Setsuko Hara was a Japanese actress. She is best known for her performances in Yasujirō Ozu's films Late Spring, Tokyo Story and Tokyo Twilight, amongst many others, and for working extensively with d
Setsuko Hara in Late Spring in 1949
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)
Tokyo Story is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and starring Chishū Ryū and Chieko Higashiyama, about an aging couple who travel to Tokyo to visit their grown children.
Setsuko Hara
…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…
Theatrical release poster
From left to right: Kōichi (So Yamamura), Fumiko (Kuniko Miyake), Shūkichi (Chishū Ryū), Noriko (Setsuko Hara), Shige (Haruko Sugimura) and Tomi (Chieko Higashiyama)
Ozu (far right) on set during shooting.