Sugimura Haruko
- Name: Sugimura Haruko
- Native name: 杉村春子
- Also Known as: Ishiyama Haruko, すぎむら はるこ, 石山春子, 中野春子
- Nationality: Japanese
- Gender: Female
- Born: January 6, 1906
- Died: April 4, 1997
After graduating from Yamanaka High School for Girls in 1922, Sugimura moved to Tokyo with the aim of studying at Tokyo Music School but was unsuccessful in her applications. In 1924, she returned to Hiroshima and worked as a substitute music teacher at Hiroshima Jogakuin from 1925 to March 1927.
In April 1927, she relocated back to Tokyo, initially claiming to her mother that she intended to continue music studies. She resigned from her teaching position before her acceptance into the theatre company was confirmed and took the entrance exam at Tsukiji Little Theatre. That same year, she became a research student at Tsukiji Little Theatre and made her stage debut as an organist in "What Made Her Do It?" due to her musical background.
Following the dissolution of Tsukiji Little Theatre in 1929, Sugimura joined Tsukiji-za. When Tsukiji-za also dissolved in 1937, she became a member of the newly established Bungakuza theatre company.
Due to the repressive policies of the fascist government, prominent theater companies like Shinkyo and Shin-Tsukiji were disbanded, leading many actors to leave the stage or shift to the film industry. Sugimura, however, benefited from this situation, as Bungakuza, a wartime collaboration theatre group, was one of the few that avoided repression.
In 1958, she became a permanent director in the founding of the Japan Shingeki Actors Association and later served as its third president from 1995 to 1997.
During the 1960 Anpo (U.S.-Japan Security Treaty) protests, Sugimura adopted more leftist views and actively participated in anti-security demonstrations. She was also involved in establishing the Peace Seven Committee in 1961.
In 1996, Sugimura was appointed president of the Japan New Theater Actors Association.
In June 1935, Sugimura married Nagahiro Kishiro, a medical student from Keio University. He died of tuberculosis in May 1942. She was also in a relationship with playwright Morimoto Kaoru, who passed away from tuberculosis in 1946. In 1950, Sugimura married Dr. Ishiyama Kihiko, but he also died from tuberculosis in 1966.
From March 16, 1997, Sugimura’s condition began to decline, and she died of pancreatic cancer on April 4, 1997, at the Nippon Medical School Hospital in Bunkyo, Tokyo, at the age of 91.
(Source: MyDramaList) Edit Biography
Original Creator
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Joyu Waga Michi | 0.0 |
Drama
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari
Japanese Drama, 1990, 49 eps
Tachibana Waka [Setsuko's aunt] (Ep. 20-21)
(Guest Role)
|
7.4
|
Kosuisai
Japanese Drama, 1983, 20 eps
Furukawa Sae
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Sekigahara
Japanese Drama, 1981, 3 eps
Kita no Mandokoro / Nene
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
Akujo ni Tsuite
Japanese Drama, 1978, 25 eps
Watase Koshizu
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Really
Japanese Drama, 1976, 31 eps
Fusa
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
Ashita ga Gozaru
Japanese Drama, 1975, 53 eps
Someko
(Support Role)
|
4.0
|
Niji no Sekkei
Japanese Drama, 1964, 103 eps
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Koko ni Hito Ari
Japanese Drama, 1957, 176 eps
(Ep. 93)
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Movie
Title | Rating |
---|---|
A Last Note
Japanese Movie, 1995,
Morimoto Yoko
(Main Role)
|
6.3
|
Fossil
Japanese Movie, 1975,
[Mother-in-law]
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
Japanese Movie, 1974,
Ito
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
The Petrified Forest
Japanese Movie, 1973,
Tatsuko (Haruo 's Mother)
(Main Role)
|
7.1
|
Red Beard
Japanese Movie, 1965,
Kin, the madam
(Support Role)
|
8.0
|
With Beauty and Sorrow
Japanese Movie, 1965,
Otoko's mother
(Support Role)
|
6.7
|
Samurai Assassin
Japanese Movie, 1965,
Tsuru
(Support Role)
|
7.7
|
Kwaidan
Japanese Movie, 1964,
{Chawan no Naka} Landlady
(Support Role)
|
7.6
|
The Scent of Incense
Japanese Movie, 1964,
Taromaru
(Support Role)
|
7.1
|
An Autumn Afternoon
Japanese Movie, 1962,
Sakuma Tomoko
(Support Role)
|
7.7
|
The Broken Commandments
Japanese Movie, 1962,
[Abbot's wife]
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
Musume to Watashi
Japanese Movie, 1962,
Kitagawa Kiyo
(Support Role)
|
2.0
|
Till Tomorrow Is
Japanese Movie, 1962,
Matsueda
(Support Role)
|
4.0
|
Onna no Za
Japanese Movie, 1962,
Ishikawa Aki
(Support Role)
|
7.6
|
Katei no jijo
Japanese Movie, 1962,
Mrs. Yoshii
(Unknown)
|
0.0
|
The Conspirator
Japanese Movie, 1961,
(Unknown)
|
7.0
|
The End of Summer
Japanese Movie, 1961,
