Directing
Sumiko Haneda
1926 · Dalian, Liaoning province, China
27 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer
Director
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Self
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
Director
Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
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The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
Writer
The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China
Director
Island of Loves
Dialogue
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
Director
Getting Old without Anxiety
Director
Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho
Director
Women Make Films
Self
問題はこれからです 続住民が選択した町の福祉
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