Directing
Sumiko Haneda
JA, EN, PT cinema · 27 credits
Born
3 January 1926 (age 100)
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
Director, Editor
The Poem of Hayachine Valley
Screenplay, Director
Island of Loves
Dialogue
早池峰神楽の里
1981
Hayachine Kagura no Sato
Director, Editor
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
Writer, Director, Editor
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
Director, Screenplay
The Cabbage Butterfly
Writer, Director
Children in the Classroom
Assistant Director