Sumiko Haneda (03-01-1926, Dalian, Liaoning province, China)

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.

• Devotion: A Film About Ogawa...
  2002

• L'isola degli amori
  1982

• And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait...
  2012
• Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian
  2011
• The Japanese Settlers to the...
  2009
• All's Well That Ends Well
  2007
• The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
  2006
• Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale...
  2004
• Woman Was the Sun—The Life of...
  2002
• Community Welfare that Residents Choose
  Community Welfare that Residents...
  1997
• Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering...
  1996
• Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
  1992
• Getting Old without Anxiety
  1990
• How to Care for the Senile
  1986
• Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
  1985
• The Poem of Hayachine Valley
  1982
• The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
  1977
• Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa
  Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa
  1976
• Dedicated Treasures of...
  1971
• The Cabbage Butterfly
  1968
• Beauty of the Ancients
  1958
• School for Village Women,...
  1957

• The Takanosu-machi Thereafter
  2006
• The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
  1977

• The Poem of Hayachine Valley
  1982
• Dedicated Treasures of...
  1971

• Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale...
  2004
• The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
  1977
• The Cabbage Butterfly
  1968
• The Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love
  The Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love
  1961