
Sumiko Haneda
Directing · Born 1926-01-03 · 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.
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As director

And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer 2012
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Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian 2011
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The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China 2009
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All's Well That Ends Well 2007
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The Takanosu-machi Thereafter 2006
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Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa 2004
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Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho 2002
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Community Welfare that Residents Choose 1997
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Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement 1996
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Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon 1992
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Getting Old without Anxiety 1990
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How to Care for the Senile 1986
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Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer 1985
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The Poem of Hayachine Valley 1982
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Hayachine Kagura no Sato 1981
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The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms 1977
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Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa 1976
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Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple 1971
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The Cabbage Butterfly 1968
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Beauty of the Ancients 1958
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School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village 1957
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