Setsuko Hara
- Teen actor
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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, although she is mostly unknown in the US. She suddenly quit acting in 1963 (the same year as Ozu's death), and had since 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.
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Acted in
Noriko Setsuko 2
2023
as Noriko Setsuko
Noriko Setsuko
2023
as Noriko Setsuko
Untitled # 7 : Rare
2021
Talking with Ozu
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Chûshingura
1962
as Riku Oishi
Musume to watashi
1962
The End of Summer
1961
as Akiko
The Wayside Pebble
1960
as Oren Aikawa
Late Autumn
1960
as Akiko Miwa
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
as Sanae Soga
The Three Treasures
1959
as Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
as Kanako Arishima
A Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Woman Unveiled
1958
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
as Kanako Arishima
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
as Kanako Arishima
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Takako Numata
Ôban
1957
as Kanako Mori
Women in Prison
1956
as Prison Officer
Settlement of Love
1956
as Katsuko
Sudden Rain
1956
as Fumiko Namiki
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
1955
as Mom
Sound of the Mountain
1954
as Ogata Kikuko
Tokyo Story
1953
as Noriko Hirayama
White Fish
1953
as Sachiko
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
as Yuki
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
The Wind Blows Twice
1952
as Kanae Hisamatsu
Repast
1951
as Michiyo Okamoto
Early Summer
1951
as Noriko Mamiya
The Idiot
1951
as Taeko Nasu
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
as Teruko
Alps Story: The Wild
1950
A Female Doctor's Examination Room
1950
as Fumiko Tajima
Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
1950
Late Spring
1949
as Noriko Somiya
The Blue Mountains: Part II
1949
as Yukiko Shimazaki
The Blue Mountains: Part I
1949
as Yukiko Shimazaki
Here's to the Young Lady
1949
as Yasuko Ikeda
Kōfuku no genkai
1948
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948
as Kuriko Sato
Temptation
1948
as Takako
Three-Fingered Detective
1947
The Ball at the Anjo House
1947
as Atsuko Anjo
The Age of Beginnings
1947
as Miyako Tomoda
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
as Yukie Yagihara
Three Women of the North
1945
Until Victory Day
1945
The Cruel Sea
1944
Hot Wind
1943
as Kumiko Takagi
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
1943
as Yoshiko
The Opium War
1943
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
1942
as Kikuko
Green Earth
1942
Currents of Youth
1942
as Makiko Yuijima
Sky of Hope
1942
as Chizuko
Story of Leadership
1941
as Kuniko
The Snake Princess
1940
as Koto Hime
Wedding Day
1940
as Yoshiko
Toyuki
1940
as Showa Kinema Actress
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940
Hikari to kage (Kōhen)
1940
Women in Tokyo
1939
as 君塚節子
Machi
1939
as Sonomi Kihara
Shanghai Landing Party
1939
as Mingzhu - Chinese girl
Beautiful Departure
1939
Winter Inn
1938
Pastoral Symphony
1938
The Giant
1938
The Woman Aiming for the Shogun
1937
Mother's Melody
1937
as Keiko
The Daughter of the Samurai
1937
as Misuko Yamato
The Crown of Life
1936
Priest of Darkness
1936
as Onami
Throwing the Soul Away
1935
as Student