Sumiko Haneda
Director
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.
Born1926-01-03 (Age 100)
Place of BirthDalian, Liaoning province, China
Known For Genres
Movies and TV Shows
7.2
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
Documentary
And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer
Documentary
8.0
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
Documentary
6.7
The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China
Documentary
Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
Documentary
10.0
Getting Old without Anxiety
Documentary
10.0
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
Documentary
7.0
The Poem of Hayachine Valley
Documentary
Community Welfare that Residents Choose
Documentary
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
Documentary
All's Well That Ends Well
Documentary
10.0
How to Care for the Senile
Documentary
Hayachine Kagura no Sato
問題はこれからです 続住民が選択した町の福祉
Documentary
School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village
Documentary
Beauty of the Ancients
Documentary
Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian
Documentary
The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
Documentary
Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho
Documentary
Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa
Documentary
Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement
Documentary
The Cabbage Butterfly
Documentary