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Haruko Sugimura

Cast & creator

Haruko Sugimura

1909-01-06 (died at 88) Hiroshima, JapanIMDb

Best known for Late Spring, Red Beard, Tokyo Story

Haruko Sugimura (杉村春子, 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.

Also known as: هاروکو سوگیمورا

Movies

121

film credits

Series

4

television credits

Career

125

1932–1995 · acting roles

Credit score

7.5

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Late Spring

Late Spring

Masa Taguchi · 1949

Red Beard

Red Beard

Kin, the madam · 1965

Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

Shige Kaneko · 1953

The End of Summer

The End of Summer

Katou Shige · 1961

Kwaidan

Kwaidan

Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea") · 1965

Across film & television

Filmography (125)

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Showing 125 of 125 credits

Late Spring

Late Spring

Masa Taguchi

Red Beard

Red Beard

Kin, the madam

Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

Shige Kaneko

The End of Summer

The End of Summer

Katou Shige

Kwaidan

Kwaidan

Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Good Morning

Good Morning

Kikue Haraguchi

An Autumn Afternoon

An Autumn Afternoon

Tomoko Sakuma

Repast

Repast

Matsu Murata

No Regrets for Our Youth

No Regrets for Our Youth

Madame Noge

Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds

Oyoshi

Tokyo Twilight

Tokyo Twilight

Shigeko Takeuchi

The Strange Tale of Oyuki

The Strange Tale of Oyuki

Kafu's Mother

Samurai Assassin

Samurai Assassin

Tsuru

Early Summer

Early Summer

Tami Yabe

Early Spring

Early Spring

Tamako Tamura

The Tears of Geisha Konatsu

The Tears of Geisha Konatsu

Summer Clouds

Summer Clouds

Mother

The Three Treasures

The Three Treasures

Narrator

Muntinlupa: Song of Nostalgia

Muntinlupa: Song of Nostalgia

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Princess Yen-chun

Fossil

Fossil

Mother-in-Law

Yonjū-hassai no teikō

Yonjū-hassai no teikō

The Written Face

The Written Face

Self

Flowing

Flowing

Someka

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Kayo Tani

The Woman Who Touched Legs

The Woman Who Touched Legs

Pickpocket Haruko

The Fossil

The Fossil

Itsuki's stepmother

Late Chrysanthemums

Late Chrysanthemums

Kin

The Scent of Incense

The Scent of Incense

Taromaru

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

Narrator (voice)

An Early Autumn

An Early Autumn

The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest

Runway to Hell

Runway to Hell

Okuma

G-Men of Japan

G-Men of Japan

The Broken Commandment

The Broken Commandment

School master's wife

Black Cloud Road

Black Cloud Road

Geisha Konatsu

Geisha Konatsu

Raku Kamioka

The Crowded Train

The Crowded Train

Otome, the mother

Night Scandal

Night Scandal

Hatsu Mimura

Buddha

Buddha

Vaidehi

I Lived, But...

I Lived, But...

Self

Yamasandō

Mother

Mother

Yoshie

Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made

Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

Sonoe

Deep River Melody

Deep River Melody

Toki no teizo: Sōshūban

Toki no teizo: Sōshūban

The Conspirator

The Conspirator

The Rainbow-Colored Flower

The Rainbow-Colored Flower

Koyabu

An Inlet of Muddy Water

An Inlet of Muddy Water

Army

Army

Setsu

With Beauty and Sorrow

With Beauty and Sorrow

Otoko's Mother

Reminiscence

Reminiscence

Chikako

Pilgrimage at Night

Pilgrimage at Night

Osai

The Wiser Age

The Wiser Age

Aki

雪の華

Hadaka no Machi

Hadaka no Machi

The Daphne

The Daphne

Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

Masao's mother

Morning for the Osone Family

Morning for the Osone Family

Fusako Osone

Second generation

Second generation

Till We Meet Again

Till We Meet Again

Suga Ono

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

Oshin

Youth After School

Youth After School

Ayako

Koshō musuko

Koshō musuko

A Last Note

A Last Note

Yoko Morimoto

Samurai of the Great Earth

Samurai of the Great Earth

Nightingale

Nightingale

Midwife Yae

Till Tomorrow Is

Till Tomorrow Is

Mother of a Baby Eagle

Mother of a Baby Eagle

Policeman's Diary

Policeman's Diary

Moyo Sugita

Children Hand in Hand

Children Hand in Hand

Fireworks Over the Sea

Fireworks Over the Sea

Kono Kujirai

The Gambler's Code

The Gambler's Code

Oroku

Three-Fingered Detective

Three-Fingered Detective

The Navy

The Navy

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

Oshin

Sunflower Girl

Sunflower Girl

Slave Factory

Slave Factory

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

Jidanya

Jidanya

Beauty the Enemy

Beauty the Enemy

Fusa Yoshino

Kigeki wa owarinu

Sorrow Is Only for Women

Sorrow Is Only for Women

The Romance of Yushima

The Romance of Yushima

Four Seasons of Women

Four Seasons of Women

Osone

Listen to the Voices of the Sea

Listen to the Voices of the Sea

Great X

Great X

Taka

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

Onna no hanamichi

Onna no hanamichi

The Glorious Days

The Glorious Days

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

Ine's Mother

Flower's Yearning

Flower's Yearning

Ikegami Rie

The Day England Falls

The Day England Falls

Sakura-tai Chiru

Sakura-tai Chiru

The Story of Shunkin

The Story of Shunkin

Musume to watashi

Musume to watashi

Spring Awakens

Spring Awakens

Their Legacy

Their Legacy

Goodbye to Glory

Goodbye to Glory

Fukunaga's mother Yuki

Banana

Banana

A Meeting of Youths

A Meeting of Youths

Tamiyo

Life of Geisha

The Wind Blows Twice

The Wind Blows Twice

Oritsu

Temptation

Temptation

Tokie

Umi no tora

The Lights of Asakusa

The Lights of Asakusa

Marieda Matsushima

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

Freedom School

Freedom School

Namiko

Namiko

Spring on Leper's Island

Spring on Leper's Island

Forbidden Path

Forbidden Path

Beauty of Life

Beauty of Life

The Rokumeikan

Wedding Day

Wedding Day

Kanchō umi no bara

Ōhinata-mura

Only Child

Only Child

愛情の旋風

Umi o yobu koe

The Rokumeikan

A Diary of Our Love

A Diary of Our Love

The Tale of Jiro

The Tale of Jiro

White Heron

White Heron