Legendary Japanese actress Setsuko Hara, of 'Tokyo Story,' dies at 95

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Legendary Japanese actress Setsuko Hara, of 'Tokyo Story,' dies at 95
BY BNO NEWS

TOKYO: -- Legendary Japanese actress Setsuko Hara, who is best known internationally for her roles in the Yasujirō Ozu films “Late Spring” and “Tokyo Story,” has died. She was 95.

Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday that Hara, whose real name was Masae Aida, had died of pneumonia at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture on September 5. It was not immediately known why it took nearly three months for her death to be reported, as she was one of Japan’s most beloved movie stars, though Hara had lived in seclusion since she retired in 1962.

Born in 1920, Hara made her debut in film in 1935 when she was just 15 years old. She appeared in a total of 101 films throughout her 30-year film career, including her role as Noriko Hirayama in the 1953 film Tokyo Story, which is widely regarded as Ozu’s best movie. Other notable credits included her 1937 breakthrough movie “The Daughter of the Samurai” (also known as “The New Earth”), “Late Spring” (1949), “Early Summer” (1951), and “No Regrets for Our Youth” (1946).

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-- eThailand 2015-11-26

[ddavidovsky]

I loved this woman. She left us something worth keeping.