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Sumiko Haneda

Age · 100 Born · Jan 3, 1926 From · Dalian, Liaoning province, China Films · 18

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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

The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China poster

The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China

Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa poster

Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa

Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon poster

Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon

Getting Old without Anxiety poster

Getting Old without Anxiety

Career timeline

2012

And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer

2011

Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian

2009

The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China

2007

All's Well That Ends Well

2006

The Takanosu-machi Thereafter

2004

Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa Notable

2002

Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho

1996

Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement

1992

Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon Notable

1990

Getting Old without Anxiety Notable

1986

How to Care for the Senile Notable

1985

Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer

1982

The Poem of Hayachine Valley Notable

1977

The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms Notable

1971

Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple

1968

The Cabbage Butterfly

1958

Beauty of the Ancients

1957

School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village

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And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer poster

And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer

Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian poster

Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian

The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China poster

The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China

All's Well That Ends Well poster

All's Well That Ends Well

The Takanosu-machi Thereafter poster

The Takanosu-machi Thereafter

Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa poster

Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa

Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho poster

Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho

Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement poster

Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement

Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon poster

Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon

Getting Old without Anxiety poster

Getting Old without Anxiety

How to Care for the Senile poster

How to Care for the Senile

Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer poster

Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer

The Poem of Hayachine Valley poster

The Poem of Hayachine Valley

The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms poster

The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms

Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple poster

Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple

The Cabbage Butterfly poster

The Cabbage Butterfly

Beauty of the Ancients poster

Beauty of the Ancients

School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village poster

School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village

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