Setsuko Hara

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.

Filmografi

Tokyo Story1953 · Noriko HirayamaLate Spring1949 · Noriko SomiyaThe End of Summer1961 · AkikoRepast1951 · Michiyo OkamotoA Brother and His Sister1956 · Akiko MamiyaTokyo Twilight1957 · Takako NumataToki no teizo: Sōshūban1952 · A Woman in the Typhoon Area1948 · Kuriko SatoChûshingura1962 · Riku OishiLate Autumn1960 · Akiko MiwaA Woman's Heart1959 · Early Summer1951 · Noriko MamiyaWomen in Prison1956 · Prison OfficerBeauty1946 · KeikoThe Idiot1951 · Taeko NasuShirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi1950 · Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl1956 · Designer MatsukawaThe Chieko Story1957 · Chieko TakamuraLife of a Country Doctor1960 · The Cruel Sea1944 · The Blue Mountains: Part II1949 · Yukiko ShimazakiThe Three Treasures1959 · Amaterasu, the Sun GoddessThe Last Escape1957 · TomikoYoung Teacher1942 · Tomiko Hirayama