Acting · Hiroshima, Japan · Born January 6, 1909
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.
MovieThe Written Face
1995
as Self
MovieA Last Note
1995
as Yoko Morimoto
MovieThe Strange Tale of Oyuki
1992
as Kafu's Mother
MovieSakura-tai Chiru
1988
TVAn Early Autumn
1987
MovieI Lived, But...
1983
as Self
MovieThe Fossil
1975
as Itsuki's stepmother
MovieAkumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974
雪の華
1973
MovieThe Petrified Forest
1973
TVFossil
1972
as Mother-in-Law
MovieOnna no hanamichi
1971
TVSecond generation
1970
MovieOnly Child
1969
MovieSlave Factory
1968
MovieThe Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
MovieThe Daphne
1966
as Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
MovieRokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
as Ine's Mother
MovieRed Beard
1965
as Kin, the madam
MovieWith Beauty and Sorrow
1965
as Otoko's Mother
MovieKwaidan
1965
as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
MovieSamurai Assassin
1965
as Tsuru
MovieNight Scandal
1964
as Hatsu Mimura
MovieThe Scent of Incense
1964
as Taromaru
MovieMother
1963
as Yoshie
MovieJidanya
1963
MovieThe Navy
1963
MovieYouth After School
1963
as Ayako
MovieAn Autumn Afternoon
1962
as Tomoko Sakuma
MovieJun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
MovieThe Broken Commandment
1962
as School master's wife
MovieMusume to watashi
1962
MovieTill Tomorrow Is
1962
MovieThe Wiser Age
1962
as Aki
MovieTheir Legacy
1962
The Rokumeikan
1961
MovieThe Conspirator
1961
MovieBuddha
1961
as Vaidehi
MovieThe End of Summer
1961
as Katou Shige
MovieThe Gambler's Code
1961
as Oroku
MovieDeep River Melody
1960
MovieThe Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
as Pickpocket Haruko
MovieDaughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
as Kayo Tani
MovieRunway to Hell
1960
as Okuma
MovieBanana
1960
MovieGoodbye to Glory
1960
as Fukunaga's mother Yuki
MovieFloating Weeds
1959
as Oyoshi
MovieThe Three Treasures
1959
as Narrator
MovieBeauty the Enemy
1959
as Fusa Yoshino
The Rokumeikan
1959
MovieGood Morning
1959
as Kikue Haraguchi
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958
as Sonoe
MovieSummer Clouds
1958
as Mother
MovieFlower's Yearning
1958
as Ikegami Rie
MovieHadaka no Machi
1957
MovieTokyo Twilight
1957
as Shigeko Takeuchi
MovieThe Crowded Train
1957
as Otome, the mother
MovieFlowing
1956
as Someka
MovieEarly Spring
1956
as Tamako Tamura
MovieSamurai of the Great Earth
1956
MovieShe Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
as Masao's mother
MovieThe Romance of Yushima
1955
MoviePrincess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
as Princess Yen-chun
MovieKokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
MoviePoliceman's Diary
1955
as Moyo Sugita
Life of Geisha
1955
MovieThe Story of Shunkin
1954
MovieLate Chrysanthemums
1954
as Kin
MovieThe Glorious Days
1954
MovieGeisha Konatsu
1954
as Raku Kamioka
MovieAn Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
MovieTokyo Story
1953
as Shige Kaneko
MovieMuntinlupa: Song of Nostalgia
1953
MovieKoshō musuko
1953
MovieSunflower Girl
1953
MovieReminiscence
1953
as Chikako
MovieToki no teizo: Sōshūban
1952
MovieForbidden Path
1952
MovieKin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
MovieThe Wind Blows Twice
1952
MovieA Meeting of Youths
1952
as Tamiyo
MovieBeauty of Life
1951
MovieRepast
1951
as Matsu Murata
MovieFireworks Over the Sea
1951
as Kono Kujirai
MovieEarly Summer
1951
as Tami Yabe
MovieFreedom School
1951
愛情の旋風
1951
MovieThe Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
as Koyabu
MovieListen to the Voices of the Sea
1950
MovieTill We Meet Again
1950
as Suga Ono
MovieFour Seasons of Women
1950
as Osone
MovieLate Spring
1949
as Masa Taguchi
MovieYotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949
as Oshin
MovieYotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949
as Oshin
MovieBlack Cloud Road
1948
MovieG-Men of Japan
1948
MovieGreat X
1948
as Taka
MovieTemptation
1948
as Tokie
MovieChildren Hand in Hand
1948
MovieThree-Fingered Detective
1947
MovieSpring Awakens
1947
MovieNo Regrets for Our Youth
1946
as Madame Noge
MovieA Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
MovieMorning for the Osone Family
1946
as Fusako Osone
Kigeki wa owarinu
1946
Umi o yobu koe
1945
Kanchō umi no bara
1945
Umi no tora
1945
MovieArmy
1944
as Setsu
MovieMother of a Baby Eagle
1944
MovieThe Day England Falls
1942
Yamasandō
1942
MovieThe Tale of Jiro
1941
MovieA Diary of Our Love
1941
MovieWhite Heron
1941
Ōhinata-mura
1940
MovieSpring on Leper's Island
1940
MovieWedding Day
1940
MovieNightingale
1938
as Midwife Yae
MovieThe Lights of Asakusa
1937
as Marieda Matsushima
MovieNamiko
1932
