Sumiko Haneda
Director
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.
As Director
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
1977
The Poem of Hayachine Valley
1982
Beauty of the Ancients
1958
School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village
1957
Getting Old without Anxiety
1990
Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement
1996
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
1971
How to Care for the Senile
1986
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
1992
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
2004
