As Actor
A Last Note
1995
7.0
Haruko Sugimura
Acting
Birth date
January 7, 1909
Birth place
Hiroshima, Japan
Death date
April 4, 1997
Biography
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.
Featured in
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The Strange Tale of Oyuki
1992
8.0
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Sakura-tai Chiru
1988
5.7
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I Lived, But...
1983
6.5
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The Fossil
1975
6.8
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The Petrified Forest
1973
6.5
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With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
5.7
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Samurai Assassin
1965
7.3
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The Scent of Incense
1964
7.2
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Mother
1963
6.8
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The Broken Commandment
1962
6.6
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The Wiser Age
1962
7.3
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The End of Summer
1961
7.5
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The Gambler's Code
1961
6.5
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Deep River Melody
1960
6.0
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The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
6.0
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Runway to Hell
1960
6.5
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Floating Weeds
1959
7.5
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Good Morning
1959
7.7
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Summer Clouds
1958
7.5