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