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Haruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura, born as Haruko Nakano on January 6, 1909 in Hiroshima, Japan was a famous Japanese stage and film actress. She was particularly recognised for her work in films by Yasujirō Ozu and Mikio Naruse from late 1940s to early 1960s. Sugimura was adopted by affluent lumber dealers, who introduced her to the worlds of classical Japanese arts, western ballet, and opera. In her early life, she joined the Tsukiji Shōgekijō (Tsukiji Little Theatre), Tokyo, in 1927, and the Bungakuza theatre company in 1937, with which she remained affiliated until her retirement in 1996.
Sugimura began her film career in 1932 in Eizo Tanaka's Namiko, and by the end of the war had acted in about 20 films. Her critically acclaimed roles included the elderly couple's hairdresser daughter, Shige, in Ozu's Tokyo Story, Naruse's Late Chrysanthemums and Tadashi Imai's An Inlet of Muddy Water. Stage-wise, her performance as Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Gertrude in Hamlet and Asako Kageyama in Yukio Mishima's Rokumeikan were acclaimed. In recognition of her contribution to art, she received numerous awards, including the Japan Art Academy Prize and the Asahi Prize. In 1992, she was awarded the honorary citizenship of the city of Tokyo.
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Given Name: Haruko Nakano
Born: Hiroshima, Japan
Citizenship: Japanese
Birthday: January 6, 1909
Occupations: Actress
Years Active: 1927-1996
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Movies Featuring Haruko Sugimura
Tokyo Story
Early Spring
Early Summer
Tokyo Twilight
Good Morning
The End of Summer
Late Spring (1949)
I Lived, But…
Sakura-tai Chiru
The Written Face
Mother
Flowing
Buddha
Late Chrysanthemums
Temptation
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Spring Awakens
Early Summer
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Tokyo Story
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
An Inlet of Muddy Water
The Scent of Incense
A Last Note
Morning for the Osone Family
The Broken Commandment
The Lights of Asakusa
Army
No Regrets for Our Youth
Till We Meet Again
The Petrified Forest
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
Kwaidan
Tokyo Twilight
The Three Treasures
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Beauty the Enemy
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Repast
Samurai Assassin
The Crowded Train
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
The Wiser Age
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Good Morning
With Beauty and Sorrow
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Summer Clouds
The Conspirator
Fireworks Over the Sea
Early Spring
Late Spring
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