Portrait of Haruko Sugimura

Acting

Haruko Sugimura

Career

Active from 1938 to 1995, with a break from 1974 to 1986, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score77/100
Highest rated
Poster for Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Haruko Sugimura Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.1, average 4.8
  • Crime
    1.0, average 3.6
  • Violence
    2.1, average 4.1
  • Mystery
    2.2, average 4.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 9
  • Post-War Japan 8
  • Character-Driven 7
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Japanese Cinema 4
  • Melancholy Tone 3
  • Melancholic Tone 3
  • Classic Cinema 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Intergenerational Conflict 2
  • Quietly Devastating 2
  • Masterful Direction 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

65
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

2 titles · average score 72
A Last Note
A Last Note (1995)
GoodWatch score 75

as Yoko Morimoto

The Strange Tale of Oyuki
The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992)
GoodWatch score 70

as Kafu's Mother

1980s

1 title
An Early Autumn
An Early Autumn (1987)

TV show

1970s

4 titles · average score 73
The Fossil
The Fossil (1975)
GoodWatch score 73

as Itsuki's stepmother

雪の華
雪の華 (1973)

TV show

Fossil
Fossil (1972)

TV show · as Mother-in-Law

Second generation
Second generation (1970)

TV show

1960s

21 titles · average score 75
With Beauty and Sorrow
With Beauty and Sorrow (1965)
GoodWatch score 62

as Otoko's Mother

Red Beard
Red Beard (1965)
GoodWatch score 84

as Kin, the madam

Kwaidan
Kwaidan (1965)
GoodWatch score 78

as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi (1965)

as Ine's Mother

The Scent of Incense
The Scent of Incense (1964)

as Taromaru

Mother
Mother (1963)

as Yoshie

The Wiser Age
The Wiser Age (1962)
GoodWatch score 73

as Aki

An Autumn Afternoon
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
GoodWatch score 88

as Tomoko Sakuma

The Gambler's Code
The Gambler's Code (1961)

as Oroku

The End of Summer
The End of Summer (1961)
GoodWatch score 77

as Katou Shige

The Woman Who Touched Legs
The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960)

as Pickpocket Haruko

Runway to Hell
Runway to Hell (1960)

as Okuma

1950s

27 titles · average score 79
Good Morning
Good Morning (1959)
GoodWatch score 86

as Kikue Haraguchi

Floating Weeds
Floating Weeds (1959)
GoodWatch score 88

as Oyoshi

Summer Clouds
Summer Clouds (1958)
GoodWatch score 83

as Mother

Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
GoodWatch score 86

as Shigeko Takeuchi

The Crowded Train
The Crowded Train (1957)

as Otome, the mother

Early Spring
Early Spring (1956)
GoodWatch score 80

as Tamako Tamura

Flowing
Flowing (1956)
GoodWatch score 73

as Someka

Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
GoodWatch score 71

as Princess Yen-chun

Late Chrysanthemums
Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
GoodWatch score 77

as Kin

Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story (1953)
GoodWatch score 92

as Shige Kaneko

Repast
Repast (1951)
GoodWatch score 76

as Matsu Murata

Early Summer
Early Summer (1951)
GoodWatch score 89

as Tami Yabe

1940s

8 titles · average score 73
Late Spring
Late Spring (1949)
GoodWatch score 89

as Masa Taguchi

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949)
GoodWatch score 67

as Oshin

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949)
GoodWatch score 66

as Oshin

Temptation
Temptation (1948)

as Tokie

Great X
Great X (1948)

as Taka

Morning for the Osone Family
Morning for the Osone Family (1946)
GoodWatch score 68

as Fusako Osone

No Regrets for Our Youth
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
GoodWatch score 85

as Madame Noge

Army
Army (1944)
GoodWatch score 66

as Setsu

1930s

2 titles
Nightingale
Nightingale (1938)

as Midwife Yae

The Lights of Asakusa
The Lights of Asakusa (1937)

as Marieda Matsushima