Haruko Sugimura

Acting

January 6, 1909 – April 4, 1997 (died at 88)

Hiroshima, Japan

Female

111 Movies

4 TV Shows

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.

Tokyo Story

1953 8.2

as Shige Kaneko

Age 44 (now 88)

Late Spring

1949 8.0

as Masa Taguchi

Age 40 (now 88)

Good Morning

1959 7.7

as Kikue Haraguchi

Age 50 (now 88)

Floating Weeds

1959 7.5

as Oyoshi

Age 50 (now 88)

Late Chrysanthemums

1954 7.3

as Kin

Age 45 (now 88)

Early Summer

1951 7.8

as Tami Yabe

Age 42 (now 88)

No Regrets for Our Youth

1946 6.9

as Madame Noge

Age 37 (now 88)

Tokyo Twilight

1957 7.7

as Shigeko Takeuchi

Age 48 (now 88)

Early Spring

1956 7.5

as Tamako Tamura

Age 47 (now 88)

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955 6.7

as Princess Yen-chun

Age 46 (now 88)

The End of Summer

1961 7.5

as Katou Shige

Age 52 (now 88)

Repast

1951 7.5

as Matsu Murata

Age 42 (now 88)

Red Beard

1965 8.1

as Kin, the madam

Age 56 (now 88)

A Last Note

1995 7.1

as Yoko Morimoto

Age 86 (now 88)

Flowing

1956 7.2

as Someka

Age 47 (now 88)

Samurai Assassin

1965 7.4

as Tsuru

Age 55 (now 88)

The Written Face

1995 8.0

as Self

Age 86 (now 88)

A Last Note

1995 7.1

as Yoko Morimoto

Age 86 (now 88)

The Strange Tale of Oyuki

1992 7.8

as Kafu's Mother

Age 83 (now 88)

Sakura-tai Chiru

1988 6.8

Age 79 (now 88)

I Lived, But...

1983 6.8

as Self

Age 74 (now 88)

The Fossil

1975 7.0

as Itsuki's stepmother

Age 66 (now 88)

Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

1974 7.0

Age 65 (now 88)

The Petrified Forest

1973 6.2

Age 64 (now 88)

Onna no hanamichi

1971

Age 62 (now 88)

Only Child

1969

Age 60 (now 88)

Slave Factory

1968 9.0

Age 59 (now 88)

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

1967 6.7

Age 58 (now 88)

The Daphne

1966 10.0

as Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)

Age 57 (now 88)

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

1965 7.0

as Ine's Mother

Age 56 (now 88)

Red Beard

1965 8.1

as Kin, the madam

Age 56 (now 88)

With Beauty and Sorrow

1965 5.7

as Otoko's Mother

Age 56 (now 88)

Kwaidan

1965 7.7

as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Age 56 (now 88)

Samurai Assassin

1965 7.4

as Tsuru

Age 55 (now 88)

Night Scandal

1964 8.0

as Hatsu Mimura

Age 55 (now 88)

The Scent of Incense

1964 7.2

as Taromaru

Age 55 (now 88)

Mother

1963 6.8

as Yoshie

Age 54 (now 88)

Jidanya

1963

Age 54 (now 88)

The Navy

1963

Age 54 (now 88)

Youth After School

1963

as Ayako

Age 54 (now 88)

An Autumn Afternoon

1962 7.9

as Tomoko Sakuma

Age 53 (now 88)

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

1962

Age 53 (now 88)

The Broken Commandment

1962 6.8

as School master's wife

Age 53 (now 88)

Musume to watashi

1962 10.0

Age 53 (now 88)

Till Tomorrow Is

1962 8.0

Age 53 (now 88)

The Wiser Age

1962 7.3

as Aki

Age 53 (now 88)

Their Legacy

1962 10.0

Age 52 (now 88)

The Rokumeikan

1961

Age 52 (now 88)

The Conspirator

1961 6.7

Age 52 (now 88)

Buddha

1961 10.0

as Vaidehi

Age 52 (now 88)

The End of Summer

1961 7.5

as Katou Shige

Age 52 (now 88)

The Gambler's Code

1961 7.2

as Oroku

Age 52 (now 88)

Deep River Melody

1960 6.0

Age 51 (now 88)

The Woman Who Touched Legs

1960 7.0

as Pickpocket Haruko

Age 51 (now 88)

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

1960 7.3

as Kayo Tani

Age 51 (now 88)

Runway to Hell

1960 7.0

as Okuma

Age 51 (now 88)

Banana

1960

Age 51 (now 88)

Goodbye to Glory

1960

as Fukunaga's mother Yuki

Age 51 (now 88)

Floating Weeds

1959 7.5

as Oyoshi

Age 50 (now 88)

The Three Treasures

1959 5.5

as Narrator

Age 50 (now 88)

Beauty the Enemy

1959 9.0

as Fusa Yoshino

Age 50 (now 88)

