Setsuko Hara
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.
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- 2023 · Noriko Setsuko 2 as Noriko Setsuko
- 2023 · Noriko Setsuko as Noriko Setsuko
- 2021 · Untitled # 7 : Rare as
- 1993 · Talking with Ozu as Self (archive footage)
- 1962 · 47 Ronin as Riku Oishi
- 1962 · Musume to watashi as
- 1961 · The End of Summer as Akiko
- 1960 · The Wayside Pebble as Oren Aikawa
- 1960 · Late Autumn as Akiko Miwa
- 1960 · Life of a Country Doctor as
- 1960 · Daughters, Wives and a Mother as Sanae Soga
- 1959 · The Three Treasures as Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
- 1958 · Oban kanketsu hen as Kanako Arishima
- 1958 · A Holiday in Tokyo as
- 1958 · Woman Unveiled as
- 1957 · Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as Kanako Arishima
- 1957 · Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Kanako Arishima
- 1957 · Tokyo Twilight as Takako Numata
- 1957 · Ôban as Kanako Mori
- 1956 · Women in Prison as Prison Officer
- 1956 · Settlement of Love as Katsuko
- 1956 · Sudden Rain as Fumiko Namiki
- 1955 · Nobuko Rides on a Cloud as Mom
- 1954 · Sound of the Mountain as Ogata Kikuko
- 1953 · Tokyo Story as Noriko Hirayama
- 1953 · White Fish as Sachiko
- 1952 · Tokyo Sweetheart as Yuki
- 1952 · Kin no tamago: Golden Girl as
- 1952 · The Wind Blows Twice as
- 1951 · Repast as Michiyo Okamoto
- 1951 · Early Summer as Noriko Mamiya
- 1951 · The Idiot as Taeko Nasu
- 1950 · The Rainbow-Colored Flower as Teruko
- 1950 · Alps Story: The Wild as
- 1950 · Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi as
- 1949 · Late Spring as Noriko Somiya
- 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 · Kōfuku no genkai as
- 1948 · A Woman in the Typhoon Area as Kuriko Sato
- 1948 · Temptation as Takako
- 1947 · Three-Fingered Detective as
- 1947 · The Ball at the Anjo House as Atsuko Anjo
- 1947 · The Age of Beginnings as Miyako Tomoda
- 1946 · No Regrets for Our Youth as Yukie Yagihara
- 1945 · Three Women of the North as
- 1945 · Until Victory Day as
- 1944 · The Cruel Sea as
- 1943 · Hot Wind as Kumiko Takagi
- 1943 · Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky as
- 1943 · Suicide Troops of the Watchtower as Yoshiko
- 1943 · The Opium War as
- 1942 · The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya as Kikuko
- 1942 · Green Earth as
- 1942 · Currents of Youth as Makiko Yuijima
- 1942 · Sky of Hope as Chizuko
- 1941 · Story of Leadership as Kuniko
- 1940 · The Snake Princess as Koto Hime
- 1940 · Wedding Day as Yoshiko
- 1940 · Toyuki as Showa Kinema Actress
- 1940 · Hikari to kage (Kōhen) as
- 1940 · Hikari to kage (Zenpen) as
- 1939 · Women in Tokyo as 君塚節子
- 1939 · Machi as Sonomi Kihara
- 1939 · Shanghai Landing Party as Mingzhu - Chinese girl
- 1939 · Beautiful Departure as
- 1938 · Winter Inn as
- 1938 · Pastoral Symphony as
- 1938 · The Giant as
- 1937 · The Woman Aiming for the Shogun as
- 1937 · Mother's Melody as Keiko
- 1937 · The Daughter of the Samurai as Misuko Yamato
- 1936 · The Crown of Life as
- 1936 · Priest of Darkness as Onami
- 1935 · Throwing the Soul Away as Student