Sumiko Haneda

Directing

Sumiko Haneda

Born 3 January 1926 · Dalian, Liaoning province, China · 100

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.

Known for

Highlights

The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China2009 · Film · Director
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms1977 · Film · Writer
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa2004 · Film · Writer
Getting Old without Anxiety1990 · Film · Director
How to Care for the Senile1986 · Film · Director
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon1992 · Film · Director

Filmography

Movies

18 films

And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer2012 · Film · Director
Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian2011 · Film · Director
The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China2009 · Film · Director
All's Well That Ends Well2007 · Film · Director
The Takanosu-machi Thereafter2006 · Film · Director
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa2004 · Film · Writer
Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho2002 · Film · Director
Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement1996 · Film · Director
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon1992 · Film · Director
Getting Old without Anxiety1990 · Film · Director
How to Care for the Senile1986 · Film · Director
Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer1985 · Film · Director
The Poem of Hayachine Valley1982 · Film · Screenplay
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms1977 · Film · Writer
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple1971 · Film · Director
The Cabbage Butterfly1968 · Film · Writer
Beauty of the Ancients1958 · Film · Director
School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village1957 · Film · Director