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.

Most Famous Work

Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa
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Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa

(1976) Director
Beauty of the Ancients
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Beauty of the Ancients

(1958) Director
The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
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Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho
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恋の羊が海いっぱ い
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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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How to Care for the Senile
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How to Care for the Senile

(1986) Director

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2000 Self
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