Haruko Sugimura
Acting
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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Haruko Sugimura
Filmography
Acting (120)
1995
The Written Faceas Self
8.0
1995
A Last Noteas Yoko Morimoto
7.1
1992
The Strange Tale of Oyukias Kafu's Mother
7.8
1988
6.8
1983
I Lived, But...as Self
6.8
1975
The Fossilas Itsuki's stepmother
7.2
7.0
6.3
1969
1968
9.0
6.7
1966
The Daphneas Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
10.0
1965
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugias Ine's Mother
7.0
1965
Red Beardas Kin, the madam
8.2
1965
With Beauty and Sorrowas Otoko's Mother
5.7
1965
Kwaidanas Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
7.7
1965
Samurai Assassinas Tsuru
7.3
1964
Night Scandalas Hatsu Mimura
8.0
1964
The Scent of Incenseas Taromaru
7.2
1963
Motheras Yoshie
6.8
1963
1963
1963
Youth After Schoolas Ayako
1962
An Autumn Afternoonas Tomoko Sakuma
7.9
1962
The Broken Commandmentas School master's wife
6.8
10.0
1962
8.0
1962
The Wiser Ageas Aki
7.2
1962
10.0
1961
1961
6.7
1961
Buddhaas Vaidehi
10.0
1961
The End of Summeras Katou Shige
7.5
1961
The Gambler's Codeas Oroku
7.2
6.0
1960
The Woman Who Touched Legsas Pickpocket Haruko
7.0
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Motheras Kayo Tani
7.3
1960
Runway to Hellas Okuma
7.0
1960
1960
Goodbye to Gloryas Fukunaga's mother Yuki
1959
Floating Weedsas Oyoshi
7.5
1959
The Three Treasuresas Narrator
5.5
1959
Pilgrimage at Nightas Osai
1959
Beauty the Enemyas Fusa Yoshino
7.5
1959
1959
Good Morningas Kikue Haraguchi
7.7
1958
The Spell of the Hidden Goldas Sonoe
6.5
1958
Summer Cloudsas Mother
7.7
1958
Flower's Yearningas Ikegami Rie
7.0
1957
1957
Tokyo Twilightas Shigeko Takeuchi
7.7
1957
The Crowded Trainas Otome, the mother
6.8
1956
Flowingas Someka
7.2
1956
Early Springas Tamako Tamura
7.5
7.0
1955
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemumas Masao's mother
7.0
8.0
1955
Princess Yang Kwei-feias Princess Yen-chun
6.7
1955
Policeman's Diaryas Moyo Sugita
7.0
1955
10.0
6.3
1954
Late Chrysanthemumsas Kin
7.2
1954
Geisha Konatsuas Raku Kamioka
6.3
1953
Tokyo Storyas Shige Kaneko
8.1
1953
1953
10.0
1953
Reminiscenceas Chikako
7.0
1952
8.0
9.0
1952
The Wind Blows Twiceas Oritsu
1952
A Meeting of Youthsas Tamiyo
1951
10.0
1951
Repastas Matsu Murata
7.6
1951
Fireworks Over the Seaas Kono Kujirai
5.4
1951
Early Summeras Tami Yabe
7.8
1951
7.0
1951
1950
The Rainbow-Colored Floweras Koyabu
1.0
1950
Till We Meet Againas Suga Ono
6.7
1950
Four Seasons of Womenas Osone
7.0
1949
Late Springas Masa Taguchi
8.0
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2as Oshin
6.6
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1as Oshin
6.6
1948
1948
1948
Great Xas Taka
7.0
1948
Temptationas Tokie
8.0
7.0
1947
6.8
1946
No Regrets for Our Youthas Madame Noge
6.9
1946
Morning for the Osone Familyas Fusako Osone
6.7
1945
10.0
1945
1944
Armyas Setsu
6.8
10.0
1942
1941
9.0
1941
9.0
1940
9.0
7.2
1940
1938
Nightingaleas Midwife Yae
10.0
1937
The Lights of Asakusaas Marieda Matsushima
6.0
1932