Setsuko Hara
Actor
June 17, 1920 — September 5, 2015 (95 years)
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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. 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.
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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. 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
Filmography
| 2021 | |
| 1962 | Chushingura · as Riku Oishi |
| 1961 | The End of Summer · as Akiko |
| 1960 | Late Autumn · as Akiko Miwa |
| 1960 | Daughters, Wives and a Mother · as Sanae Soga |
| 1959 | The Three Treasures · as Amaterasu, The Sun Goddess |
| 1957 | Tokyo Twilight · as Takako NumataOn Plex |
| 1956 | Sudden Rain · as Fumiko Namiki |
| 1954 | Sound of the Mountain · as Ogata Kikuko |
| 1953 | Tokyo Story · as Noriko HirayamaOn Plex |
| 1952 | Tokyo Sweetheart · as Yuki |
| 1951 | Repast · as Michiyo Okamoto |
| 1951 | Early Summer · as Noriko Mamiya |
| 1951 | The Idiot · as Taeko Nasu |
| 1949 | Late Spring · as Noriko SomiyaOn Plex |
| 1949 | The Blue Mountains: Part II · as Yukiko Shimazaki |
| 1949 | The Blue Mountains: Part I · as Yukiko Shimazaki |
| 1949 | Here's to the Young Lady · as Yasuko Ikeda |
| 1948 | Taifuken no onna · as Kuriko Sato |
| 1948 | |
| 1948 | Yuwaku · as Takako |
| 1947 | |
| 1947 | The Ball at the Anjo House · as Atsuko Anjo |
| 1946 | No Regrets for Our Youth · as Yukie YagiharaOn Plex |
| 1945 | |
| 1942 | The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malay · as Kikuko |
| 1937 | Atarashiki tsuchi · as Misuko Yamato |
| 1936 | Priest of Darkness · as Onami |
| 2011 |