Haruko Sugimura

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

January 6, 1909

died

April 4, 1997

place of birth

Hiroshima, Japan

also known as

Харуко Сугимура · هاروکو سوگیمورا · 杉村春子

total credits

50 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

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Tokyo Story
8.2

Tokyo Story

1953as Shige Kaneko
Kwaidan
7.7

Kwaidan

1965as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Red Beard
8.2

Red Beard

1965as Kin, the madam
Late Spring
8.0

Late Spring

1949as Masa Taguchi
Good Morning
7.7

Good Morning

1959as Kikue Haraguchi
An Autumn Afternoon
7.9

An Autumn Afternoon

1962as Tomoko Sakuma
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
7.8

The Strange Tale of Oyuki

1992as Kafu's Mother
The End of Summer
7.5

The End of Summer

1961as Katou Shige
Tokyo Twilight
7.7

Tokyo Twilight

1957as Shigeko Takeuchi
Buddha
10.0

Buddha

1961as Vaidehi
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
6.7

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955as Princess Yen-chun
Early Summer
7.9

Early Summer

1951as Tami Yabe
The Three Treasures
5.5

The Three Treasures

1959as Narrator
Early Spring
7.5

Early Spring

1956as Tamako Tamura
Samurai Assassin
7.4

Samurai Assassin

1965as Tsuru
Floating Weeds
7.5

Floating Weeds

1959as Oyoshi
Repast
7.5

Repast

1951as Matsu Murata
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
7.3

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

1960as Kayo Tani
An Inlet of Muddy Water
6.3

An Inlet of Muddy Water

1953
No Regrets for Our Youth
6.9

No Regrets for Our Youth

1946as Madame Noge
Flowing
7.2

Flowing

1956as Someka
The Crowded Train
6.8

The Crowded Train

1957as Otome, the mother
Army
6.8

Army

1944as Setsu
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
9.0

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

1952
Late Chrysanthemums
7.3

Late Chrysanthemums

1954as Kin
Policeman's Diary
7.0

Policeman's Diary

1955as Moyo Sugita
The Petrified Forest
6.2

The Petrified Forest

1973
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
6.7

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

1967
Summer Clouds
7.6

Summer Clouds

1958as Mother
A Last Note
7.1

A Last Note

1995as Yoko Morimoto
The Broken Commandment
6.8

The Broken Commandment

1962as School master's wife
The Wiser Age
7.3

The Wiser Age

1962as Aki
The Fossil
7.0

The Fossil

1975as Itsuki's stepmother
The Scent of Incense
7.2

The Scent of Incense

1964as Taromaru
Spring Awakens
6.8

Spring Awakens

1947
I Lived, But...
6.8

I Lived, But...

1983as Self
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
7.0

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

1955as Masao's mother
Sunflower Girl
10.0

Sunflower Girl

1953
Sakura-tai Chiru
6.8

Sakura-tai Chiru

1988
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
7.0

Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

1974
Deep River Melody
6.0

Deep River Melody

1960
Mother
6.8

Mother

1963as Yoshie
Three-Fingered Detective
7.0

Three-Fingered Detective

1947
The Navy

The Navy

1963
The Gambler's Code
7.2

The Gambler's Code

1961as Oroku
Forbidden Path
8.0

Forbidden Path

1952
Youth After School

Youth After School

1963as Ayako
With Beauty and Sorrow
5.7

With Beauty and Sorrow

1965as Otoko's Mother
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
6.6

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

1949as Oshin
Till Tomorrow Is
8.0

Till Tomorrow Is

1962