Setsuko Hara (1936)

Setsuko Hara (Japanese: 原節子; born Masae Aida on June 17, 1920 in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture) is a famous Japanese actress who appeared in many of Yasujiro Ozu's films, most notably as Noriko in the Noriko Trilogy (Late Spring, Early Summer, and Tokyo Story). She also starred in pictures by Akira Kurosawa, Mikio Naruse and other prominent directors. She is called "the Eternal Virgin" in Japan and is a symbol of Japanese film's golden era of the 1950s. She suddenly quit acting in 1963, and has since led a secluded life in Kamakura, refusing all interviews and refusing to be photographed (making Japanese-cinema scholar Donald Richie refer to Hara as the "Greta Garbo of Japan"). Her final role was Riku, wife of Oishi Yoshio, in a film of Chūshingura. She later became the inspiration for the protagonist of the 2001 movie Millennium Actress. [1] is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the town of Yokohama in Aomori Prefecture, see Yokohama, Aomori. ... is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the town of Yokohama in Aomori Prefecture, see Yokohama, Aomori. ... Yasujiro Ozu (小津 安二郎 Ozu Yasujirō) (December 12, 1903 - December 12, 1963) was an influential Japanese film director. ... Late Spring (晩春 Banshun) is a 1949 Japanese film by Yasujiro Ozu, and many consider it his finest achievement. ... A 1951 film by Yasujiro Ozu. ... Tokyo Story ) is a 1953 Japanese dike cunt nigger bitch fag cunt whore cock sucker movie by Yasujiro Ozu, in which elderly parents from the southwestern seaside town of Onomichi visit their busy children in Tokyo — a journey which, before the introduction of the bullet train, took almost a day... Kurosawa redirects here. ... Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse (成瀬巳喜男 Naruse Mikio) (August 20, 1905 – July 2, 1969) was a Japanese film director, writer and producer who directed some 89 films spanning from the end of the silent era (1930) through the sixties (1967). ... The 1950s decade refers to the years 1950 to 1959 inclusive. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... Kamakura can refer to: Kamakura, Kanagawa, a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan The Kamakura Shogunate The Kamakura period in the History of Japan The Kamakura family name in Japan Kamakura Great Buddha, the Great Buddha of Kamakura Kamakura, a fictional character from the G.I. Joe series Category: ... Donald Richie (born 1924) is an American-born author who has written a number of books about the Japanese people and Japanese cinema. ... Greta redirects here. ... Statue of ÅŒishi Yoshio at Sengakuji in Tokyo ÅŒishi Yoshio (大石良雄 1659 - March 20, 1703) was the karō of the Akō han in Harima Province (now Hyogo Prefecture), Japan (1679 - 1701). ... A woodblock print of the mansion raid, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. ... Millennium Actress (千年女優 Sennen JoyÅ«) is a 2001 animated film by Japanese director Satoshi Kon. ...

Feature Films

• No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
• Late Spring (1949)
• The Idiot (1951)
• Rapest (1951)
• Early Summer (1951)
• Tokyo Story (1953)
• The Sound of the Mountain (1954)
• The End of Summer (1961)

No Regrets for Our Youth is the most common English translation of the Japanese film Waga seishun ni kuinashi, written and directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1946. ... Late Spring (晩春 Banshun) is a 1949 Japanese film by Yasujiro Ozu, and many consider it his finest achievement. ... The Idiot ) is a 1951 Japanese film by director Akira Kurosawa. ... Repast ) is a 1951 film by Mikio Naruse, starring Setsuko Hara. ... A 1951 film by Yasujiro Ozu. ... Tokyo Story ) is a 1953 Japanese dike cunt nigger bitch fag cunt whore cock sucker movie by Yasujiro Ozu, in which elderly parents from the southwestern seaside town of Onomichi visit their busy children in Tokyo — a journey which, before the introduction of the bullet train, took almost a day... The Sound of the Mountain (Yama no Oto) is a novel by Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, serialized between 1949 and 1954. ...

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Setsuko Hara

• IMDb Profile
• JMDb Profile (in Japanese)
• An essay on Setsuko Hara by Donald Richie