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 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.
86 acting credits
Acting · 86
Tokyo Story
1953
Late Spring
1949
The Idiot
1951
Late Autumn
1960
Chûshingura
1962
The End of Summer
1961
The Three Treasures
1959
Early Summer
1951
Sound of the Mountain
1954
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Repast
1951
Priest of Darkness
1936
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
The Ball at the Anjo House
1947
Sudden Rain
1956
The Blue Mountains: Part I
1949
Ôban
1957
Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
1950
Three Women of the North
1945
Currents of Youth
1942
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Three-Fingered Detective
1947
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
1942
The Opium War
1943
Settlement of Love
1956
Shanghai Landing Party
1939
Sky of Hope
1942
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
1943
Toyuki
1940
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
1955
Green Earth
1942
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
Story of Leadership
1941
Beautiful Departure
1939
The Town
1939
A Female Doctor's Examination Room
1950
Mother's Melody
1937
White Fish
1953
The Age of Beginnings
1947
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940
The Blue Mountains: Part II
1949
Until Victory Day
1945
Wedding Day
1940
The Giant
1938
Pastoral Symphony
1938
Hikari to kage (Kōhen)
1940
Love and Fascination
1961
The Wind Blows Twice
1952
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
The Cruel Sea
1944
The Wayside Pebble
1960
The Snake Princess
1940
Here's to the Young Lady
1949
Woman Unveiled
1958
Searing Wind
1943
The Woman Aiming for the Shogun
1937
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948
Temptation
1948
Women in Prison
1956
Musume to watashi
1962
Kōfuku no genkai
1948
Women in Tokyo
1939
The Daughter of the Samurai
1937
Winter Inn
1938
The Sisters' Agreement
1940
Alps Story: The Wild
1950
Noriko Setsuko 2
2023
Noriko Setsuko
2023
The Crown of Life
1936
Throwing the Soul Away
1935
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
Young Teacher
1942
Fujisancho
1948
The Chieko Story
1957
A World of Two
1940
Untitled # 7 : Rare
2021
A Brother and His Sister
1956
The Last Escape
1957
Beauty
1946