Sumiko Haneda
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
2012And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer
Director
2011Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian
Director
2009The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China
Director
2007All's Well That Ends Well
Director
2006The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
Director
2004Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
Director & Writer
2002Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho
Director
1996Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement
Director
1992Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
Director
1990Getting Old without Anxiety
Director
1986How to Care for the Senile
Director
1985Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
Director
1982The Poem of Hayachine Valley
Director & Screenplay
1977The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
Director & Writer
1971Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
Director & Screenplay
1968The Cabbage Butterfly
Director & Writer
1958Beauty of the Ancients
Director
1957School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village
Director