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Setsuko Hara
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 95
Also known as原 節子, Masae Aida, ستسوکو هاراGenderFemaleNationalityEmpire of JapanBorn17/06/1920Born inYokohama, Kanagawa, JapanDied05/09/2015Died inKanagawa PrefectureCausepneumoniaWikidataQ236129TMDb#95504

Setsuko Hara was a Japanese actress. She is best known for her performances in Yasujirō Ozu's films Late Spring (1949), Tokyo Story (1953) and Tokyo Twilight (1957), amongst many others, and for working extensively with director Mikio Naruse. She is widely considered to be one of the greatest Japanese film actresses of all time.

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Filmography80 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1962ChûshinguraMovieRiku Oishi42
1962Musume to watashiMovie42
1961Love and FascinationMovie41
1961The End of SummerMovieAkiko41
1960Daughters, Wives and a MotherMovieSanae Soga40
1960Life of a Country DoctorMovie40
1960Late AutumnMovieAkiko Miwa40
1959A Woman's HeartMovie39
1959The Three TreasuresMovieAmaterasu, the Sun Goddess39
1958Woman UnveiledMovie38
1958Holiday in TokyoMovie38
1958Oban kanketsu henMovieKanako Arishima38
1957Zoku Ôban: Fûun henMovieKanako Arishima37
1957ÔbanMovieKanako Mori37
1957The Chieko StoryMovieChieko Takamura37
1957Tokyo TwilightMovieTakako Numata37
1957Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô henMovieKanako Arishima37
1956Settlement of LoveMovieKatsuko36
1956Three Youngmen and a Dream GirlMovieDesigner Matsukawa36
1956Sudden RainMovieFumiko Namiki36
1956A Brother and His SisterMovieAkiko Mamiya36
1956Women in PrisonMoviePrison Officer36
1955Nobuko Rides on a CloudMovieMom35
1955Image of MotherMovie35
1954Sound of the MountainMovieOgata Kikuko34
1953Tokyo StoryMovieNoriko Hirayama33
1952The Wind Blows TwiceMovieKanae Hisamatsu32
1952Tokyo SweetheartMovieYuki32
1952Kin no tamago: Golden GirlMovie32
1951Early SummerMovieNoriko Mamiya31
1951RepastMovieMichiyo Okamoto31
1951The IdiotMovieTaeko Nasu31
1950The Rainbow-Colored FlowerMovieTeruko30
1950Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachiMovie30
1949Late SpringMovieNoriko Somiya29
1949The Blue Mountains: Part IMovieYukiko Shimazaki29
1949Here's to the Young LadyMovieYasuko Ikeda29
1949The Blue Mountains: Part IIMovieYukiko Shimazaki29
1948FujisanchoMovie28
1948Kōfuku no genkaiMovie28
1948TemptationMovieTakako28
1948A Woman in the Typhoon AreaMovieKuriko Sato28
1947The Ball at the Anjo HouseMovieAtsuko Anjo27
1947Three-Fingered DetectiveMovie27
1947Onna dake no yoruMovie27
1947The Age of BeginningsMovieMiyako Tomoda27
1946No Regrets for Our YouthMovieYukie Yagihara26
1946BeautyMovieKeiko26
1945Three Women of the NorthMovie25
1945Until Victory DayMovie25
1944The Cruel SeaMovie24
1943Suicide Troops of the WatchtowerMovieYoshiko23
1943The Opium WarMovie23
1943Toward the Decisive Battle in the SkyMovie23
1943Searing WindMovieKumiko Takagi23
1942The War at Sea from Hawaii to MalayaMovieKikuko22
1942Currents of YouthMovieMakiko Yuijima22
1942Green EarthMovie22
1942Young TeacherMovieTomiko Hirayama22
1942Sky of HopeMovieChizuko22
1941Story of LeadershipMovieKuniko21
1940A World of TwoMovie20
1940The Sisters' AgreementMovieSachiko20
1940Hikari to kage (Kōhen)Movie20
1940Hikari to kage (Zenpen)Movie20
1940Travels to the EastMovieShowa Kinema Actress20
1940Wedding DayMovieYoshiko20
1939The TownMovieSonomi Kihara19
1939Shanghai Landing PartyMovieMingzhu - Chinese girl19
1939Women in TokyoMovie君塚節子19
1939Beautiful DepartureMovie19
1938Winter InnMovie18
1938The GiantMovie18
1938Pastoral SymphonyMovie18
1937Mother's MelodyMovieKeiko17
1937The Woman Aiming for the ShogunMovie17
1937The Daughter of the SamuraiMovieMisuko Yamato17
1936Priest of DarknessMovieOnami16
1936The Crown of LifeMovie16
1935Throwing the Soul AwayMovieStudent15