Sumiko Haneda Movies
- 1982
Island of Loves
Island of Loves6.41982HD
This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer married...
- 2009
The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China
The Japanese Settlers to the Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland China6.82009HD
Set in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, the tragic theme of the film is the destruction of millions of lives in the 13 years before Manchukuo...
- 1961
The Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love
The Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love01961HD
- 2002
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions02002HD
Devotion investigates the extremely complex and heirarchical relationships among a committed group of Japanese filmmakers who dedicated up to 30...
- 1982
The Poem of Hayachine Valley
The Poem of Hayachine Valley71982HD
Iwate Prefecture, Ohasamacho. In the foothills of Mt. Hayachine, the kagura (devotional dance) offered to the mountain goddess by the mountain...
- 2004
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa02004HD
This extraordinary film presents Japanese classical scroll painting as never before. The Yamanaka Tokiwa comprises twelve scrolls painted by Matabei...
- 1992
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon01992HD
Documentary film from Japan.
- 2012
And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer
And Then Akiko Is... A Portrait of a Dancer02012HD
Sumiko Haneda returns to film what will be the final bits of Akiko Kanda's life, documenting Kanda's will to dance as she struggles with terminal...
- 1977
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms
The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms61977HD
The poignant focal point for this film is a cherry tree that is over 1400 years old. Beginning with the tree, the director then explores the families...
- 1990
Getting Old without Anxiety
Getting Old without Anxiety01990HD
The care facilities for the elderly in a small town in Gifu prefecture, and the comparison with the welfare in Denmark, Sweden and Australia.
- 1957
School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village
School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village01957HD
Haneda’s debut as full director, made after four years spent as an assistant, is set in a farming village in Shiga Prefecture (east of Kyoto)....
- 2007
All's Well That Ends Well
All's Well That Ends Well02007HD
Documentary on end-of-life care in Japan
- 1971
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple01971HD
- 2011
Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian
Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian02011HD
Haneda Sumiko, documentary filmmaker who was born in Dalian, Manchuria in 1926 and was there to experience the conclusion of the Pacific War....
- 1958
Beauty of the Ancients
Beauty of the Ancients01958HD
Commissioned by the Tokyo National Museum, this film, regarded in some quarters as the masterpiece of Haneda’s Iwanami period, is one of...
- 1976
Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa
Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa01976HD
TV documentary about the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and its safety concerns in 1976.
- 1985
Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer01985HD
“I have three tasks in my life: to dance, to teach dance, and to create dance,” says the pioneering Japanese performer Akiko Kanda in...
- 1981
Hayachine Kagura no Sato
Hayachine Kagura no Sato01981HD
Short documentary made for the communities at the foot of Mount Hayachine. Not satisfied with it, Haneda expanded it into what eventually became Ode...
- 1997
Community Welfare that Residents Choose
Community Welfare that Residents Choose01997HD
Toru Iwakawa is elected mayor of Takanosu on the platform of improving welfare. With the support of a group formed by residents, he aims to develop a...
- 2002
Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho
Woman Was the Sun—The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho02002HD
Documentary on pioneer Japanese feminist Hiratsuka Raicho