Haruko Sugimura

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

109

Gender

Female

Birthday

1909-01-07

Day of death

1997-04-04 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Hiroshima, Japan

Haruko Sugimura

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.

Known For

  • Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

  • Late Spring

    Late Spring

  • Tokyo Story

    Tokyo Story

  • Good Morning

    Good Morning

  • The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

  • Children Hand in Hand

    Children Hand in Hand

  • Early Spring

    Early Spring

  • Red Beard

    Red Beard

  • Ōhinata-mura

    Ōhinata-mura

  • With Beauty and Sorrow

    With Beauty and Sorrow

  • The Strange Tale of Oyuki

    The Strange Tale of Oyuki

  • Kanchō umi no bara

    Kanchō umi no bara

  • Early Summer

    Early Summer

  • Till We Meet Again

    Till We Meet Again

  • The Petrified Forest

    The Petrified Forest

  • No Regrets for Our Youth

    No Regrets for Our Youth

  • Policeman's Diary

    Policeman's Diary

  • Nightingale

    Nightingale

  • A Diary of Our Love

    A Diary of Our Love

  • Namiko

    Namiko

  • Spring on Leper's Island

    Spring on Leper's Island

  • The Rainbow-Colored Flower

    The Rainbow-Colored Flower

  • Hadaka no Machi

    Hadaka no Machi

  • As Long as There's Tomorrow

    As Long as There's Tomorrow

  • Sakura-tai Chiru

    Sakura-tai Chiru

  • The Broken Commandment

    The Broken Commandment

  • Dorei kōjō

    Dorei kōjō

  • Youth After School

    Youth After School

  • Fireworks Over the Sea

    Fireworks Over the Sea

  • Tokyo Twilight

    Tokyo Twilight

  • Wedding Day

    Wedding Day

  • A Last Note

    A Last Note

  • The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

  • 愛情の旋風

    愛情の旋風

  • Runway to Hell

    Runway to Hell

  • Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

  • An Inlet of Muddy Water

    An Inlet of Muddy Water

  • I Lived, But...

    I Lived, But...

  • The Romance of Yushima

    The Romance of Yushima

  • A Descendant of Urashima Taro

    A Descendant of Urashima Taro

  • The Woman Who Touched Legs

    The Woman Who Touched Legs

  • Umi no tora

    Umi no tora

  • She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

    She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

  • Onna no hanamichi

    Onna no hanamichi

  • Listen to the Voices of the Sea

    Listen to the Voices of the Sea

  • The Day England Falls

    The Day England Falls

  • Army

    Army

  • Umi o yobu koe

    Umi o yobu koe

  • The Spell of the Hidden Gold

    The Spell of the Hidden Gold

  • Musume to watashi

    Musume to watashi

  • Mother

    Mother

  • Their Legacy

    Their Legacy

  • Tale of Jiro

    Tale of Jiro

  • Flowing

    Flowing

  • Sunflower Girl

    Sunflower Girl

  • Night Scandal

    Night Scandal

  • Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

    Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

  • White Heron

    White Heron

  • Goodbye to Glory

    Goodbye to Glory

  • The Story of Shunkin

    The Story of Shunkin

  • Princess Yang Kwei-fei

    Princess Yang Kwei-fei

  • Only Child

    Only Child

  • The Glorious Days

    The Glorious Days

  • Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

  • The Fossil

    The Fossil

  • Repast

    Repast

  • Beauty of Life

    Beauty of Life

  • Morning for the Osone Family

    Morning for the Osone Family

  • Three-Fingered Detective

    Three-Fingered Detective

  • Freedom School

    Freedom School

  • The Crowded Train

    The Crowded Train

  • Forbidden Path

    Forbidden Path

  • Jidanya

    Jidanya

  • The Rokumeikan

    The Rokumeikan

  • Late Chrysanthemums

    Late Chrysanthemums

  • Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

    Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

  • Life of Geisha

    Life of Geisha

  • Deep River Melody

    Deep River Melody

  • The Three Treasures

    The Three Treasures

  • Reminiscence

    Reminiscence

  • Temptation

    Temptation

  • The Wind Blows Twice

    The Wind Blows Twice

  • Floating Weeds

    Floating Weeds

  • The Wiser Age

    The Wiser Age

  • Samurai of the Great Earth

    Samurai of the Great Earth

  • The Gambler's Code

    The Gambler's Code

  • The Rokumeikan

    The Rokumeikan

  • Beauty the Enemy

    Beauty the Enemy

  • The Lights of Asakusa

    The Lights of Asakusa

  • Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

  • The Conspirator

    The Conspirator

  • Great X

    Great X

  • Buddha

    Buddha

  • Summer Clouds

    Summer Clouds

  • Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

    Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

  • The Daphne

    The Daphne

  • The Navy

    The Navy

  • Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

    Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

  • The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

  • Four Seasons of Women

    Four Seasons of Women

  • Samurai Assassin

    Samurai Assassin

  • Spring Awakens

    Spring Awakens

  • G-Men of Japan

    G-Men of Japan

  • An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon

  • The Written Face

    The Written Face

  • An Early Autumn

    An Early Autumn

  • 雪の華

    雪の華

  • Second generation

    Second generation

  • Flower's Yearning

    Flower's Yearning