About

Known credits:
75
Birthday:
1920-06-17
Place of birth:
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Setsuko Hara

Overview

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, 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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Known for

Acting
2023 Noriko Setsuko 2 Actor Noriko Setsuko N/A
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2023 Noriko Setsuko Actor Noriko Setsuko N/A
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2021 Untitled # 7 : Rare Actor N/A
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1993 Talking with Ozu Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1962 47 Ronin Actor Riku Oishi 60
Fair
1962 Musume to watashi Actor N/A
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1961 The End of Summer Actor Akiko 61
Fair
1960 The Wayside Pebble Actor Oren Aikawa N/A
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1960 Late Autumn Actor Akiko Miwa 63
Fair
1960 Life of a Country Doctor Actor N/A
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1960 Daughters, Wives and a Mother Actor Sanae Soga 59
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1959 The Three Treasures Actor Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess 58
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1958 Oban kanketsu hen Actor Kanako Arishima N/A
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1958 A Holiday in Tokyo Actor N/A
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1958 Woman Unveiled Actor 59
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1957 Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen Actor Kanako Arishima N/A
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1957 Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen Actor Kanako Arishima N/A
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1957 Tokyo Twilight Actor Takako Numata 62
Fair
1957 Ôban Actor Kanako Mori N/A
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1956 Women in Prison Actor Prison Officer 59
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1956 Settlement of Love Actor Katsuko N/A
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1956 Sudden Rain Actor Fumiko Namiki 59
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1955 Nobuko Rides on a Cloud Actor Mom N/A
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1954 Sound of the Mountain Actor Ogata Kikuko 60
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1953 Tokyo Story Actor Noriko Hirayama 74
Good
1953 White Fish Actor Sachiko N/A
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1952 Tokyo Sweetheart Actor Yuki 59
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1952 Kin no tamago: Golden Girl Actor N/A
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1952 The Wind Blows Twice Actor N/A
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1951 Repast Actor Michiyo Okamoto 60
Fair
1951 Early Summer Actor Noriko Mamiya 63
Fair
1951 The Idiot Actor Taeko Nasu 60
Fair
1950 The Rainbow-Colored Flower Actor Teruko 58
Average
1950 Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi Actor N/A
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1949 Late Spring Actor Noriko Somiya 68
Fair
1949 The Blue Mountains: Part II Actor Yukiko Shimazaki 59
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1949 The Blue Mountains: Part I Actor Yukiko Shimazaki 59
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1949 Here's to the Young Lady Actor Yasuko Ikeda 59
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1948 Kōfuku no genkai Actor N/A
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1948 A Woman in the Typhoon Area Actor Kuriko Sato 59
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1948 Temptation Actor Takako 59
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1947 Three-Fingered Detective Actor N/A
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1947 The Ball at the Anjo House Actor Atsuko Anjo 59
Average
1947 The Age of Beginnings Actor Miyako Tomoda N/A
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1946 No Regrets for Our Youth Actor Yukie Yagihara 60
Fair
1945 Three Women of the North Actor N/A
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1945 Until Victory Day Actor N/A
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1944 The Cruel Sea Actor N/A
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1943 Hot Wind Actor Kumiko Takagi N/A
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1943 Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky Actor 59
Average
1943 Suicide Troops of the Watchtower Actor Yoshiko 59
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1943 The Opium War Actor N/A
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1942 The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya Actor Kikuko N/A
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1942 Green Earth Actor N/A
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1942 Currents of Youth Actor Makiko Yuijima N/A
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1942 Sky of Hope Actor Chizuko N/A
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1941 Story of Leadership Actor Kuniko N/A
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1940 The Snake Princess Actor Koto Hime N/A
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1940 Wedding Day Actor Yoshiko N/A
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1940 Toyuki Actor Showa Kinema Actress N/A
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1940 Hikari to kage (Zenpen) Actor N/A
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1940 Hikari to kage (Kōhen) Actor N/A
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1939 Women in Tokyo Actor 君塚節子 N/A
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1939 Machi Actor Sonomi Kihara N/A
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1939 Shanghai Landing Party Actor Mingzhu - Chinese girl 58
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1939 Beautiful Departure Actor N/A
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1938 Winter Inn Actor N/A
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1938 Pastoral Symphony Actor N/A
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1938 The Giant Actor N/A
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1937 The Woman Aiming for the Shogun Actor N/A
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1937 Mother's Melody Actor Keiko N/A
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1937 The Daughter of the Samurai Actor Misuko Yamato 59
Average
1936 The Crown of Life Actor N/A
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1936 Priest of Darkness Actor Onami 59
Average
1935 Throwing the Soul Away Actor Student N/A
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