As Actor
Tokyo Twilight
1957
7.7
Haruko Sugimura
Acting
Born
January 7, 1909
Place of Birth
Hiroshima, Japan
Deceased
April 4, 1997
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.
The Filmography
As Actor
The Crowded Train
1957
6.8
As Actor
Flowing
1956
7.1
As Actor
Early Spring
1956
7.5
As Actor
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
7.0
As Actor
The Romance of Yushima
1955
6.0
As Actor
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
6.7
As Actor
Policeman's Diary
1955
6.5
As Actor
The Story of Shunkin
1954
5.0
As Actor
Late Chrysanthemums
1954
7.3
As Actor
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
6.1
As Actor
Tokyo Story
1953
8.2
As Actor
Repast
1951
7.5
As Actor
Early Summer
1951
7.8
As Actor
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
1.0
As Actor
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950
7.0
As Actor
Till We Meet Again
1950
6.3
As Actor
Late Spring
1949
8.0
As Actor
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949
6.7
As Actor
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949
6.7