The Rokumeikan

1959

Age 50 (now 88)

Good Morning

1959 7.7

as Kikue Haraguchi

Age 50 (now 88)

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

1958 6.5

as Sonoe

Age 49 (now 88)

Summer Clouds

1958 7.6

as Mother

Age 49 (now 88)

Flower's Yearning

1958 7.0

as Ikegami Rie

Age 49 (now 88)

Hadaka no Machi

1957

Age 48 (now 88)

Tokyo Twilight

1957 7.7

as Shigeko Takeuchi

Age 48 (now 88)

The Crowded Train

1957 6.8

as Otome, the mother

Age 48 (now 88)

Flowing

1956 7.2

as Someka

Age 47 (now 88)

Early Spring

1956 7.5

as Tamako Tamura

Age 47 (now 88)

Samurai of the Great Earth

1956 7.0

Age 47 (now 88)

You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

1955 7.0

as Masao's mother

Age 46 (now 88)

The Romance of Yushima

1955 8.0

Age 46 (now 88)

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955 6.7

as Princess Yen-chun

Age 46 (now 88)

Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made

1955

Age 46 (now 88)

Policeman's Diary

1955 7.0

as Moyo Sugita

Age 46 (now 88)

Life of Geisha

1955 10.0

Age 46 (now 88)

The Story of Shunkin

1954 6.3

Age 45 (now 88)

Late Chrysanthemums

1954 7.3

as Kin

Age 45 (now 88)

The Glorious Days

1954

Age 45 (now 88)

Geisha Konatsu

1954

as Raku Kamioka

Age 45 (now 88)

An Inlet of Muddy Water

1953 6.3

Age 44 (now 88)

Tokyo Story

1953 8.2

as Shige Kaneko

Age 44 (now 88)

Sunflower Girl

1953 10.0

Age 44 (now 88)

Reminiscence

1953 7.0

as Chikako

Age 44 (now 88)

Forbidden Path

1952 8.0

Age 43 (now 88)

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

1952 9.0

Age 43 (now 88)

The Wind Blows Twice

1952

Age 43 (now 88)

A Meeting of Youths

1952

as Tamiyo

Age 43 (now 88)

Beauty of Life

1951 10.0

Age 42 (now 88)

Repast

1951 7.5

as Matsu Murata

Age 42 (now 88)

Fireworks Over the Sea

1951 5.4

as Kono Kujirai

Age 42 (now 88)

Early Summer

1951 7.8

as Tami Yabe

Age 42 (now 88)

Freedom School

1951 7.0

Age 42 (now 88)

愛

愛情の旋風

1951

Age 42 (now 88)

The Rainbow-Colored Flower

1950 1.0

as Koyabu

Age 41 (now 88)

Listen to the Voices of the Sea

1950 7.5

Age 41 (now 88)

Till We Meet Again

1950 6.7

as Suga Ono

Age 41 (now 88)

Four Seasons of Women

1950 7.0

as Osone

Age 41 (now 88)

Late Spring

1949 8.0

as Masa Taguchi

Age 40 (now 88)

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

1949 6.6

as Oshin

Age 40 (now 88)

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

1949 6.6

as Oshin

Age 40 (now 88)

G-Men of Japan

1948

Age 39 (now 88)

Great X

1948

as Taka

Age 39 (now 88)

Temptation

1948 8.0

as Tokie

Age 39 (now 88)

Children Hand in Hand

1948 7.0

Age 39 (now 88)

Three-Fingered Detective

1947 7.0

Age 38 (now 88)

Spring Awakens

1947 6.8

Age 38 (now 88)

No Regrets for Our Youth

1946 6.9

as Madame Noge

Age 37 (now 88)

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

1946 7.5

Age 37 (now 88)

Morning for the Osone Family

1946 6.7

as Fusako Osone

Age 37 (now 88)

Kigeki wa owarinu

1946

Age 37 (now 88)

Umi o yobu koe

1945

Age 36 (now 88)

Kanchō umi no bara

1945 10.0

Age 36 (now 88)

Umi no tora

1945

Age 36 (now 88)

Army

1944 6.8

as Setsu

Age 35 (now 88)

The Day England Falls

1942 10.0

Age 33 (now 88)

The Tale of Jiro

1941 9.0

Age 32 (now 88)

A Diary of Our Love

1941

Age 32 (now 88)

White Heron

1941 9.0

Age 32 (now 88)

Ōhinata-mura

1940 9.0

Age 31 (now 88)

Spring on Leper's Island

1940 7.3

Age 31 (now 88)

Wedding Day

1940

Age 31 (now 88)

Nightingale

1938 10.0

as Midwife Yae

Age 29 (now 88)

The Lights of Asakusa

1937 6.0

as Marieda Matsushima

Age 28 (now 88)

Namiko

1932

Age 23 (now 88)