Sumiko Haneda
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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.
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Known For
And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer
2012 · Movie
The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China
2009 · Movie
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
1992 · Movie
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
1977 · Movie
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002 · Movie
Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
1985 · Movie
Island of Loves
1982 · Movie
Women Make Films
2004 · Movie
問題はこれからです 続住民が選択した町の福祉
2000 · Movie
Community Welfare that Residents Choose
1997 · Movie
Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian
2011 · Movie
Getting Old without Anxiety
1990 · Movie