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Setsuko Hara

Born · June 17, 1920

Died · September 5, 2015 (95 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Bio

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, although she is mostly unknown in the US. She suddenly quit acting in 1963 (the same year as Ozu's death), and had since 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

Tokyo Story

Late Spring

Late Spring

Early Summer

Early Summer

Late Autumn

Late Autumn

Noriko Setsuko 2

Noriko Setsuko

2023

Noriko Setsuko

Noriko Setsuko

2023

Untitled # 7 : Rare

2021

Talking with Ozu

Self (archive footage)

1993

Chûshingura

Riku Oishi

1962

Musume to watashi

1962

The End of Summer

Akiko

1961

Love and Fascination

1961

The Wayside Pebble

Oren Aikawa

1960

Late Autumn

Akiko Miwa

1960

Life of a Country Doctor

1960

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Sanae Soga

1960

The Three Treasures

Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess

1959

Oban kanketsu hen

Kanako Arishima

1958

A Holiday in Tokyo

1958

Woman Unveiled

1958

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

Kanako Arishima

1957

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

Kanako Arishima

1957

Tokyo Twilight

Takako Numata

1957

Ôban

Kanako Mori

1957

Women in Prison

Prison Officer

1956

Settlement of Love

Katsuko

1956

Sudden Rain

Fumiko Namiki

1956

Nobuko Rides on a Cloud

Mom

1955

Sound of the Mountain

Ogata Kikuko

1954

Tokyo Story

Noriko Hirayama

1953

White Fish

Sachiko

1953

Tokyo Sweetheart

Yuki

1952

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

1952

The Wind Blows Twice

Kanae Hisamatsu

1952

Repast

Michiyo Okamoto

1951

Early Summer

Noriko Mamiya

1951

The Idiot

Taeko Nasu

1951

The Rainbow-Colored Flower

Teruko

1950

Alps Story: The Wild

1950

A Female Doctor's Examination Room

Fumiko Tajima

1950

Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi

1950

Late Spring

Noriko Somiya

1949

The Blue Mountains: Part II

Yukiko Shimazaki

1949

The Blue Mountains: Part I

Yukiko Shimazaki

1949

Here's to the Young Lady

Yasuko Ikeda

1949

Kōfuku no genkai

1948

A Woman in the Typhoon Area

Kuriko Sato

1948

Temptation

Takako

1948

Three-Fingered Detective

1947

The Ball at the Anjo House

Atsuko Anjo

1947

The Age of Beginnings

Miyako Tomoda

1947

No Regrets for Our Youth

Yukie Yagihara

1946

Three Women of the North

1945

Until Victory Day

1945

The Cruel Sea

1944

Hot Wind

Kumiko Takagi

1943

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky

1943

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower

Yoshiko

1943

The Opium War

1943

The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

Kikuko

1942

Green Earth

1942

Currents of Youth

Makiko Yuijima

1942

Sky of Hope

Chizuko

1942

Story of Leadership

Kuniko

1941

The Snake Princess

Koto Hime

1940

Wedding Day

Yoshiko

1940

Toyuki

Showa Kinema Actress

1940

Hikari to kage (Zenpen)

1940

Hikari to kage (Kōhen)

1940

Women in Tokyo

君塚節子

1939

Machi

Sonomi Kihara

1939

Shanghai Landing Party

Mingzhu - Chinese girl

1939

Beautiful Departure

1939

Winter Inn

1938

Pastoral Symphony

1938

The Giant

1938

The Woman Aiming for the Shogun

1937

Mother's Melody

Keiko

1937

The Daughter of the Samurai

Misuko Yamato

1937

The Crown of Life

1936

Priest of Darkness

Onami

1936

Throwing the Soul Away

Student

1935