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
- Kwaidan (1965) as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
- Late Spring (1949) as Masa Taguchi
- The End of Summer (1961) as Katou Shige
- An Autumn Afternoon (1962) as Tomoko Sakuma
- Early Spring (1956) as Tamako Tamura
- Tokyo Twilight (1957) as Shigeko Takeuchi
- Good Morning (1959) as Kikue Haraguchi
- Repast (1951) as Matsu Murata
- Floating Weeds (1959) as Oyoshi
- The Tears of Geisha Konatsu (1955) Cast
- Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) as Princess Yen-chun
- Children Hand in Hand (1948) Cast
- Fossil (1972) as Mother-in-Law
- The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960) as Pickpocket Haruko
- Runway to Hell (1960) as Okuma
- No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) as Madame Noge
- Geisha Konatsu (1954) as Raku Kamioka
- Early Summer (1951) as Tami Yabe
- The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958) as Sonoe
- Their Legacy (1962) Cast
- The Written Face (1995) as Self
- The Three Treasures (1959) as Narrator
- 雪の華 (1973) Cast
- Samurai Assassin (1965) as Tsuru
- Yonjū-hassai no teikō (1956) Cast
- Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949) as Oshin
- Koshō musuko (1953) Cast
- The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967) Cast
- The Scent of Incense (1964) as Taromaru
- The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992) as Kafu's Mother
- Policeman's Diary (1955) as Moyo Sugita
- Hadaka no Machi (1957) Cast
- An Early Autumn (1987) Cast
- Flowing (1956) as Someka
- Morning for the Osone Family (1946) as Fusako Osone
- The Fossil (1975) as Itsuki's stepmother
- G-Men of Japan (1948) Cast
- Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made (1955) Cast
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Most-watched Haruko Sugimura films currently: Tokyo Story (1953), Red Beard (1965), Kwaidan (1965), Late Spring (1949), The End of Summer (1961).
What TV shows has Haruko Sugimura appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Fossil (1972), 雪の華 (1973), An Early Autumn (1987), Second generation (1970).
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