Movies: Sumiko Haneda

  • 1957
    School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village

    School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village (1957)

    School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village

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    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). The film depicts the traditional architecture, lifestyles and customs of the village, its agricultural and ...

    School for Village Women, Women’s College in the Village
  • 1968
    The Cabbage Butterfly

    The Cabbage Butterfly (1968)

    The Cabbage Butterfly

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    Haneda employed various cinematic and scientific technic to explore the world of cabbage butterfly, and the result was a completely new type of educational film....

    The Cabbage Butterfly
  • 1985
    Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer

    Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer (1985)

    Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer

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    “I have three tasks in my life: to dance, to teach dance, and to create dance,” says the pioneering Japanese performer Akiko Kanda in this intimate portrait of creativity and individuality, After seeing a Martha Graham performance in college, Kanda ...

    Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer
  • 1976
    Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa

    Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa (1976)

    Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa

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    TV documentary about the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and its safety concerns in 1976....

    Ima genshiryoku hatsuden wa
  • 1986
    How to Care for the Senile

    How to Care for the Senile (1986)

    How to Care for the Senile

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    Shot in a retirement home over a period of two years, this film raises the question of "how to take care". The director films with great tenderness, not only the daily life of patients with senile dementia, but also the work of caregivers. Widely bro...

    How to Care for the Senile