1920-06-17 ( 104 years old ) in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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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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Movies
Noriko Setsuko 2
2023-09-15
Noriko Setsuko
2023-08-27
Untitled # 7 : Rare
2021-04-08
Talking with Ozu
1993-11-27
Chûshingura
1962-11-03
Musume to watashi
1962-04-01
The End of Summer
1961-10-29
The Wayside Pebble
1960-12-31
Late Autumn
1960-11-13
Life of a Country Doctor
1960-08-14
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960-05-21
The Three Treasures
1959-11-01
Oban kanketsu hen
1958-07-01
A Holiday in Tokyo
1958-04-15
Woman Unveiled
1958-01-15
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957-12-17
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957-07-19
Tokyo Twilight
1957-04-30
Ôban
1957-03-05
Women in Prison
1956-09-11
Settlement of Love
1956-03-28
Sudden Rain
1956-01-14
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
1955-06-07
Sound of the Mountain
1954-01-15
Tokyo Story
1953-11-03
White Fish
1953-08-05
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952-07-15
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952-05-14
The Wind Blows Twice
1952-02-14
Repast
1951-11-23
Early Summer
1951-10-03
The Idiot
1951-05-23
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950-10-14
Alps Story: The Wild
1950-09-09
A Female Doctor's Examination Room
1950-04-19
Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
1950-01-29
Late Spring
1949-09-13
The Blue Mountains: Part II
1949-07-26
The Blue Mountains: Part I
1949-07-19
Here's to the Young Lady
1949-03-09
Kōfuku no genkai
1948-11-01
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948-09-18
Temptation
1948-04-01
Three-Fingered Detective
1947-12-09
The Ball at the Anjo House
1947-09-27
The Age of Beginnings
1947-07-15
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946-10-29
Three Women of the North
1945-08-05
Until Victory Day
1945-01-25
The Cruel Sea
1944-05-25
Hot Wind
1943-10-07
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943-05-01
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
1943-04-15
The Opium War
1943-01-14
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
1942-12-03
Green Earth
1942-04-01
Currents of Youth
1942-02-14
Sky of Hope
1942-01-14
Story of Leadership
1941-10-04
The Snake Princess
1940-04-03
Wedding Day
1940-03-20
Toyuki
1940-02-07
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940-01-18
Hikari to kage (Kōhen)
1940-01-18
Women in Tokyo
1939-10-31
Machi
1939-08-20
Shanghai Landing Party
1939-05-19
Beautiful Departure
1939-02-21
Winter Inn
1938-10-05
Pastoral Symphony
1938-06-11
The Giant
1938-02-02
The Woman Aiming for the Shogun
1937-10-21
Mother's Melody
1937-03-03
The Daughter of the Samurai
1937-02-04
The Crown of Life
1936-06-04
Priest of Darkness
1936-04-30
Throwing the Soul Away
1935-09-26
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