Setsuko Hara
June 17, 1920 · 106 years old
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 T…
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Tokyo Story
An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.
Late Spring
Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.
Early Summer
A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.
Late Autumn
A widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends.
The Idiot
A Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman.
Tokyo Twilight
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.
The End of Summer
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
No Regrets for Our Youth
The daughter of a politically disgraced university professor struggles to find a place for herself in love and life, in the uncertain world of Japan leading into WWII.
Chushingura
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Sound of the Mountain
An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.
Sudden Rain
This wry chamber piece from director Mikio Naruse focuses on a couple whose pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.
Aoi sanmyaku
When a post-war high school girl is seen with an older boy many find the nontraditional notion unacceptable and try to trick the girl and also assail her right to continue the relationship. Cue her teacher who not only supports th...
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malay
When a boy who is in the navy college returns home for vacation he meets his young cousin who also wants to join in order to become a pilot. However, the younger man's mother is antagonistic knowing the folly of war. When the youn...
Zoku aoi sanmyaku
In this sequel to Aoi sanmyaku (1949) the focus is not on the students', but the teachers' life. When one day a love letter is discovered it escalates into case over which teacher and students clash. The incident blows up and ther...