Setsuko Hara
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Setsuko Hara in Late Spring in 1949
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| Born |
会田 昌江 (Aida Masae?) June 17, 1920 Yokohama, Kanagawa. Japan |
| Died | September 5, 2015 (aged 95) Kanagawa, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1935–1963 |
| Notable work |
No Regrets for Our Youth Late Spring Early Summer Tokyo Story |
Setsuko Hara (原 節子 Hara Setsuko?, June 17, 1920 – September 5, 2015) was a Japanese actress. In the West, she is best known for her performances in Yasujirō Ozu's films Late Spring (1949) and Tokyo Story (1953), although she had already appeared in 67 films before working with Ozu for the first time.
Setsuko Hara was born Masae Aida (会田 昌江 Aida Masae?) in what is now Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama in a family with three sons and five daughters. Her elder sister was married to film director Hisatora Kumagai, which gave her an entry into the world of the cinema and she went to work for Nikkatsu Studios in Tamagawa, outside Tokyo, in 1935. Her debut was at the age of 15 in Do Not Hesitate Young Folks! (ためらふ勿れ若人よ tamerafu nakare wakōdo yo?)
Hara came to prominence as an actress in the 1937 German-Japanese co-production Die Tochter des Samurai (The Daughter of the Samurai), known in Japan as Atarashiki Tsuchi (The New Earth), directed by Arnold Fanck and Mansaku Itami. In the film, Hara plays a maiden who unsuccessfully attempts to immolate herself in a volcano. She continued to portray a tragic heroine in many of her films until the end of World War II.
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