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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 Yas…
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- Tokyo Story (1953) as Shige Kaneko
- Red Beard (1965) as Kin, the madam
- Kwaidan (1965) as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
- Late Spring (1949) as Masa Taguchi
- The Three Treasures (1959) as Narrator
- Samurai Assassin (1965) as Tsuru
- The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992) as Kafu's Mother
- Good Morning (1959) as Kikue Haraguchi
- An Autumn Afternoon (1962) as Tomoko Sakuma
- Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) as Kayo Tani
- The Gambler's Code (1961) as Oroku
- No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) as Madame Noge
- The End of Summer (1961) as Katou Shige
- Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) as Princess Yen-chun
- The Wiser Age (1962) as Aki
- You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955) as Masao's mother
- The Romance of Yushima (1955) Cast
- Early Summer (1951) as Tami Yabe
- Tokyo Twilight (1957) as Shigeko Takeuchi
- Summer Clouds (1958) as Mother
- Floating Weeds (1959) as Oyoshi
- An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) Cast
- Flowing (1956) as Someka
- Buddha (1961) as Vaidehi
- Early Spring (1956) as Tamako Tamura
- Sunflower Girl (1953) Cast
- The Fossil (1975) as Itsuki's stepmother
- Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949) as Oshin
- Fireworks Over the Sea (1951) as Kono Kujirai
- Kin no tamago: Golden Girl (1952) Cast
- Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949) as Oshin
- G-Men of Japan (1948) Cast
- Samurai of the Great Earth (1956) Cast
- Great X (1948) as Taka
- Army (1944) as Setsu
- I Lived, But... (1983) as Self
- An Early Autumn (1987) Cast
- The Scent of Incense (1964) as Taromaru
- Late Chrysanthemums (1954) as Kin
- With Beauty and Sorrow (1965) as Otoko's Mother
- The Petrified Forest (1973) Cast
- Repast (1951) as Matsu Murata
- The Story of Shunkin (1954) Cast
- The Broken Commandment (1962) as School master's wife
- Akumyo: Notorious Dragon (1974) Cast
- Till Tomorrow Is (1962) Cast
- Forbidden Path (1952) Cast
- The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967) Cast
- Beauty the Enemy (1959) as Fusa Yoshino
- Deep River Melody (1960) Cast
- The Crowded Train (1957) as Otome, the mother
- Sakura-tai Chiru (1988) Cast
- Policeman's Diary (1955) as Moyo Sugita
- Listen to the Voices of the Sea (1950) Cast
- The Navy (1963) Cast
- The Conspirator (1961) Cast
- Three-Fingered Detective (1947) Cast
- Four Seasons of Women (1950) as Osone
- The Lights of Asakusa (1937) as Marieda Matsushima
- Beauty of Life (1951) Cast
- Slave Factory (1968) Cast
- A Last Note (1995) as Yoko Morimoto
- Kanchō umi no bara (1945) Cast
- The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958) as Sonoe
- Temptation (1948) as Tokie
- Musume to watashi (1962) Cast
- Spring Awakens (1947) Cast
- The Daphne (1966) as Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
- The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960) as Pickpocket Haruko
- Goodbye to Glory (1960) as Fukunaga's mother Yuki
- Till We Meet Again (1950) as Suga Ono
- Mother (1963) as Yoshie
- A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946) Cast
- Life of Geisha (1955) Cast
- Wedding Day (1940) Cast
- Fossil (1972) as Mother-in-Law
- White Heron (1941) Cast
- Morning for the Osone Family (1946) as Fusako Osone
- Freedom School (1951) Cast
- Their Legacy (1962) Cast
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Most-watched Haruko Sugimura films currently: Tokyo Story (1953), Red Beard (1965), Kwaidan (1965), Late Spring (1949), The Three Treasures (1959).
What TV shows has Haruko Sugimura appeared in?
Selected TV credits: An Early Autumn (1987), Fossil (1972), Second generation (1970), 雪の華 (1973).
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