Setsuko Hara
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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. 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.
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Acting
Movie
Tokyo Story
as Noriko Hirayama
1953
Movie
Late Spring
as Noriko Somiya
1949
Movie
Early Summer
as Noriko Mamiya
1951
Movie
Late Autumn
as Akiko Miwa
1960
Movie
Tokyo Twilight
as Takako Numata
1957
Movie
The Idiot
as Taeko Nasu
1951
Movie
The End of Summer
as Akiko
1961
Movie
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Yukie Yagihara
1946
Movie
Sound of the Mountain
as Ogata Kikuko
1954
Movie
Repast
as Michiyo Okamoto
1951
Movie
Chûshingura
as Riku Oishi
1962
Movie
The Ball at the Anjo House
as Atsuko Anjo
1947
Movie
Priest of Darkness
as Onami
1936
Movie
Sudden Rain
as Fumiko Namiki
1956
Movie
The Three Treasures
as Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
1959
Movie
Here's to the Young Lady
as Yasuko Ikeda
1949
Movie
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Sanae Soga
1960
Movie
The Blue Mountains: Part II
as Yukiko Shimazaki
1949
Movie
The Blue Mountains: Part I
as Yukiko Shimazaki
1949
Movie
Tokyo Sweetheart
as Yuki
1952
Movie
The Daughter of the Samurai
as Misuko Yamato
1937
Movie
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
as Yoshiko
1943
Movie
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943
Movie
Women in Prison
as Prison Officer
1956