Directing
Sumiko Haneda
- Born
- 1926-01-03
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
27 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer
2012 · Movie
Director
Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian
2011 · Movie
Director
The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China
2009 · Movie
Director
All's Well That Ends Well
2007 · Movie
Director
The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
2006 · Movie
Director · Editor
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
2004 · Movie
Writer · Director
Women Make Films
2004 · Movie
Self
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002 · Movie
Self
Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho
2002 · Movie
Director
問題はこれからです 続住民が選択した町の福祉
2000 · Movie
Director
Community Welfare that Residents Choose
1997 · Movie
Director
Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement
1996 · Movie
Director
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
1992 · Movie
Director
Getting Old without Anxiety
1990 · Movie
Director
How to Care for the Senile
1986 · Movie
Director
Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
1985 · Movie
Director
Island of Loves
1982 · Movie
Dialogue
The Poem of Hayachine Valley
1982 · Movie
Screenplay · Director
Hayachine Kagura no Sato
1981 · Movie
Director · Editor
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
1977 · Movie
Writer · Editor · Director
Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa
1976 · Movie
Director
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
1971 · Movie
Screenplay · Director
The Cabbage Butterfly
1968 · Movie
Writer · Director
The Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love
1961 · Movie
Writer
Beauty of the Ancients
1958 · Movie
Director
School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village
1957 · Movie
Director
Children in the Classroom
1954 · Movie
Assistant Director