Haruko Sugimura
Acting·January 6, 1909·† April 4, 1997 — 88 years old·Hiroshima, Japan
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
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1995The Written FaceSelf1995A Last NoteYoko Morimoto1992The Strange Tale of OyukiKafu's Mother1988Sakura-tai Chiru1987An Early AutumnTV1983I Lived, But...Self1975The FossilItsuki's stepmother1974Akumyo: Notorious Dragon1973雪の華TV1973The Petrified Forest1972FossilTVMother-in-Law1971Onna no hanamichi1970Second generationTV1969Only Child1968Slave Factory1967The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka1966The DaphneAki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)1965Rokujō yukiyama tsumugiIne's Mother1965Red BeardKin, the madam1965With Beauty and SorrowOtoko's Mother1965KwaidanMadame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")1965Samurai AssassinTsuru1964Night ScandalHatsu Mimura1964The Scent of IncenseTaromaru1963MotherYoshie1963Jidanya1963The Navy1963Youth After SchoolAyako1962An Autumn AfternoonTomoko Sakuma1962Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi1962The Broken CommandmentSchool master's wife1962Musume to watashi1962Till Tomorrow Is1962The Wiser AgeAki1962Their Legacy1961The Rokumeikan1961The Conspirator1961BuddhaVaidehi1961The End of SummerKatou Shige1961The Gambler's CodeOroku1960Deep River Melody1960The Woman Who Touched LegsPickpocket Haruko1960Daughters, Wives and a MotherKayo Tani1960Runway to HellOkuma1960Banana1960Goodbye to GloryFukunaga's mother Yuki1959Floating WeedsOyoshi1959The Three TreasuresNarrator1959Beauty the EnemyFusa Yoshino1959The Rokumeikan1959Good MorningKikue Haraguchi1958The Spell of the Hidden GoldSonoe1958Summer CloudsMother1958Flower's YearningIkegami Rie1957Hadaka no Machi1957Tokyo TwilightShigeko Takeuchi1957The Crowded TrainOtome, the mother1956FlowingSomeka1956Early SpringTamako Tamura1956Samurai of the Great Earth1955She Was Like a Wild ChrysanthemumMasao's mother1955The Romance of Yushima1955Princess Yang Kwei-feiPrincess Yen-chun1955Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made1955Policeman's DiaryMoyo Sugita1955Life of Geisha1954The Story of Shunkin1954Late ChrysanthemumsKin1954The Glorious Days1954Geisha KonatsuRaku Kamioka1953An Inlet of Muddy Water1953Tokyo StoryShige Kaneko1953Koshō musuko1953Sunflower Girl1953ReminiscenceChikako1952Toki no teizo: Sōshūban1952Forbidden Path1952Kin no tamago: Golden Girl1952The Wind Blows Twice1952A Meeting of YouthsTamiyo1951Beauty of Life1951RepastMatsu Murata1951Fireworks Over the SeaKono Kujirai1951Early SummerTami Yabe1951Freedom School1951愛情の旋風1950The Rainbow-Colored FlowerKoyabu1950Listen to the Voices of the Sea1950Till We Meet AgainSuga Ono1950Four Seasons of WomenOsone1949Late SpringMasa Taguchi1949Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2Oshin1949Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1Oshin1948G-Men of Japan1948Great XTaka1948TemptationTokie1948Children Hand in Hand1947Three-Fingered Detective1947Spring Awakens1946No Regrets for Our YouthMadame Noge1946A Descendant of Urashima Taro1946Morning for the Osone FamilyFusako Osone1946Kigeki wa owarinu1945Umi o yobu koe1945Kanchō umi no bara1945Umi no tora1944ArmySetsu1944Mother of a Baby Eagle1942The Day England Falls1942Yamasandō1941The Tale of Jiro1941A Diary of Our Love1941White Heron1940Ōhinata-mura1940Spring on Leper's Island1940Wedding Day1938NightingaleMidwife Yae1937The Lights of AsakusaMarieda Matsushima1932Namiko