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
Island of Loves
1982
Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
1985
Women Make Films
2004
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002
And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer
2012
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
1971
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
1977
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
1992
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
2004
Getting Old without Anxiety
1990
How to Care for the Senile
1986
The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China
2009
FILMOGRAPHY
All
Movies
TV
Acting
2
Directing
23
Writing
7
Editing
3