Personal Info
Birthday
January 3, 1926
Place of Birth
Dalian, Liaoning province, China
Known For
Directing
Sumiko Haneda
Biography
Born 1926 in Dalian, China, Sumiko Haneda graduated from Jiyu Gakuen, and joined Iwanami Productions at its founding. She has been involved in over eighty documentaries, starting with Women’s College in the Village (1957). After The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms (1977) she took to independent filmmaking, and has made over ten films including Ode to Mt. Hayachine (1982), How to Care for the Senile (1986), Getting Old without Anxiety (1990) and Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho (2001). She participated as a juror in the International Competition in YIDFF ’99.
Directed Movies (18)
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And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer
Movie2012
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Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian
Movie2011
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The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China
Movie2009
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All's Well That Ends Well
Movie2007
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The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
Movie2006
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Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
Movie2004
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Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho
Movie2002
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Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement
Movie1996
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Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
Movie1992
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Getting Old without Anxiety
Movie1990
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How to Care for the Senile
Movie1986
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Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
Movie1985
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The Poem of Hayachine Valley
Movie1982
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The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
Movie1977
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Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
Movie1971
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The Cabbage Butterfly
Movie1968
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Beauty of the Ancients
Movie1958
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School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village
Movie1957