Haruko Sugimura (杉村 春子, January 6, 1909 – April 4, 1997) was a Japanese stage and film actress, best known for her appearances in the movies of Yasujiro Ozu and Mikio Naruse from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. In the West, her most famous role was that of Shige, the elderly couple's hairdresser daughter in Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953). After the war, she was highly praised by such masters as Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Yasujiro Ozu, Mikio Naruse, Shiro Toyoda, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Tadashi Imai for her natural and realistic acting. In particular, she was a regular in Yasujiro Ozu's films, appearing in nine of his films.
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Haruko Sugimura was a prominent Japanese stage and film actress celebrated for her deeply nuanced supporting roles in mid-century masterworks.
She is best known for her acclaimed collaborations with directors Yasujiro Ozu and Mikio Naruse, including Tokyo Story and Late Spring.
She appeared in multiple films by Yasujiro Ozu and Mikio Naruse, while also working alongside Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi.
