Setsuko Hara
Born
June 17, 1920
Died
September 5, 2015 (95 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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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.
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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