Actor
Haruko Sugimura
Born 6 January 1909 · Hiroshima, Japan — died 4 April 1997
Haruko Sugimura (1909–1997) was a Japanese stage and film actress admired for her naturalistic, finely observed performances. She was a regular in Yasujiro Ozu's films and also worked often with Mikio Naruse. Western audiences know her best as the brisk, self-interested daughter Shige in Ozu's Tokyo Story.
Key films
Tokyo Story (1953)On Cinespective
Her best-known role: Shige, the hairdresser daughter, in Ozu's acclaimed family drama.
Late Spring (1949)
An early Ozu collaboration, and a landmark of postwar Japanese cinema.
Early Summer (1951)
Another Ozu family drama that showed her place in his regular ensemble.
Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
A major Naruse film that shows her range in the work of Ozu's contemporary.
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Appears in Ozu's final film, closing out their long collaboration.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 121
- 1932NamikoActor
- 1937The Lights of Asakusa · as Marieda MatsushimaActor
- 1938Nightingale · as Midwife YaeActor
- 1940Spring on Leper's IslandActor
- 1940Ōhinata-muraActor
- 1940Wedding DayActor
- 1941The Tale of JiroActor
- 1941White HeronActor
- 1941A Diary of Our LoveActor
- 1942The Day England FallsActor
- 1942YamasandōActor
- 1944Army · as SetsuActor
- 1944Mother of a Baby EagleActor
- 1945Kanchō umi no baraActor
- 1945Umi o yobu koeActor
- 1945Umi no toraActor
- 1946No Regrets for Our Youth · as Madame NogeActor
- 1946Morning for the Osone Family · as Fusako OsoneActor
- 1946A Descendant of Urashima TaroActor
- 1946Kigeki wa owarinuActor
- 1947Spring AwakensActor
- 1947Three-Fingered DetectiveActor
- 1948Temptation · as TokieActor
- 1948Children Hand in HandActor
- 1948Black Cloud RoadActor
- 1948Great X · as TakaActor
- 1948G-Men of JapanActor
- 1949Late Spring · as Masa TaguchiActor
- 1949Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 · as OshinActor
- 1949Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 · as OshinActor
- 1950Till We Meet Again · as Suga OnoActor
- 1950Listen to the Voices of the SeaActor
- 1950The Rainbow-Colored Flower · as KoyabuActor
- 1950Four Seasons of Women · as OsoneActor
- 1951Early Summer · as Tami YabeActor
- 1951Repast · as Matsu MurataActor
- 1951Fireworks Over the Sea · as Kono KujiraiActor
- 1951Beauty of LifeActor
- 1951Freedom SchoolActor
- 1951愛情の旋風Actor
- 1952Forbidden PathActor
- 1952Kin no tamago: Golden GirlActor
- 1952Toki no teizo: SōshūbanActor
- 1952The Wind Blows Twice · as OritsuActor
- 1952A Meeting of Youths · as TamiyoActor
- 1953Tokyo Story · as Shige KanekoActor
- 1953An Inlet of Muddy WaterActor
- 1953Sunflower GirlActor
- 1953Reminiscence · as ChikakoActor
- 1953Muntinlupa: Song of NostalgiaActor
- 1953Koshō musukoActor
- 1954Late Chrysanthemums · as KinActor
- 1954The Story of ShunkinActor
- 1954The Glorious DaysActor
- 1954Geisha Konatsu · as Raku KamiokaActor
- 1955Princess Yang Kwei-fei · as Princess Yen-chunActor
- 1955She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum · as Masao's motherActor
- 1955Policeman's Diary · as Moyo SugitaActor
- 1955The Romance of YushimaActor
- 1955Life of GeishaActor
- 1955The Tears of Geisha KonatsuActor
- 1955Kokoro ni hana no saku hi madeActor
- 1956Early Spring · as Tamako TamuraActor
- 1956Flowing · as SomekaActor
- 1956Samurai of the Great EarthActor
- 1956Yonjū-hassai no teikōActor
- 1957Tokyo Twilight · as Shigeko TakeuchiActor
- 1957The Crowded Train · as Otome, the motherActor
- 1957Hadaka no MachiActor
- 1958Summer Clouds · as MotherActor
- 1958The Spell of the Hidden Gold · as SonoeActor
- 1958Flower's Yearning · as Ikegami RieActor
- 1958Sorrow Is Only for WomenActor
- 1959Good Morning · as Kikue HaraguchiActor
- 1959Floating Weeds · as OyoshiActor
- 1959The Three Treasures · as NarratorActor
- 1959Beauty the Enemy · as Fusa YoshinoActor
- 1959The RokumeikanActor
- 1959Pilgrimage at Night · as OsaiActor
- 1960Daughters, Wives and a Mother · as Kayo TaniActor
- 1960Runway to Hell · as OkumaActor
- 1960The Woman Who Touched Legs · as Pickpocket HarukoActor
- 1960Deep River MelodyActor
- 1960Goodbye to Glory · as Fukunaga's mother YukiActor
- 1960BananaActor
- 1961The End of Summer · as Katou ShigeActor
- 1961The ConspiratorActor
- 1961The Gambler's Code · as OrokuActor
- 1961Buddha · as VaidehiActor
- 1961The RokumeikanActor
- 1962An Autumn Afternoon · as Tomoko SakumaActor
- 1962The Broken Commandment · as School master's wifeActor
- 1962The Wiser Age · as AkiActor
- 1962Their LegacyActor
- 1962Musume to watashiActor
- 1962Till Tomorrow IsActor
- 1962Jun'ai monogatari kusa no miActor
- 1963Mother · as YoshieActor
- 1963Youth After School · as AyakoActor
- 1963The NavyActor
- 1963JidanyaActor
- 1964The Scent of Incense · as TaromaruActor
- 1964Night Scandal · as Hatsu MimuraActor
- 1965Kwaidan · as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")Actor
- 1965Red Beard · as Kin, the madamActor
- 1965Samurai Assassin · as TsuruActor
- 1965With Beauty and Sorrow · as Otoko's MotherActor
- 1965Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi · as Ine's MotherActor
- 1966The Daphne · as Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)Actor
- 1967The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1968Slave FactoryActor
- 1969Only ChildActor
- 1971Onna no hanamichiActor
- 1973The Petrified ForestActor
- 1974Akumyo: Notorious DragonActor
- 1975The Fossil · as Itsuki's stepmotherActor
- 1983I Lived, But... · as SelfActor
- 1988Sakura-tai ChiruActor
- 1992The Strange Tale of Oyuki · as Kafu's MotherActor
- 1995A Last Note · as Yoko MorimotoActor
- 1995The Written Face · as SelfActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.