Biography
Haruko Sugimura (杉村 春子, 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.
Acted in 110
1990s
- 1995
- 1992
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Kafu's Mother
1980s
- 1988
Sakura-tai Chiru
Movie
- 1987
An Early Autumn
TV
1970s
- 1975
The Fossil
Itsuki's stepmother
- 1974
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
Movie
- 1973
The Petrified Forest
Movie
- 1972
Fossil
Mother-in-Law · 8 episodes
- 1971
Onna no hanamichi
Movie
- 1970
Second generation
TV
1960s
- 1969
Only Child
Movie
- 1968
- 1966
The Daphne
Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
- 1965
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Ine's Mother
With Beauty and Sorrow
Otoko's Mother
Samurai Assassin
Tsuru
The Radish and the Carrot
Movie
- 1964
Night Scandal
Hatsu Mimura
- 1963
Mother
Yoshie
Jidanya
Movie
The Navy
Movie
Youth After School
Ayako
- 1962
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
Movie
The Broken Commandment
School master's wife
Musume to watashi
Movie
Till Tomorrow Is
Movie
The Wiser Age
Aki
Their Legacy
Movie
- 1961
The Conspirator
Movie
Buddha
Vaidehi
- 1960
Deep River Melody
Movie
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Pickpocket Haruko
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Kayo Tani
Runway to Hell
Okuma
Banana
Movie
Goodbye to Glory
Fukunaga's mother Yuki
1950s
- 1959
Pilgrimage at Night
Osai
Beauty the Enemy
Fusa Yoshino
- 1958
Summer Clouds
Mother
Flower's Yearning
Ikegami Rie
Sorrow Is Only for Women
Movie
- 1957
Hadaka no Machi
Movie
The Crowded Train
Otome, the mother
- 1956
Flowing
Someka
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
Movie
Samurai of the Great Earth
Movie
- 1955
The Romance of Yushima
Movie
The Tears of Geisha Konatsu
Movie
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
Movie
Policeman's Diary
Moyo Sugita
- 1954
The Story of Shunkin
Movie
Late Chrysanthemums
Kin
The Glorious Days
Movie
Geisha Konatsu
Raku Kamioka
- 1953
Koshō musuko
Movie
Sunflower Girl
Movie
Reminiscence
Chikako
- 1952
Toki no teizo: Sōshūban
Movie
Forbidden Path
Movie
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Movie
The Wind Blows Twice
Oritsu
A Meeting of Youths
Tamiyo
- 1951
Beauty of Life
Movie
Repast
Matsu Murata
Fireworks Over the Sea
Kono Kujirai
Freedom School
Movie
- 1950
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Koyabu
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Movie
Till We Meet Again
Suga Ono
Four Seasons of Women
Osone
1940s
- 1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Oshin
- 1948
Black Cloud Road
Movie
G-Men of Japan
Movie
Great X
Taka
Children Hand in Hand
Movie
Temptation
Tokie
- 1947
Three-Fingered Detective
Movie
Spring Awakens
Movie
- 1946
No Regrets for Our Youth
Madame Noge
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Movie
- 1944
Mother of a Baby Eagle
Movie
- 1942
The Day England Falls
Movie
- 1941
The Tale of Jiro
Movie
A Diary of Our Love
Movie
White Heron
Movie
- 1940
Spring on Leper's Island
Movie
Wedding Day
Movie
1930s
- 1938
Nightingale
Midwife Yae
- 1937
The Lights of Asakusa
Marieda Matsushima
- 1932
Namiko
Movie
Appearances4
1990s
- 1995
1980s
- 1983
I Lived, But...
Self
1960s
- 1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Narrator (voice)
1950s
- 1959
The Three Treasures
Narrator