Setsuko Hara
Known for Acting · 86 credits
- Born
- 1920-06-17
- Died
- 2015-09-05
- Place of birth
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- 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.
Known For
Movies (86)
Tokyo Story
1953
as Noriko Hirayama
Late Spring
1949
as Noriko Somiya
The Idiot
1951
as Taeko Nasu
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Takako Numata
The Three Treasures
1959
as Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
Priest of Darkness
1936
as Onami
Early Summer
1951
as Noriko Mamiya
Chûshingura
1962
as Riku Oishi
Late Autumn
1960
as Akiko Miwa
Sound of the Mountain
1954
as Ogata Kikuko
The End of Summer
1961
as Akiko
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
as Yukie Yagihara
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Sudden Rain
1956
as Fumiko Namiki
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
as Sanae Soga
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
as Kanako Arishima
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
The Ball at the Anjo House
1947
as Atsuko Anjo
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
as Teruko
Repast
1951
as Michiyo Okamoto
Musume to watashi
1962
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
as Yuki
Sky of Hope
1942
as Chizuko
The Blue Mountains: Part I
1949
as Yukiko Shimazaki
The Opium War
1943
Green Earth
1942
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948
as Kuriko Sato
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943
The Blue Mountains: Part II
1949
as Yukiko Shimazaki
Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
1950
Ôban
1957
as Kanako Mori
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
as Kanako Arishima
Here's to the Young Lady
1949
as Yasuko Ikeda
Three Women of the North
1945
Currents of Youth
1942
as Makiko Yuijima
Shanghai Landing Party
1939
as Mingzhu - Chinese girl
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Three-Fingered Detective
1947
Settlement of Love
1956
as Katsuko
Love and Fascination
1961
White Fish
1953
as Sachiko
The Snake Princess
1940
as Koto Hime
Beautiful Departure
1939
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
1942
as Kikuko
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
as Kanako Arishima
Women in Prison
1956
as Prison Officer
Hikari to kage (Kōhen)
1940
The Town
1939
as Sonomi Kihara
Woman Unveiled
1958
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940
Toyuki
1940
as Showa Kinema Actress
The Giant
1938
Kōfuku no genkai
1948
Pastoral Symphony
1938
Mother's Melody
1937
as Keiko
The Wayside Pebble
1960
as Oren Aikawa
A Female Doctor's Examination Room
1950
as Fumiko Tajima
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
1955
as Mom
Wedding Day
1940
as Yoshiko
Temptation
1948
as Takako
Until Victory Day
1945
The Daughter of the Samurai
1937
as Misuko Yamato
Searing Wind
1943
as Kumiko Takagi
The Age of Beginnings
1947
as Miyako Tomoda
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
1943
as Yoshiko
The Wind Blows Twice
1952
as Kanae Hisamatsu
Story of Leadership
1941
as Kuniko
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
as Designer Matsukawa
A Brother and His Sister
1956
as Akiko Mamiya
The Woman Aiming for the Shogun
1937
The Cruel Sea
1944
Alps Story: The Wild
1950
The Crown of Life
1936
A World of Two
1940
The Last Escape
1957
as Tomiko
Young Teacher
1942
as Tomiko Hirayama
The Sisters' Agreement
1940
as Sachiko
Beauty
1946
as Keiko
Women in Tokyo
1939
as 君塚節子
Noriko Setsuko 2
2023
as Noriko Setsuko
Throwing the Soul Away
1935
as Student
Fujisancho
1948
The Chieko Story
1957
as Chieko Takamura
Winter Inn
1938
Untitled # 7 : Rare
2021
Noriko Setsuko
2023
as Noriko Setsuko
About 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… With 86 credits spanning from 1935 to 2023, Setsuko Hara has appeared in 86 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Tokyo Story (1953) — as Noriko Hirayama
- Late Spring (1949) — as Noriko Somiya
- The Idiot (1951) — as Taeko Nasu
- Tokyo Twilight (1957) — as Takako Numata
- The Three Treasures (1959) — as Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
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