As Actor
A Last Note
1995
7.0
Haruko Sugimura
Acting
Born
January 7, 1909
Born in
Hiroshima, Japan
Died
April 4, 1997
Bio
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.
Movies & Shows
As Actor
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
1992
8.0
As Actor
Sakura-tai Chiru
1988
5.7
As Actor
I Lived, But...
1983
6.5
As Actor
The Fossil
1975
6.8
As Actor
The Petrified Forest
1973
6.5
As Actor
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
5.7
As Actor
Samurai Assassin
1965
7.3
As Actor
The Scent of Incense
1964
7.2
As Actor
Mother
1963
6.8
As Actor
The Broken Commandment
1962
6.6
As Actor
The Wiser Age
1962
7.3
As Actor
The End of Summer
1961
7.5
As Actor
The Gambler's Code
1961
6.5
As Actor
Deep River Melody
1960
6.0
As Actor
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
6.0
As Actor
Runway to Hell
1960
6.5
As Actor
Floating Weeds
1959
7.5
As Actor
Good Morning
1959
7.7
As Actor
Summer Clouds
1958
7.5