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).
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Written Face
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/1995
A Last Note
Character:Yoko Morimoto
Release Date:03/06/1995
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Character:Kafu's Mother
Release Date:06/06/1992
Sakura-tai Chiru
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Release Date:01/04/1988
I Lived, But...
Character:Self
Release Date:29/10/1983
The Fossil
Character:Itsuki's stepmother
Release Date:04/10/1975
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
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Release Date:24/04/1974
The Petrified Forest
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Release Date:01/09/1973
Onna no hanamichi
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Release Date:20/11/1971
Only Child
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Release Date:06/05/1969
Dorei kōjō
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Release Date:25/01/1968
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
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Release Date:28/10/1967
The Daphne
Character:Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
Release Date:01/10/1966
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Character:Ine's Mother
Release Date:09/10/1965
Red Beard
Character:Kin, the madam
Release Date:04/03/1965
With Beauty and Sorrow
Character:Otoko's Mother
Release Date:28/02/1965
Kwaidan
Character:Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Release Date:06/01/1965
Samurai Assassin
Character:Tsuru
Release Date:03/01/1965
Night Scandal
Character:Hatsu Mimura
Release Date:11/07/1964
The Scent of Incense
Character:Taromaru
Release Date:24/05/1964
Mother
Character:Yoshie
Release Date:08/11/1963
Jidanya
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Release Date:30/10/1963
The Navy
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Release Date:13/08/1963
Youth After School
Character:Ayako
Release Date:21/03/1963
An Autumn Afternoon
Character:Tomoko Sakuma
Release Date:18/11/1962
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
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Release Date:09/05/1962
The Broken Commandment
Character:School master's wife
Release Date:06/04/1962
Musume to watashi
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Release Date:01/04/1962
As Long as There's Tomorrow
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Release Date:10/02/1962
The Wiser Age
Character:Aki
Release Date:14/01/1962
Their Legacy
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Release Date:03/01/1962
The Rokumeikan
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Release Date:01/12/1961
The Conspirator
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Release Date:08/11/1961
Buddha
Character:Vaidehi
Release Date:31/10/1961
The End of Summer
Character:Katou Shige
Release Date:29/10/1961
The Gambler's Code
Character:Oroku
Release Date:14/06/1961
Deep River Melody
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Release Date:13/09/1960
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Character:Pickpocket Haruko
Release Date:24/08/1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Character:Kayo Tani
Release Date:21/05/1960
Runway to Hell
Character:Okuma
Release Date:03/05/1960
Goodbye to Glory
Character:Fukunaga's mother Yuki
Release Date:01/04/1960
Floating Weeds
Character:Oyoshi
Release Date:17/11/1959
The Three Treasures
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/11/1959
Beauty the Enemy
Character:Fusa Yoshino
Release Date:12/08/1959
The Rokumeikan
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Release Date:09/07/1959
Good Morning
Character:Kikue Haraguchi
Release Date:12/05/1959
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Character:Sonoe
Release Date:21/10/1958
Summer Clouds
Character:Mother
Release Date:02/09/1958
Flower's Yearning
Character:Ikegami Rie
Release Date:05/08/1958
Hadaka no Machi
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Release Date:23/07/1957
Tokyo Twilight
Character:Shigeko Takeuchi
Release Date:30/04/1957
The Crowded Train
Character:Otome, the mother
Release Date:29/03/1957
Flowing
Character:Someka
Release Date:20/11/1956
Early Spring
Character:Tamako Tamura
Release Date:29/01/1956
Samurai of the Great Earth
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Release Date:29/01/1956
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Character:Masao's mother
Release Date:29/11/1955
The Romance of Yushima
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Release Date:28/09/1955
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Character:Princess Yen-chun
Release Date:03/05/1955
Policeman's Diary
Character:Moyo Sugita
Release Date:03/02/1955
Life of Geisha
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Release Date:22/01/1955
The Story of Shunkin
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Release Date:27/06/1954
Late Chrysanthemums
Character:Kin
Release Date:15/06/1954
The Glorious Days
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Release Date:14/04/1954
An Inlet of Muddy Water
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Release Date:23/11/1953
Tokyo Story
Character:Shige Kaneko
Release Date:03/11/1953
Sunflower Girl
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Release Date:26/03/1953
Reminiscence
Character:Chikako
Release Date:15/01/1953
Forbidden Path
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Release Date:08/07/1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
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Release Date:14/05/1952
The Wind Blows Twice
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Release Date:14/02/1952
Beauty of Life
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Release Date:07/12/1951
Repast
Character:Matsu Murata
Release Date:23/11/1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
Character:Kono Kujirai
Release Date:25/10/1951
Early Summer
Character:Tami Yabe
Release Date:03/10/1951
Freedom School
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Release Date:05/05/1951
愛情の旋風
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Release Date:10/02/1951
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Character:Koyabu
Release Date:14/10/1950
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
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Release Date:15/06/1950
Till We Meet Again
Character:Suga Ono
Release Date:21/03/1950
Four Seasons of Women
Character:Osone
Release Date:27/02/1950
Late Spring
Character:Masa Taguchi
Release Date:13/09/1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Character:Oshin
Release Date:16/07/1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Character:Oshin
Release Date:05/07/1949
G-Men of Japan
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Release Date:12/10/1948
Great X
Character:Taka
Release Date:07/05/1948
Temptation
Character:Tokie
Release Date:01/04/1948
Children Hand in Hand
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Release Date:30/03/1948
Three-Fingered Detective
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Release Date:09/12/1947
Spring Awakens
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Release Date:02/11/1947
No Regrets for Our Youth
Character:Madame Noge
Release Date:29/10/1946
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
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Release Date:28/03/1946
Morning for the Osone Family
Character:Fusako Osone
Release Date:21/02/1946
Umi o yobu koe
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Release Date:25/10/1945
Kanchō umi no bara
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Release Date:22/02/1945
Umi no tora
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Release Date:08/02/1945
Army
Character:Setsu
Release Date:07/12/1944
The Day England Falls
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Release Date:19/11/1942
Tale of Jiro
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Release Date:11/12/1941
A Diary of Our Love
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Release Date:07/11/1941
White Heron
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Release Date:09/09/1941
Ōhinata-mura
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Release Date:30/10/1940
Spring on Leper's Island
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Release Date:31/07/1940
Wedding Day
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Release Date:20/03/1940
Nightingale
Character:Midwife Yae
Release Date:09/11/1938
The Lights of Asakusa
Character:Marieda Matsushima
Release Date:02/12/1937
Namiko
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Release Date:19/05/1932
Television Appearances
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