Sumiko Haneda photo

Sumiko Haneda

Directing

  • Born
  • January 3, 1926
  • Place of birth
  • Dalian, Liaoning province, China

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.

As actor 2

On the crew 25

And Then Akiko Is...  A Portrait of a Dancer poster
And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer
2012
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms poster
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
1977
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon poster
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
1992
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
2009
Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer poster
Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
1985
Island of Loves poster
Island of Loves
1982
Getting Old without Anxiety poster
Getting Old without Anxiety
1990
Community Welfare that Residents Choose
1997
Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho poster
Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho
2002
問題はこれからです 続住民が選択した町の福祉
2000
The Poem of Hayachine Valley poster
The Poem of Hayachine Valley
1982
How to Care for the Senile poster
How to Care for the Senile
1986
Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian poster
Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian
2011
The Takanosu-machi Thereafter poster
The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
2006
Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa
1976
School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village poster
School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village
1957
Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement poster
Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement
1996
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple poster
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
1971
Beauty of the Ancients poster
Beauty of the Ancients
1958
Hayachine Kagura no Sato
1981
All's Well That Ends Well poster
All's Well That Ends Well
2007
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa poster
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
2004
The Cabbage Butterfly poster
The Cabbage Butterfly
1968
The Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love
1961
Children in the Classroom poster
Children in the Classroom
1954