Sumiko Haneda
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1926-01-03 (99 years old)
Place of Birth
Dalian, Liaoning province, China
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.
Known For
Acting
(2002)
Crew
(2012)
(2011)
Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian
Director
(2009)
(2007)
All's Well That Ends Well
Director
(2006)
The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
Director, Editor
(2004)
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
Director, Writer
(2002)
(1997)
(1996)
(1992)
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
Director
(1990)
Getting Old without Anxiety
Director
(1986)
How to Care for the Senile
Director
(1985)
Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
Director
(1982)
The Poem of Hayachine Valley
Screenplay, Director
(1982)
Island of Loves
Dialogue
(1981)
Hayachine Kagura no Sato
Director, Editor
(1977)
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
Writer, Director, Editor
(1976)
Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa
Director
(1971)
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
Director, Screenplay
(1968)
The Cabbage Butterfly
Writer, Director
(1961)
(1958)
Beauty of the Ancients
Director
(1957)
(1954)
Children in the Classroom
Assistant Director