Where to watch Haruko Sugimura in the UK
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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
- Late Spring (1949) as Masa Taguchi
- Kwaidan (1965) as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
- The Written Face (1995) as Self
- Their Legacy (1962) Cast
- Good Morning (1959) as Kikue Haraguchi
- Children Hand in Hand (1948) Cast
- Hadaka no Machi (1957) Cast
- Toki no teizo: Sōshūban (1952) Cast
- The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960) as Pickpocket Haruko
- Runway to Hell (1960) as Okuma
- An Autumn Afternoon (1962) as Tomoko Sakuma
- The End of Summer (1961) as Katou Shige
- Floating Weeds (1959) as Oyoshi
- Fossil (1972) as Mother-in-Law
- Muntinlupa: Song of Nostalgia (1953) Cast
- Black Cloud Road (1948) Cast
- Early Spring (1956) as Tamako Tamura
- The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992) as Kafu's Mother
- Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) as Princess Yen-chun
- Early Summer (1951) as Tami Yabe
- Tokyo Twilight (1957) as Shigeko Takeuchi
- Samurai Assassin (1965) as Tsuru
- No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) as Madame Noge
- The Three Treasures (1959) as Narrator
- A Meeting of Youths (1952) as Tamiyo
- Banana (1960) Cast
- Yamasandō (1942) Cast
- Reminiscence (1953) as Chikako
- The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958) as Sonoe
- Second generation (1970) Cast
- Buddha (1961) as Vaidehi
- Geisha Konatsu (1954) as Raku Kamioka
- G-Men of Japan (1948) Cast
- Mother (1963) as Yoshie
- Flowing (1956) as Someka
- Mother of a Baby Eagle (1944) Cast
- The Daphne (1966) as Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
- An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) Cast
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Most-watched Haruko Sugimura films currently: Tokyo Story (1953), Red Beard (1965), Late Spring (1949), Kwaidan (1965), The Written Face (1995).
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Selected TV credits: Fossil (1972), Second generation (1970), An Early Autumn (1987).
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