haruko Sugimura appeared in?
On television, Haruko Sugimura has appeared in 雪の華, An Early Autumn, Second generation, Fossil.
Haruko Sugimura
1909-01-06 · Hiroshima, Japan
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.