Kato Shige
(Support Role)
|
7.4
|
Deep River Melody
Japanese Movie, 1960,
Otake
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Japanese Movie, 1960,
Pickpocket Haruko
(Support Role)
|
4.0
|
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Japanese Movie, 1960,
Tani Kayo [Kaoru's mother-in-law]
(Support Role)
|
6.9
|
Floating Weeds
Japanese Movie, 1959,
Oyoshi
(Main Role)
|
7.6
|
The Three Treasures
Japanese Movie, 1959,
[Narrator]
(Support Role)
|
6.2
|
Anyakoro
Japanese Movie, 1959,
Osai
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
Beauty the Enemy
Japanese Movie, 1959,
Fusa Yoshino
(Support Role)
|
4.0
|
Good Morning
Japanese Movie, 1959,
Haraguchi Kikue
(Support Role)
|
7.8
|
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Japanese Movie, 1958,
Sonoe
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Iwashigumo
Japanese Movie, 1958,
Toyo [Michiko's foster mother]
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
Tokyo Twilight
Japanese Movie, 1957,
Takeuchi Shigeko
(Support Role)
|
8.0
|
Manin Densha
Japanese Movie, 1957,
Otome [Tamio's mother]
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
Flowing
Japanese Movie, 1956,
Someka
(Support Role)
|
6.9
|
Early Spring
Japanese Movie, 1956,
Tamako Tamura
(Support Role)
|
7.6
|
Diary of School Ma'am
Japanese Movie, 1955,
Yamada Chie
(Support Role)
|
4.0
|
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Japanese Movie, 1955,
[Masao's mother]
(Support Role)
|
7.2
|
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
Japanese Movie, 1955,
Princess Yan Chun
(Support Role)
|
7.1
|
Keisatsu Nikki
Japanese Movie, 1955,
Sugita Moyo
(Support Role)
|
7.1
|
The Iconic Lady of the Meiji Era
Japanese Movie, 1955,
Ohide
(Support Role)
|
9.0
|
Late Chrysanthemums
Japanese Movie, 1954,
Kurahashi Kin
(Main Role)
|
6.6
|
An Inlet Of Muddy Water
Japanese Movie, 1953,
{An Inlet of Muddy Water} O-hatsu
(Support Role)
|
7.6
|
Tokyo Story
Japanese Movie, 1953,
Shige Kaneko
(Support Role)
|
8.0
|
Inochi Uruwashi
Japanese Movie, 1951,
Imura Mine
(Main Role)
|
6.0
|
Repast
Japanese Movie, 1951,
Murata Matsu [Michiyo's Mother]
(Support Role)
|
7.3
|
Fireworks Over the Sea
Japanese Movie, 1951,
Kujirai Kono
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
Early Summer
Japanese Movie, 1951,
Yabe Tami [Kenkichi's mother]
(Support Role)
|
7.8
|
Eriko to Tomoni
Japanese Movie, 1951,
Matsumura Haruko
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Till We Meet Again
Japanese Movie, 1950,
Ohno Suga
(Support Role)
|
7.5
|
Onna no Shiki
Japanese Movie, 1950,
(Unknown)
|
0.0
|
Late Spring
Japanese Movie, 1949,
Taguchi Masa [Noriko's aunt]
(Support Role)
|
7.5
|
Shinshaku Yotsuya Kaidan Zen Pen
Japanese Movie, 1949,
Oume
(Support Role)
|
7.4
|
Shushin Ima da Kiezu
Japanese Movie, 1949,
Mamiya Sakie
(Support Role)
|
4.0
|
Toki no Teizo
Japanese Movie, 1948,
Mori Tome
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Temptation
Japanese Movie, 1948,
Yajima Tokie
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Four Love Stories
Japanese Movie, 1947,
{First Love} [Masao's mother]
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
No Regrets for Our Youth
Japanese Movie, 1946,
[Noge's mother]
(Support Role)
|
7.6
|
The Descendants of Taro Urashima
Japanese Movie, 1946,
Ms. Chikuma
(Support Role)
|
7.5
|
Morning for the Osone Family
Japanese Movie, 1946,
Osone Fusako
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Nankai no Hanataba
Japanese Movie, 1942,
Nobuko
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Note of My Love
Japanese Movie, 1941,
[Mr. Sugi]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Spring in a Small Island
Japanese Movie, 1940,
[Yokogawa's wife]
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Nightingale
Japanese Movie, 1938,
(Unknown)
|
0.0
|
Namiko
Japanese Movie, 1932,
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Special
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Chushingura
Japanese Special, 1987, 2 eps
Keishoin
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
Onnatachi no Chushingura "Inochi Moyuruji"
Japanese Special, 1979, 1 eps
Onodera Tan
(Support Role)
|
2.0
|
Kokoro
Chinese Special, 1972, 1 eps
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Seishun Hokago
Japanese Special, 1963, 1 eps
Ayako
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Sanbaba
Japanese Special, 1961, 1 eps
(Main Role)
|
6.0
|
Watashi wa Wakaranai
Japanese Special, 1960, 1 eps
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
TV Show
Title | Rating |
---|---|
This Person Show
Japanese TV Show, 1982, 112 eps
(Ep. 36)
(Guest)
|
0.0
|
Kouhaku Uta Gassen
Japanese TV Show, 1951, 75 eps
[Judge] (Ep. 9, 25)
(Guest)
|
7.6
|
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