Sumiko Haneda
Sumiko Haneda
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
Island of Loves
Dialogue
The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China
Director
Children in the Classroom
Assistant Director
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
Writer
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
Writer
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
Director
Getting Old without Anxiety
Director
How to Care for the Senile
Director
And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer
Director
Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian
Director
The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China
Director
All's Well That Ends Well
Director
The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
Director
The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
Editor
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
Writer
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
Director
Women Make Films
Self
Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho
Director
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Self
問題はこれからです 続住民が選択した町の福祉
Director
Community Welfare that Residents Choose
Director
Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement
Director
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
Director
Getting Old without Anxiety
Director
How to Care for the Senile
Director
Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
Director
Island of Loves
Dialogue
The Poem of Hayachine Valley
Screenplay
The Poem of Hayachine Valley
Director
Hayachine Kagura no Sato
Director
Hayachine Kagura no Sato
Editor
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
Writer
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
Director
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
Editor
Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa
Director
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
Director