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

  • Tokyo Story

    Tokyo Story

  • Late Spring

    Late Spring

  • Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

  • Tokyo Twilight

    Tokyo Twilight

  • Floating Weeds

    Floating Weeds

  • Red Beard

    Red Beard

  • An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon

  • Early Spring

    Early Spring

  • Early Summer

    Early Summer

  • Princess Yang Kwei-fei

    Princess Yang Kwei-fei

  • G-Men of Japan

    G-Men of Japan

  • The Strange Tale of Oyuki

    The Strange Tale of Oyuki

  • The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

  • Army

    Army

  • Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

  • She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

    She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

  • Repast

    Repast

  • Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

  • An Inlet of Muddy Water

    An Inlet of Muddy Water

  • Summer Clouds

    Summer Clouds

  • Buddha

    Buddha

  • The Three Treasures

    The Three Treasures

  • The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

  • Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

    Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

  • The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

  • Their Legacy

    Their Legacy

  • Hadaka no Machi

    Hadaka no Machi

  • Flowing

    Flowing

  • Sakura-tai Chiru

    Sakura-tai Chiru

  • Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

  • Samurai Assassin

    Samurai Assassin

  • Night Scandal

    Night Scandal

  • Till We Meet Again

    Till We Meet Again

  • Beauty the Enemy

    Beauty the Enemy

  • The Petrified Forest

    The Petrified Forest

  • Wedding Day

    Wedding Day

  • The Gambler's Code

    The Gambler's Code

  • Goodbye to Glory

    Goodbye to Glory

  • Three-Fingered Detective

    Three-Fingered Detective

  • I Lived, But...

    I Lived, But...

  • The Wind Blows Twice

    The Wind Blows Twice

  • Great X

    Great X

  • A Descendant of Urashima Taro

    A Descendant of Urashima Taro

  • With Beauty and Sorrow

    With Beauty and Sorrow

  • Late Chrysanthemums

    Late Chrysanthemums

  • The Broken Commandment

    The Broken Commandment

  • Forbidden Path

    Forbidden Path

  • The Fossil

    The Fossil

  • The Story of Shunkin

    The Story of Shunkin

  • The Romance of Yushima

    The Romance of Yushima

  • Children Hand in Hand

    Children Hand in Hand

  • Morning for the Osone Family

    Morning for the Osone Family

  • Policeman's Diary

    Policeman's Diary

  • Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

    Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

  • A Last Note

    A Last Note

  • The Daphne

    The Daphne

  • Fireworks Over the Sea

    Fireworks Over the Sea

  • The Rainbow-Colored Flower

    The Rainbow-Colored Flower

  • The Crowded Train

    The Crowded Train

  • The Lights of Asakusa

    The Lights of Asakusa

  • Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

    Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

  • Sunflower Girl

    Sunflower Girl

  • The Navy

    The Navy

  • Onna no hanamichi

    Onna no hanamichi

  • Musume to watashi

    Musume to watashi

  • Temptation

    Temptation

  • Runway to Hell

    Runway to Hell

  • The Wiser Age

    The Wiser Age

  • The Spell of the Hidden Gold

    The Spell of the Hidden Gold

  • Freedom School

    Freedom School

  • The Woman Who Touched Legs

    The Woman Who Touched Legs

  • The Rokumeikan

    The Rokumeikan

  • Kanchō umi no bara

    Kanchō umi no bara

  • Deep River Melody

    Deep River Melody

  • Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

    Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

  • Spring on Leper's Island

    Spring on Leper's Island

  • The Glorious Days

    The Glorious Days

  • Only Child

    Only Child

  • Samurai of the Great Earth

    Samurai of the Great Earth

  • Dorei kōjō

    Dorei kōjō

  • As Long as There's Tomorrow

    As Long as There's Tomorrow

  • The Rokumeikan

    The Rokumeikan

  • Mother

    Mother

  • Youth After School

    Youth After School

  • Reminiscence

    Reminiscence

  • Life of Geisha

    Life of Geisha

  • Listen to the Voices of the Sea

    Listen to the Voices of the Sea

  • The Conspirator

    The Conspirator

  • 愛情の旋風

    愛情の旋風

  • Jidanya

    Jidanya

  • The Day England Falls

    The Day England Falls

  • Beauty of Life

    Beauty of Life

  • Good Morning

    Good Morning

  • Nightingale

    Nightingale

  • Four Seasons of Women

    Four Seasons of Women

  • White Heron

    White Heron

  • Spring Awakens

    Spring Awakens

  • Namiko

    Namiko

  • Tale of Jiro

    Tale of Jiro

  • The Written Face

    The Written Face

  • Umi o yobu koe

    Umi o yobu koe

  • Ōhinata-mura

    Ōhinata-mura

  • A Diary of Our Love

    A Diary of Our Love

  • Umi no tora

    Umi no tora

  • No Regrets for Our Youth

    No Regrets for Our Youth

  • Second generation

    Second generation

  • 雪の華

    雪の華

  • An Early Autumn

    An Early Autumn

  • Flower's Yearning

    Flower's Yearning