Haruko Sugimura
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.
Filmography (119 titles)
8.0MovieThe Written Face
Self · 1995
7.1MovieA Last Note
Yoko Morimoto · 1995
7.8MovieThe Strange Tale of Oyuki
Kafu's Mother · 1992
6.8MovieSakura-tai Chiru
1988
ShowAn Early Autumn
1987
6.8MovieI Lived, But...
Self · 1983
7.0MovieThe Fossil
Itsuki's stepmother · 1975
7.0MovieAkumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974
雪の華
1973
6.2MovieThe Petrified Forest
1973
ShowFossil
Mother-in-Law · 1972
MovieOnna no hanamichi
1971
ShowSecond generation
1970
MovieOnly Child
1969
9.0MovieSlave Factory
1968
6.7MovieThe Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
10.0MovieThe Daphne
Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother) · 1966
7.0MovieRokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Ine's Mother · 1965
8.2MovieRed Beard
Kin, the madam · 1965
5.7MovieWith Beauty and Sorrow
Otoko's Mother · 1965
7.7MovieKwaidan
Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea") · 1965
7.4MovieSamurai Assassin
Tsuru · 1965
8.0MovieNight Scandal
Hatsu Mimura · 1964
7.2MovieThe Scent of Incense
Taromaru · 1964
6.8MovieMother
Yoshie · 1963
MovieJidanya
1963
MovieThe Navy
1963
MovieYouth After School
Ayako · 1963
7.9MovieAn Autumn Afternoon
Tomoko Sakuma · 1962
MovieJun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962