Setsuko Hara
Acting
Born: June 17, 1920 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Died: September 5, 2015 (aged 95)
Highest Rated
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Setsuko Hara (June 17, 1920 – September 5, 2015) was a Japanese actress who appeared in six of Yasujirō Ozu's films, most notably as Noriko in the "Noriko Trilogy": Late Spring (1949), Early Summer (1951), and Tokyo Story (1953). Her other films for Ozu were Tokyo Twilight (1957), Late Autumn (1960), and finally The End of Summer in 1961. She was born Masae Aida in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture. She came to prominence as an actress at an early age, in the 1937 German-Japanese co-production Die Tochter des Samurai (Daughter of the Samurai), known in Japan as Atarashiki Tsuchi (The New Earth), directed by Arnold Fanck and Mansaku Itami. She also starred in films by Akira Kurosawa, Mikio Naruse, and other prominent directors. She was called "the Eternal Virgin" in Japan and is a symbol of the golden era of Japanese cinema of the 1950s. She suddenly quit acting in 1963 (the same year as Ozu's death), and led a secluded life in Kamakura, refusing all interviews and photographs. Her last major role was Riku, wife of Ōishi Yoshio, in the 1962 film Chushingura. She was the inspiration for the protagonist of the 2001 movie Millennium Actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Setsuko Hara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Tokyo Story
1953
Late Spring
1949
Early Summer
1951
Late Autumn
1960
Tokyo Twilight
1957
The Idiot
1951
The End of Summer
1961
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
Sound of the Mountain
1954
Repast
1951
Chûshingura
1962
The Ball at the Anjo House
1947
Photos (5)
Movies (84)
Tokyo Story
Noriko Hirayama
Late Spring
Noriko Somiya
Tokyo Twilight
Takako Numata
The End of Summer
Akiko
Late Autumn
Akiko Miwa
The Idiot
Taeko Nasu
No Regrets for Our Youth
Yukie Yagihara
Untitled # 7 : Rare
2021
Chûshingura
Riku Oishi
Early Summer
Noriko Mamiya
Women in Prison
Prison Officer
The Three Treasures
Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
Yoshiko
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Kuriko Sato
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Sanae Soga
The Crown of Life
1936
The Last Escape
Tomiko
Sound of the Mountain
Ogata Kikuko
Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
1950
Oban kanketsu hen
Kanako Arishima
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940
Priest of Darkness
Onami
Repast
Michiyo Okamoto
Three Women of the North
1945
The Age of Beginnings
Miyako Tomoda
Here's to the Young Lady
Yasuko Ikeda
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Teruko
Tokyo Sweetheart
Yuki
Sudden Rain
Fumiko Namiki
The Daughter of the Samurai
Misuko Yamato
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
The Blue Mountains: Part II
Yukiko Shimazaki
The Ball at the Anjo House
Atsuko Anjo
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
Kikuko
Musume to watashi
1962
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Kanako Arishima
Currents of Youth
Makiko Yuijima
Green Earth
1942
Pastoral Symphony
1938
Sky of Hope
Chizuko
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943
Ôban
Kanako Mori
Story of Leadership
Kuniko
A Brother and His Sister
Akiko Mamiya
Alps Story: The Wild
1950
A Woman's Heart
1959
The Blue Mountains: Part I
Yukiko Shimazaki
A Female Doctor's Examination Room
Fumiko Tajima
Settlement of Love
Katsuko
Toki no teizo: Sōshūban
1952
Travels to the East
Showa Kinema Actress
Kōfuku no genkai
1948
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Designer Matsukawa
A World of Two
1940
Wedding Day
Yoshiko
Women in Tokyo
君塚節子
Beauty
Keiko
The Chieko Story
Chieko Takamura
White Fish
Sachiko
The Wind Blows Twice
Kanae Hisamatsu
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Kanako Arishima
Image of Mother
1955
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
Mom
The Giant
1938
Three-Fingered Detective
1947
Until Victory Day
1945
Temptation
Takako
Shanghai Landing Party
Mingzhu - Chinese girl
Woman Unveiled
1958
The Town
Sonomi Kihara
The Woman Aiming for the Shogun
1937
Searing Wind
Kumiko Takagi
The Wayside Pebble
Oren Aikawa
The Sisters' Agreement
Sachiko
Fujisancho
1948
The Cruel Sea
1944
Mother's Melody
Keiko
Young Teacher
Tomiko Hirayama
Love and Fascination
1961
Beautiful Departure
1939
Hikari to kage (Kōhen)
1940
Throwing the Soul Away
Student