Setsuko Hara
Born June 17, 1920 (Age: 105)
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Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
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.
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Filmography
Chûshingura
1962
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as Riku Oishi
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Age: 42
Musume to watashi
1962
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as
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Age: 41
The End of Summer
1961
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as Akiko
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Age: 41
Love and Fascination
1961
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as
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Age: 40
The Wayside Pebble
1960
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as Oren Aikawa
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Age: 40
Late Autumn
1960
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as Akiko Miwa
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Age: 40
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
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as
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Age: 40
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
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as Sanae Soga
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Age: 39
The Three Treasures
1959
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as Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
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Age: 39
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
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as Kanako Arishima
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Age: 38
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
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as
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Age: 37
Woman Unveiled
1958
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as
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Age: 37
Women in Prison
1956
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as Prison Officer
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Age: 36
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
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as Designer Matsukawa
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Age: 35
Settlement of Love
1956
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as Katsuko
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Age: 35
Sudden Rain
1956
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as Fumiko Namiki
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Age: 35
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
1955
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as Mom
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Age: 34
Sound of the Mountain
1954
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as Ogata Kikuko
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Age: 33
Tokyo Story
1953
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as Noriko Hirayama
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Age: 33
White Fish
1953
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as Sachiko
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Age: 33
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
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as Teruko
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Age: 30
Alps Story: The Wild
1950
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as
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Age: 30
A Female Doctor's Examination Room
1950
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as Fumiko Tajima
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Age: 29
Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
1950
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as
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Age: 29
Three Women of the North
1945
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as
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Age: 25
No Image
Until Victory Day
1945
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as
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Age: 24
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
1942
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as Kikuko
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Age: 22
Green Earth
1942
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as
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Age: 21
Currents of Youth
1942
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as Makiko Yuijima
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Age: 21
Sky of Hope
1942
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as Chizuko
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Age: 21
Story of Leadership
1941
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as Kuniko
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Age: 21