About
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.
Filmography
And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer2012 · Director
Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian2011 · Director
The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China2009 · Director
All's Well That Ends Well2007 · Director
The Takanosu-machi Thereafter2006 · Director, Editor
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa2004 · Director, Writer
Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho2002 · Director
問題はこれからです 続住民が選択した町の福祉2000 · Director
Community Welfare that Residents Choose1997 · Director
Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement1996 · Director
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon1992 · Director
Getting Old without Anxiety1990 · Director
How to Care for the Senile1986 · Director
Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer1985 · Director
Island of Loves1982 · Dialogue
The Poem of Hayachine Valley1982 · Screenplay, Director
Hayachine Kagura no Sato1981 · Director, Editor
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms1977 · Writer, Director, Editor
Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa1976 · Director
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple1971 · Director, Screenplay