Setsuko Hara
Birthday: 1920-06-17
Place of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Biography: 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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Setsuko Hara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Hot Wind
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Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
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Late Spring
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Late Autumn
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The Idiot
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The End of Summer
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Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
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No Regrets for Our Youth
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Chûshingura
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White Fish
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The Age of Beginnings
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Repast
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Sound of the Mountain
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Tokyo Story
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Tokyo Twilight
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Daughters, Wives and a Mother
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
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Oban kanketsu hen
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Ôban
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Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
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The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
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The Ball at the Anjo House
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Here's to the Young Lady
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The Blue Mountains: Part I
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Noriko Setsuko
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The Crown of Life
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Until Victory Day
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The Three Treasures
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Green Earth
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The Daughter of the Samurai
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Settlement of Love
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Currents of Youth
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Sudden Rain
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Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
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Priest of Darkness
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Temptation
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Holiday in Tokyo
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Kōfuku no genkai
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The Blue Mountains: Part II
Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later....
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The Snake Princess
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The Rainbow-Colored Flower
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Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
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Woman Unveiled
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Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
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Three Women of the North
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Life of a Country Doctor
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A Woman in the Typhoon Area
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The Giant
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The Cruel Sea
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Tokyo Sweetheart
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Wedding Day
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Winter Inn
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Throwing the Soul Away
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Shanghai Landing Party
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Toyuki
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Women in Prison
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The Opium War
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The Wayside Pebble
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Three-Fingered Detective
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Story of Leadership
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Pastoral Symphony
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The Woman Aiming for the Shogun
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The Wind Blows Twice
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Sky of Hope
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Beautiful Departure
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Women in Tokyo
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A Female Doctor's Examination Room
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A Sister's Promise
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Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend...
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