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.
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2020s
- 2021
Untitled # 7 : Rare
Movie
1960s
- 1962
Musume to watashi
Movie
- 1961
Love and Fascination
Movie
- 1960
The Wayside Pebble
Oren Aikawa
Life of a Country Doctor
Movie
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Sanae Soga
1950s
- 1959
The Three Treasures
Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
A Woman's Heart
Movie
- 1958
Oban kanketsu hen
Kanako Arishima
Holiday in Tokyo
Movie
Woman Unveiled
Movie
- 1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Kanako Arishima
The Last Escape
Tomiko
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Kanako Arishima
The Chieko Story
Chieko Takamura
Ôban
Kanako Mori
- 1956
A Brother and His Sister
Akiko Mamiya
Women in Prison
Prison Officer
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Designer Matsukawa
Settlement of Love
Katsuko
Sudden Rain
Fumiko Namiki
- 1955
Image of Mother
Movie
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
Mom
- 1954
Sound of the Mountain
Ogata Kikuko
- 1953
White Fish
Sachiko
- 1952
Toki no teizo: Sōshūban
Movie
Tokyo Sweetheart
Yuki
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Movie
The Wind Blows Twice
Kanae Hisamatsu
- 1951
Repast
Michiyo Okamoto
- 1950
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Teruko
Alps Story: The Wild
Movie
A Female Doctor's Examination Room
Fumiko Tajima
Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
Movie
1940s
- 1949
The Blue Mountains: Part II
Yukiko Shimazaki
- 1948
Kōfuku no genkai
Movie
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Kuriko Sato
Fujisancho
Movie
Temptation
Takako
- 1947
Three-Fingered Detective
Movie
The Age of Beginnings
Miyako Tomoda
- 1946
No Regrets for Our Youth
Yukie Yagihara
Beauty
Keiko
- 1945
Three Women of the North
Movie
Until Victory Day
Movie
- 1944
- 1943
Searing Wind
Kumiko Takagi
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
Movie
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
Yoshiko
- 1942
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
Kikuko
Green Earth
Movie
Young Teacher
Tomiko Hirayama
Currents of Youth
Makiko Yuijima
Sky of Hope
Chizuko
- 1941
Story of Leadership
Kuniko
- 1940
The Sisters' Agreement
Sachiko
A World of Two
Movie
Wedding Day
Yoshiko
Travels to the East
Showa Kinema Actress
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
Movie
Hikari to kage (Kōhen)
Movie
1930s
- 1939
Women in Tokyo
君塚節子
The Town
Sonomi Kihara
Shanghai Landing Party
Mingzhu - Chinese girl
Beautiful Departure
Movie
- 1938
Pastoral Symphony
Movie
The Giant
Movie
- 1937
The Woman Aiming for the Shogun
Movie
Mother's Melody
Keiko
The Daughter of the Samurai
Misuko Yamato
- 1936
The Crown of Life
Movie
Priest of Darkness
Onami
- 1935
Throwing the Soul Away
Student