Haruko Sugimura

Born January 6, 1909· Hiroshima, Japan

† Died April 4, 1997

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Raised in Naka-ku, Hiroshima, she was adopted by lumber dealers who exposed her to kabuki, bunraku, ballet and opera; after failing the entrance exam for Tokyo Ongaku Gakko she joined the Tsukiji Little Theatre in 1927 and stayed with Bungakuza from 1937 until retirement in 1996. Her film debut came with Eizo Tanaka’s Namiko (1932) and she appeared in twenty pre-war pictures before post-war roles…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources