
Known for
Acting
Born
January 6, 1909
Birthplace
Hiroshima, Japan
Died
April 4, 1997 (aged 88)
Haruko Sugimura (杉村 春子, 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.
1995
as Self
1995
as Yoko Morimoto
1992
as Kafu's Mother
1988
1987
1983
as Self
1975
as Itsuki's stepmother
1974
1973
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
as Narrator (voice)
1966
as Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
1965
as Ine's Mother
1965
as Kin, the madam
1965
as Otoko's Mother
1965
as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
1965
as Tsuru
1964
as Hatsu Mimura
1964
as Taromaru
1963
as Yoshie