Haruko Sugimura
Born January 07, 1909 (Age: 117)
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Hiroshima, Japan
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.
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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Filmography
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
1992
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as Kafu's Mother
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Age: 83
Sakura-tai Chiru
1988
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Age: 79
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974
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Age: 65
The Petrified Forest
1973
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Age: 64
Onna no hanamichi
1971
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Age: 62
Only Child
1969
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Age: 60
Dorei kōjō
1968
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Age: 59
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
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as Ine's Mother
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Age: 56
Red Beard
1965
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as Kin, the madam
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Age: 56
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
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as Otoko's Mother
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Age: 56
Kwaidan
1965
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as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
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Age: 55
Samurai Assassin
1965
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as Tsuru
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Age: 55
Night Scandal
1964
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as Hatsu Mimura
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Age: 55
The Scent of Incense
1964
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as Taromaru
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Age: 55
Mother
1963
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as Yoshie
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Age: 54
Jidanya
1963
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Age: 54
The Navy
1963
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Age: 54
Youth After School
1963
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as Ayako
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Age: 54
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
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as Tomoko Sakuma
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Age: 53
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
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Age: 53
The Broken Commandment
1962
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as School master's wife
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Age: 53
Musume to watashi
1962
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Age: 53
As Long as There's Tomorrow
1962
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Age: 53
The Wiser Age
1962
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as Aki
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Age: 53
Their Legacy
1962
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Age: 52
No Image
The Rokumeikan
1961
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Age: 52
The Conspirator
1961
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Age: 52
Buddha
1961
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as Vaidehi
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Age: 52
The End of Summer
1961
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as Katou Shige
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Age: 52
The Gambler's Code
1961
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as Oroku
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Age: 52
Deep River Melody
1960
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Age: 51
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
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as Pickpocket Haruko
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Age: 51
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
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as Kayo Tani
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Age: 51
Runway to Hell
1960
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as Okuma
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Age: 51
Goodbye to Glory
1960
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as Fukunaga's mother Yuki
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Age: 51
Floating Weeds
1959
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as Oyoshi
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Age: 50
The Three Treasures
1959
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as Narrator
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Age: 50
Beauty the Enemy
1959
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as Fusa Yoshino
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Age: 50
No Image
The Rokumeikan
1959
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Age: 50
Good Morning
1959
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as Kikue Haraguchi
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Age: 50
No Image
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958
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as Sonoe
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Age: 49
Summer Clouds
1958
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as Mother
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Age: 49
Flower's Yearning
1958
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as Ikegami Rie
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Age: 49
Flowing
1956
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as Someka
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Age: 47
Early Spring
1956
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as Tamako Tamura
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Age: 47
Samurai of the Great Earth
1956
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Age: 47
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
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as Masao's mother
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Age: 46
The Romance of Yushima
1955
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Age: 46
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
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as Princess Yen-chun
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Age: 46
Policeman's Diary
1955
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as Moyo Sugita
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Age: 46
No Image
Life of Geisha
1955
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Age: 46
The Story of Shunkin
1954
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Age: 45
Late Chrysanthemums
1954
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as Kin
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Age: 45
The Glorious Days
1954
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Age: 45
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
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Age: 44
Tokyo Story
1953
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as Shige Kaneko
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Age: 44
Sunflower Girl
1953
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Age: 44
Reminiscence
1953
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as Chikako
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Age: 44
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
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as Koyabu
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Age: 41
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950
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Age: 41
Till We Meet Again
1950
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as Suga Ono
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Age: 41
Four Seasons of Women
1950
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as Osone
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Age: 41
No Image
Umi o yobu koe
1945
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Age: 36
No Image
Kanchō umi no bara
1945
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Age: 36
No Image
Umi no tora
1945
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Age: 36
The Day England Falls
1942
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Age: 33
The Tale of Jiro
1941
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Age: 32
A Diary of Our Love
1941
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Age: 32
White Heron
1941
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Age: 32
Namiko
1932
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Age: 23