Person

Sumiko Haneda

Directing · Born 1926-01-03 · Dalian, Liaoning province, China

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.

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  Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon

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  The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms

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

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

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  Women Make Films

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  Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa

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  Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple

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• 問題はこれからです 続住民が選択した町の福祉

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• Hayachine Kagura no Sato

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  Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho

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• 2012And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a DancerDirector
• 2011Far-Away Home: Lushun and DalianDirector
• 2009The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland ChinaDirector
• 2007All's Well That Ends WellDirector
• 2006The Takanosu-machi ThereafterDirector
• 2004Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka TokiwaWriter
• 2004Women Make FilmsSelf
• 2002Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka RaichoDirector
• 2002Devotion: A Film About Ogawa ProductionsSelf
• 2000問題はこれからです 続住民が選択した町の福祉Director
• 1997Community Welfare that Residents ChooseDirector
• 1996Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor MovementDirector
• 1992Kabuki Actor Kataoka NizaemonDirector
• 1990Getting Old without AnxietyDirector
• 1986How to Care for the SenileDirector
• 1985Akiko: Portrait of a DancerDirector
• 1982Island of LovesDialogue
• 1982The Poem of Hayachine ValleyScreenplay
• 1981Hayachine Kagura no SatoDirector
• 1977The Cherry Tree with Gray BlossomsWriter
• 1976Ima genshiryoku hatsuden waDirector
• 1971Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-TempleDirector
• 1968The Cabbage ButterflyWriter
• 1961The Seas Are Full of Sheep in LoveWriter
• 1958Beauty of the AncientsDirector
• 1957School for Village Women, Women’s College in the VillageDirector
• 1954Children in the ClassroomAssistant Director