
Known for
Acting
Born
June 17, 1920
Birthplace
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Died
September 5, 2015 (aged 95)
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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 starr...
2023
as Noriko Setsuko
2023
as Noriko Setsuko
2021
1962
as Riku Oishi
1962
1961
as Akiko
1961
1960
as Oren Aikawa
1960
as Akiko Miwa
1960
1960
as Sanae Soga
1959
as Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
1959
1958
as Kanako Arishima
1958
1958
1957
as Kanako Arishima
1957
as Tomiko
1957
as Kanako Arishima
1957
as Chieko Takamura
1957
as Takako Numata
1957
as Kanako Mori
1956
as Akiko Mamiya
1956
as Prison Officer
1956
as Designer Matsukawa