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