Setsuko Hara
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
Tokyo Story
Noriko Hirayama
1953
Film
Late Spring
Noriko Somiya
1949
Film
Toki no teizo: Sōshūban
1952
Film
Women in Prison
Prison Officer
1956
Film
The Crown of Life
1936
Film
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
Film
Untitled # 7 : Rare
2021
Film
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Kuriko Sato
1948
Film
Chûshingura
Riku Oishi
1962
Film
The End of Summer
Akiko
1961
Film
The Idiot
Taeko Nasu
1951
Film
The Blue Mountains: Part II
Yukiko Shimazaki
1949
Film
No Regrets for Our Youth
Yukie Yagihara
1946
Film
Late Autumn
Akiko Miwa
1960
Film
Tokyo Twilight
Takako Numata
1957
Film
The Three Treasures
Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
1959
Film
The Daughter of the Samurai
Misuko Yamato
1937
Film
Early Summer
Noriko Mamiya
1951
Film
Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
1950
Film
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Designer Matsukawa
1956
Film
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Sanae Soga
1960
Onna dake no yoru
1947
Film
Repast
Michiyo Okamoto
1951
Film
Young Teacher
Tomiko Hirayama
1942
Film
The Chieko Story
Chieko Takamura
1957
Film
Sound of the Mountain
Ogata Kikuko
1954
Film
Priest of Darkness
Onami
1936
Film
Tokyo Sweetheart
Yuki
1952
Film
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
Yoshiko
1943
Film
Temptation
Takako
1948
Film
A Brother and His Sister
Akiko Mamiya
1956
Film
A World of Two
1940
Film
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Film
The Last Escape
Tomiko
1957
Film
The Ball at the Anjo House
Atsuko Anjo
1947
Film
Sudden Rain
Fumiko Namiki
1956
Film
Shanghai Landing Party
Mingzhu - Chinese girl
1939
Film
Fujisancho
1948
Film
Here's to the Young Lady
Yasuko Ikeda
1949
Film
Beauty
Keiko
1946
Film
Sky of Hope
Chizuko
1942
Film
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Film
The Giant
1938
Film
The Wind Blows Twice
Kanae Hisamatsu
1952
Film
Musume to watashi
1962
Film
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Teruko
1950
Film
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
Kikuko
1942
Winter Inn
1938
Film
The Town
Sonomi Kihara
1939
Film
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943
Film
Three-Fingered Detective
1947
Film
The Cruel Sea
1944
Film
Woman Unveiled
1958
Film
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Kanako Arishima
1957
Film
Until Victory Day
1945
Film
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
Mom
1955
Film
Settlement of Love
Katsuko
1956
Film
Story of Leadership
Kuniko
1941
Film
Three Women of the North
1945
Film
Oban kanketsu hen
Kanako Arishima
1958
Film
The Blue Mountains: Part I
Yukiko Shimazaki
1949
Film
White Fish
Sachiko
1953
Film
Searing Wind
Kumiko Takagi
1943
Film
Women in Tokyo
君塚節子
1939
Film
Beautiful Departure
1939
Film
Love and Fascination
1961
Film
The Wayside Pebble
Oren Aikawa
1960
Film
Travels to the East
Showa Kinema Actress
1940
Film
Currents of Youth
Makiko Yuijima
1942
Film
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Kanako Arishima
1957
Film
Throwing the Soul Away
Student
1935
Film
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940
Film
Wedding Day
Yoshiko
1940
Film
Ôban
Kanako Mori
1957
Film
The Age of Beginnings
Miyako Tomoda
1947
Film
Pastoral Symphony
1938
The Snake Princess
Koto Hime
1940
The Opium War
1943
Film
Green Earth
1942
Film
A Female Doctor's Examination Room
Fumiko Tajima
1950
Film
The Woman Aiming for the Shogun
1937
Film
Hikari to kage (Kōhen)
1940
Film
Mother's Melody
Keiko
1937
Film
Kōfuku no genkai
1948
Film
Alps Story: The Wild
1950
Film
The Sisters' Agreement
Sachiko
1940
Noriko Setsuko
Noriko Setsuko
2023
Noriko Setsuko 2
Noriko Setsuko
2023