Setsuko Hara

Japanese actress (1920–2015)

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Setsuko Hara (1920–2015) was a Japanese film actor. Born in Yokohama, she began her acting career in 1935 and continued working until her death in 2015. She held citizenship in Japan and the Empire of Japan. Hara died of pneumonia in Kanagawa Prefecture from natural causes.

Her professional field was acting, and she spoke Japanese. Records indicate she was associated with 86 works, though other sources list five works. She is referenced by 162 other encyclopedia articles.

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Film & TV

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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…

Known for

Noriko Setsuko — Noriko Setsuko2023
Noriko Setsuko 2 — Noriko Setsuko2023
Untitled # 7 : Rare2021
Chûshingura — Riku Oishi1962
Musume to watashi1962
The End of Summer — Akiko1961
Love and Fascination1961
Late Autumn — Akiko Miwa1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother — Sanae Soga1960
Life of a Country Doctor1960

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Key facts

Born: Masae Aida , ( 1920-06-17 ) 17 June 1920, Yokohama , Kanagawa , Japan
Died: 5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) (aged 95), Kanagawa , Japan
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1935–1963
Notable work: No Regrets for Our Youth , Late Spring , Early Summer , Tokyo Story
Kanji: 原節子
Hiragana: はらせつこ
Romanization: Hara Setsuko

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: Empire of Japan
Place of birth: Yokohama
Place of death: Kanagawa Prefecture
Occupation: film actor
Languages spoken: Japanese
Field of work: acting
Image: Setsuko Hara in Tokyo Story (1953).jpg

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Commons category: Setsuko Hara
date of birth: 1920-06-17
name in kana: はらせつこ
date of death: 2015-09-05
cause of death: pneumonia
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: 原節子
start of work period: 1935-00-00
end of work period: 2015-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Alternative Japanese name Kanji会田昌江 Hiraganaあいだまさえ

Kiyo Kuroda (left) and Setsuko Hara (right) in Atami, Shizuoka (photo from the July 1936 issue of the film magazine Nikkatsu Gahō) Hara in Atarashiki Tsuchi (1937) In Late Spring (1949) In Tokyo Story (1953) Hara on location of Tokyo Story (1953), director Yasujirō Ozu (far right), on the grounds of Jōdo-ji in Onomichi, Hiroshima in August 1953 Setsuko Hara (原節子, Hara Setsuko; born Masae Aida (会田昌江); 17 June 1920 – 5 September 2015) 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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