
Sumiko Haneda
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday3 January 1926 (100 years old)
Place of birthDalian, Liaoning province, China
Known credits27
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.

And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer
2012 · Director

Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian
2011 · Director

The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China
2009 · Director

All's Well That Ends Well
2007 · Director

The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
2006 · Director

The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
2006 · Editor

Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
2004 · Writer

Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
2004 · Director

Women Make Films
2004 · Self

Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho
2002 · Director

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002 · Self
問題はこれからです 続住民が選択した町の福祉
2000 · Director
Community Welfare that Residents Choose
1997 · Director

Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement
1996 · Director

Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
1992 · Director

Getting Old without Anxiety
1990 · Director

How to Care for the Senile
1986 · Director

Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
1985 · Director

Island of Loves
1982 · Dialogue

The Poem of Hayachine Valley
1982 · Screenplay

The Poem of Hayachine Valley
1982 · Director
Hayachine Kagura no Sato
1981 · Director
Hayachine Kagura no Sato
1981 · Editor

The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
1977 · Writer

The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
1977 · Director

The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
1977 · Editor
Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa
1976 · Director

Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
1971 · Director

Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
1971 · Screenplay

The Cabbage Butterfly
1968 · Writer

The Cabbage Butterfly
1968 · Director
The Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love
1961 · Writer

Beauty of the Ancients
1958 · Director

School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village
1957 · Director

Children in the Classroom
1954 · Assistant Director
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