Cast

Setsuko Hara

Acting

Cast

Setsuko Hara

Known for

Acting

Born

1920-06-17

From

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Died

2015-09-05

Also known as 原節子, Masae Aida, ستسوکو هارا

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.

Setsuko Hara

Setsuko Hara

Biography

A Woman in the Typhoon Area

Life of a Country Doctor

Women in Prison

Tokyo Story

Toki no teizo: Sōshūban

The Crown of Life

Untitled # 7 : Rare

The Daughter of the Samurai

Late Spring

The Last Escape

A World of Two

Young Teacher

A Brother and His Sister

Beauty

Early Summer

Fujisancho

Onna dake no yoru

Tokyo Twilight

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

The Chieko Story

Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl

The Three Treasures

The Idiot

The Blue Mountains: Part II

The Ball at the Anjo House

Priest of Darkness

Late Autumn

Sudden Rain

No Regrets for Our Youth

Chûshingura

The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

The Giant

The End of Summer

The Snake Princess

Here's to the Young Lady

Tokyo Sweetheart

Sound of the Mountain

The Rainbow-Colored Flower

Settlement of Love

Shanghai Landing Party

The Town

The Blue Mountains: Part I

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower

Story of Leadership

Wedding Day

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

The Wayside Pebble

Currents of Youth

Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi

Repast

Temptation

Hikari to kage (Kōhen)

The Wind Blows Twice

Three Women of the North

Pastoral Symphony

Holiday in Tokyo

Winter Inn

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

A Female Doctor's Examination Room

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky

Love and Fascination

Travels to the East

The Age of Beginnings

White Fish

Alps Story: The Wild

Woman Unveiled

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

Musume to watashi

Throwing the Soul Away

Women in Tokyo

The Sisters' Agreement

Nobuko Rides on a Cloud

Three-Fingered Detective

Until Victory Day

Sky of Hope

The Opium War

The Woman Aiming for the Shogun