Haruko Sugimura
Acting
1909-01-06 · Hiroshima, Japan
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.
movieThe Written Face
as Self · 1995 · 8.0
movieA Last Note
as Yoko Morimoto · 1995 · 7.1
movieThe Strange Tale of Oyuki
as Kafu's Mother · 1992 · 7.8
movieSakura-tai Chiru
as · 1988 · 6.8
tvAn Early Autumn
as · 1987 · 0.0
movieI Lived, But...
as Self · 1983 · 6.8
movieThe Fossil
as Itsuki's stepmother · 1975 · 7.0
movieAkumyo: Notorious Dragon
as · 1974 · 7.0
tv雪の華
as · 1973 · 0.0
movieThe Petrified Forest
as · 1973 · 6.2
tvFossil
as Mother-in-Law · 1972 · 0.0
movieOnna no hanamichi
as · 1971 · 0.0
tvSecond generation
as · 1970 · 0.0
movieOnly Child
as · 1969 · 0.0
movieSlave Factory
as · 1968 · 9.0
movieThe Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as · 1967 · 6.7
movieThe Daphne
as Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother) · 1966 · 10.0
movieRokujō yukiyama tsumugi
as Ine's Mother · 1965 · 7.0
movieRed Beard
as Kin, the madam · 1965 · 8.1
movieWith Beauty and Sorrow
as Otoko's Mother · 1965 · 5.7
movieKwaidan
as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea") · 1965 · 7.7
movieSamurai Assassin
as Tsuru · 1965 · 7.4
movieNight Scandal
as Hatsu Mimura · 1964 · 8.0
movieThe Scent of Incense
as Taromaru · 1964 · 7.2