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.
The Poem of Hayachine Valley
(Screenplay)
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)
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
(Director)
How to Care for the Senile
(Director)
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
(Director)
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
(Writer)
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
(Director)
And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer
(Director)
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
(Writer)
The Cabbage Butterfly
(Writer)
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)
The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
(Editor)
Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho
(Director)
Island of Loves
(Dialogue)
Community Welfare that Residents Choose
(Director)
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
(Editor)
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
(Director)
Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa
(Director)
Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
(Director)
The Poem of Hayachine Valley
(Director)
The Cabbage Butterfly
(Director)
Hayachine Kagura no Sato
(Director)
Hayachine Kagura no Sato
(Editor)