Sumiko Haneda
Known for
Directing
Born
January 3, 1926 (age 100)
Birthplace
Dalian, Liaoning province, China
Biography
Born 1926 in Dalian, China, Sumiko Haneda graduated from Jiyu Gakuen, and joined Iwanami Productions at its founding. She has been involved in over eighty documentaries, starting with Women’s College in the Village (1957). After The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms (1977) she took to independent filmmaking, and has made over ten films including Ode to Mt. Hayachine (1982), How to Care for the Senile (1986), Getting Old without Anxiety (1990) and Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho (2001). She participated as a juror in the International Competition in YIDFF ’99.
Best known work
Island of Loves
1982
The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China
2009
Children in the Classroom
1954
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
1977
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002
The Poem of Hayachine Valley
1982
Getting Old without Anxiety
1990
How to Care for the Senile
1986
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
1992
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
2004Filmography
2012
2011
Far-Away Home: Lushun and DalianDirector
2009
2007
All's Well That Ends WellDirector
2006
The Takanosu-machi ThereafterDirector, Editor
2004
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka TokiwaDirector, Writer
2004
Women Make Filmsas Self
2002
2002
2000
問題はこれからです 続住民が選択した町の福祉Director
1997
1996
1992
Kabuki Actor Kataoka NizaemonDirector
1990
Getting Old without AnxietyDirector
1986
How to Care for the SenileDirector
1985
Akiko: Portrait of a DancerDirector
1982
Island of LovesDialogue
1982
The Poem of Hayachine ValleyScreenplay, Director
1981
Hayachine Kagura no SatoDirector, Editor
1977
The Cherry Tree with Gray BlossomsWriter, Director, Editor
1976
Ima genshiryoku hatsuden waDirector
1971
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-TempleDirector, Screenplay
1968
The Cabbage ButterflyWriter, Director
1961
1958
Beauty of the AncientsDirector