Haruko Sugimura
Acting
Born January 6, 1909 · Hiroshima, Japon
Died April 4, 1997
Also known as Харуко Сугимура · هاروکو سوگیمورا · 杉村春子
Biography
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 Yasujiro Ozu's films, appearing in nine of his films.
Awards & recognition
- Person of Cultural Merit · 1974
- Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Supporting Actress · 1952
- Mainichi Film Award — Best Actress
Filmography22 titles
Tokyo Story
Red Beard
Late Spring
An Autumn Afternoon
Early Summer
Kwaidan
Good Morning
Tokyo Twilight
The End of Summer
Floating Weeds
Early Spring
Repast
Late Chrysanthemums
Flowing
You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
No Regrets for Our Youth
Army
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Morning for the Osone Family
The Petrified Forest
With Beauty and Sorrow
Fireworks Over the Sea