Sumiko Haneda
Directing · 100 years old
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
Behind the Scenes
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
Writer
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
Director
The Poem of Hayachine Valley
Director
The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China
Director
Beauty of the Ancients
Director
School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village
Director
Getting Old without Anxiety
Director
Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement
Director
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
Director
How to Care for the Senile
Director
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
Director
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
Writer