Sumiko Haneda
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 3, 1926
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
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, Editor
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa 2004
Writer, Director
Women Make Films 2004
as Self
Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho 2002
Director
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions 2002
as Self
- 問題はこれからです 続住民が選択した町の福祉
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
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, Director
- Hayachine Kagura no Sato
Hayachine Kagura no Sato 1981
Director, Editor
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms 1977
Writer, Director, Editor
- Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa
Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa 1976
Director
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple 1971
Director, Screenplay
The Cabbage Butterfly 1968
Writer, Director
- The Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love
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
Credits from TMDB.