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
- Directing
- Born
- 1926-01-03 · Dalian, Liaoning province, China
Known for
- Island of Loves (1982) — Dialogue
- The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China (2009) — Director
- Children in the Classroom (1954) — Assistant Director
- The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms (1977) — Writer
- Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions (2002) — Self
- The Poem of Hayachine Valley (1982) — Screenplay
- Getting Old without Anxiety (1990) — Director
- How to Care for the Senile (1986) — Director
- Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon (1992) — Director
- Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa (2004) — Writer
- Women Make Films (2004) — Self
- Beauty of the Ancients (1958) — Director
- School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village (1957) — Director
- Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement (1996) — Director
- Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple (1971) — Director
- And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer (2012) — Director