Biography
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
all 24
Movies 24
Director 21
Writer 1
Director / Editor

The Takanosu-machi Thereafter (2006)
Movie
Video Interview

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions (2002)
Movie
Dialogue

Island of Loves (1982)
Movie
Screenplay / Director

The Poem of Hayachine Valley (1982)
Movie
Director / Editor

Hayachine Kagura no Sato (1981)
Movie
Director / Screenplay

Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple (1971)
Movie
Writer / Director

The Cabbage Butterfly (1968)
Movie
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1926-01-03 (99 years old)
Birth PlaceDalian, China
CitizenshipsJapan
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