
Sumiko Haneda
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.
Acting (2 movies)
Directing (21 movies)

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

The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China
2009

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

And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer
2012

All's Well That Ends Well
2007

Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian
2011

The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
2006

Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho
2002
Community Welfare that Residents Choose
1997

The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
1977
Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa
1976

The Poem of Hayachine Valley
1982

Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
1985

The Cabbage Butterfly
1968
Hayachine Kagura no Sato
1981
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| The Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love | 1961 | Writer | 
| The Cabbage Butterfly | 1968 | Writer | 
| Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple | 1971 | Screenplay | 
| The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms | 1977 | Writer | 
| The Poem of Hayachine Valley | 1982 | Screenplay | 
| Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa | 2004 | Writer | 

