About
Haruko Sugimura (杉村 春子, 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.
Known for
Red BeardMovie • 1965
Tokyo StoryMovie • 1953
Late SpringMovie • 1949
KwaidanMovie • 1965
The End of SummerMovie • 1961
An Autumn AfternoonMovie • 1962
Good MorningMovie • 1959
RepastMovie • 1951
Tokyo TwilightMovie • 1957
Princess Yang Kwei-feiMovie • 1955
Early SummerMovie • 1951
Early SpringMovie • 1956
Samurai AssassinMovie • 1965
Floating WeedsMovie • 1959
No Regrets for Our YouthMovie • 1946
Late ChrysanthemumsMovie • 1954
FlowingMovie • 1956