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 Mizog...
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.
Movies (Cast)
Tokyo Story
Kwaidan
Red Beard
Early Summer
An Autumn Afternoon
Floating Weeds
The Petrified Forest
Late Spring
The End of Summer
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
An Inlet of Muddy Water
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
The Fossil
Samurai Assassin
The Three Treasures
Army
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Early Spring
Tokyo Twilight
Summer Clouds
Repast
The Wiser Age
With Beauty and Sorrow
The Broken Commandment
The Woman Who Touched Legs
The Scent of Incense
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Flowing
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
A Last Note
Late Chrysanthemums
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Till We Meet Again
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Fireworks Over the Sea
The Lights of Asakusa
The Story of Shunkin
Mother
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
The Gambler's Code
The Romance of Yushima
Morning for the Osone Family
Deep River Melody
Temptation
The Crowded Train
The Conspirator
Runway to Hell
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Spring Awakens
Policeman's Diary
Spring on Leper's Island
No Regrets for Our Youth
Good Morning
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