Setsuko Hara
Setsuko Hara | |||||
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Setsuko Hara in Late Spring in 1949 | |||||
| Born | Masae Aida 17 June 1920 | ||||
| Died | 5 September 2015 (aged 95) Kanagawa, Japan | ||||
| Occupation | Actress | ||||
| Years active | 1935–1963 | ||||
| Notable work | No Regrets for Our Youth Late Spring Early Summer Tokyo Story | ||||
| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 原 節子 | ||||
| Hiragana | はら せつこ | ||||
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| Alternative Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 会田 昌江 | ||||
| Hiragana | あいだ まさえ | ||||
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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 the one of the greatest Japanese film actresses of all time.