Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
January 7, 1909
Died
April 4, 1997 (age 88)
Place of Birth
Hiroshima, Japan
Also Known As
Харуко Сугимура
هاروکو سوگیمورا
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
Film
Tokyo Story
Shige Kaneko
1953
Film
Red Beard
Kin, the madam
1965
Film
Kwaidan
Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
1965
Film
Late Spring
Masa Taguchi
1949
Film
The Three Treasures
Narrator
1959
Film
Samurai Assassin
Tsuru
1965
Film
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Kafu's Mother
1992
Film
Good Morning
Kikue Haraguchi
1959
Film
An Autumn Afternoon
Tomoko Sakuma
1962
Film
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Kayo Tani
1960
Film
The Gambler's Code
Oroku
1961
Film
No Regrets for Our Youth
Madame Noge
1946
Film
The End of Summer
Katou Shige
1961
Film
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Princess Yen-chun
1955
Film
The Wiser Age
Aki
1962
Film
You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Masao's mother
1955
Film
The Romance of Yushima
1955
Film
Early Summer
Tami Yabe
1951
Film
Tokyo Twilight
Shigeko Takeuchi
1957
Film
Summer Clouds
Mother
1958
Filmography
1995FilmThe Written Faceas Self1995FilmA Last Noteas Yoko Morimoto1992FilmThe Strange Tale of Oyukias Kafu's Mother1988FilmSakura-tai Chiru1987TVAn Early Autumn1983FilmI Lived, But...as Self1975FilmThe Fossilas Itsuki's stepmother1974FilmAkumyo: Notorious Dragon1973TV雪の華1973FilmThe Petrified Forest1972TVFossilas Mother-in-Law1971FilmOnna no hanamichi1970TVSecond generation1969FilmOnly Child1968FilmSlave Factory1967FilmThe Wife of Seishu Hanaoka1966FilmThe Daphneas Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)1965FilmRokujō yukiyama tsumugias Ine's Mother1965FilmRed Beardas Kin, the madam1965FilmWith Beauty and Sorrowas Otoko's Mother1965FilmKwaidanas Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")1965FilmSamurai Assassinas Tsuru1964FilmNight Scandalas Hatsu Mimura1964FilmThe Scent of Incenseas Taromaru1963FilmMotheras Yoshie1963FilmJidanya1963FilmThe Navy1963FilmYouth After Schoolas Ayako1962FilmAn Autumn Afternoonas Tomoko Sakuma1962FilmJun'ai monogatari kusa no mi1962FilmThe Broken Commandmentas School master's wife1962FilmMusume to watashi1962FilmTill Tomorrow Is1962FilmThe Wiser Ageas Aki1962FilmTheir Legacy1961FilmThe Rokumeikan1961FilmThe Conspirator1961FilmBuddhaas Vaidehi1961FilmThe End of Summeras Katou Shige1961FilmThe Gambler's Codeas Oroku1960FilmDeep River Melody1960FilmThe Woman Who Touched Legsas Pickpocket Haruko1960FilmDaughters, Wives and a Motheras Kayo Tani1960FilmRunway to Hellas Okuma1960FilmBanana1960FilmGoodbye to Gloryas Fukunaga's mother Yuki1959FilmFloating Weedsas Oyoshi1959FilmThe Three Treasuresas Narrator1959FilmBeauty the Enemyas Fusa Yoshino1959FilmThe Rokumeikan1959FilmGood Morningas Kikue Haraguchi1958FilmThe Spell of the Hidden Goldas Sonoe1958FilmSummer Cloudsas Mother1958FilmFlower's Yearningas Ikegami Rie1957FilmHadaka no Machi1957FilmTokyo Twilightas Shigeko Takeuchi1957FilmThe Crowded Trainas Otome, the mother1956FilmFlowingas Someka1956FilmEarly Springas Tamako Tamura1956FilmSamurai of the Great Earth1955FilmYou Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemumas Masao's mother1955FilmThe Romance of Yushima1955FilmPrincess Yang Kwei-feias Princess Yen-chun1955FilmKokoro ni hana no saku hi made1955FilmPoliceman's Diaryas Moyo Sugita1955FilmLife of Geisha1954FilmThe Story of Shunkin1954FilmLate Chrysanthemumsas Kin1954FilmThe Glorious Days1953FilmAn Inlet of Muddy Water1953FilmTokyo Storyas Shige Kaneko1953FilmSunflower Girl1953FilmReminiscenceas Chikako1952FilmForbidden Path1952FilmKin no tamago: Golden Girl1952FilmThe Wind Blows Twice1951FilmBeauty of Life1951FilmRepastas Matsu Murata1951FilmFireworks Over the Seaas Kono Kujirai1951FilmEarly Summeras Tami Yabe1951FilmFreedom School1951Film愛情の旋風1950FilmThe Rainbow-Colored Floweras Koyabu1950FilmListen to the Voices of the Sea1950FilmTill We Meet Againas Suga Ono1950FilmFour Seasons of Womenas Osone1949FilmLate Springas Masa Taguchi1949FilmYotsuya Ghost Story Part 2as Oshin1949FilmYotsuya Ghost Story Part 1as Oshin1948FilmG-Men of Japan1948FilmGreat Xas Taka1948FilmTemptationas Tokie1948FilmChildren Hand in Hand1947FilmThree-Fingered Detective1947FilmSpring Awakens1946FilmNo Regrets for Our Youthas Madame Noge1946FilmA Descendant of Urashima Taro1946FilmMorning for the Osone Familyas Fusako Osone1946FilmKigeki wa owarinu1945FilmUmi o yobu koe1945FilmKanchō umi no bara1945FilmUmi no tora1944FilmArmyas Setsu1942FilmThe Day England Falls1941FilmThe Tale of Jiro1941FilmA Diary of Our Love1941FilmWhite Heron1940FilmŌhinata-mura1940FilmSpring on Leper's Island1940FilmWedding Day1938FilmNightingaleas Midwife Yae1937FilmThe Lights of Asakusaas Marieda Matsushima1932FilmNamiko