From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Setsuko Hara (born June 17, 1920) is 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 is 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 has 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.
Movie | Talking with Ozu | Self (archive footage) | 1993-11-27 |
Movie | 47 Ronin | Riku Oishi | 1962-11-03 |
Movie | The End of Summer | Akiko | 1961-10-29 |
Movie | Daughters, Wives and a Mother | Sanae Soga | 1960-05-21 |
Movie | Life of a Country Doctor | 1960-08-14 | |
Movie | Late Autumn | Akiko Miwa | 1960-11-13 |
Movie | The Three Treasures | Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess | 1959-11-01 |
Movie | Woman Unveiled | 1958-01-15 | |
Movie | Tokyo Twilight | Takako Numata | 1957-04-30 |
Movie | Sudden Rain | Fumiko Namiki | 1956-01-14 |
Movie | Sound of the Mountain | Ogata Kikuko | 1954-01-15 |
Movie | White Fish | Sachiko | 1953-08-05 |
Movie | Tokyo Story | Noriko Hirayama | 1953-11-03 |
Movie | The Idiot | Taeko Nasu | 1951-05-23 |
Movie | Early Summer | Noriko Mamiya | 1951-10-03 |
Movie | Repast | Michiyo Okamoto | 1951-11-23 |
Movie | Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi | 1950-01-29 | |
Movie | The Rainbow-Colored Flower | Teruko | 1950-10-14 |
Movie | Here's to the Young Lady | Yasuko Ikeda | 1949-03-09 |
Movie | The Blue Mountains: Part I | Yukiko Shimazaki | 1949-07-19 |
Movie | Late Spring | Noriko Somiya | 1949-09-13 |
Movie | The Blue Mountains: Part II | Yukiko Shimazaki | 1949-07-26 |
Movie | Temptation | Takako | 1948-04-01 |
Movie | A Woman in the Typhoon Area | Kuriko Sato | 1948-09-18 |
Movie | The Ball at the Anjo House | Atsuko Anjo | 1947-09-27 |
Movie | No Regrets for Our Youth | Yukie Yagihara | 1946-10-29 |
Movie | Three Women of the North | 1945-08-05 | |
Movie | The Cruel Sea | 1944-05-25 | |
Movie | Suicide Troops of the Watchtower | Yoshiko | 1943-04-15 |
Movie | Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky | 1943-05-01 | |
Movie | The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya | Kikuko | 1942-12-02 |
Movie | Toyuki | Showa Kinema Actress | 1940-02-07 |
Movie | The Snake Princess | Koto Hime | 1940-04-03 |
Movie | The Giant | 1938-02-02 | |
Movie | The Daughter of the Samurai | Misuko Yamato | 1937-02-04 |
Movie | Priest of Darkness | Onami | 1936-04-30 |
Movie | The Crown of Life | 1936-06-04 |
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