Sumiko Haneda
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.
Crew
The Poem of Hayachine Valley
Screenplay, Director
Beauty of the Ancients
Director
School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village
Director
Getting Old without Anxiety
Director
Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement
Director
The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China
Director
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
Screenplay, Director
How to Care for the Senile
Director
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
Director
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
Writer, Director
And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer
Director
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
Writer, Editor, Director
The Cabbage Butterfly
Writer, Director
All's Well That Ends Well
Director
Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian
Director
The Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love
Writer
The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
Director, Editor
Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho
Director
Island of Loves
Dialogue
Community Welfare that Residents Choose
Director
Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa
Director
Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
Director
Hayachine Kagura no Sato
Director, Editor
Children in the Classroom
Assistant Director