How to Care for the Senile

In memory of Etsuko Takano, who used to be a best friend of Sumiko Haneda. The filmmaker kept filming one demented elderly in a nursing home for two years. It is a great documentary with a warm affirmation of personality of elderly and delivering the importance of nursing. 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.