Portrait of Setsuko Hara

Acting

Setsuko Hara

Career

Active from 1935 to 2023, with a break from 1962 to 2022, busiest in 1957 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
50
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score77/100
Highest rated
Poster for Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Setsuko Hara Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    1.9, average 4.8
  • Crime
    1.2, average 3.6
  • Mystery
    1.6, average 4.0
  • Violence
    1.8, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Post-War Japan 6
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Japanese Family Drama 3
  • Classic Japanese Cinema 3
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Melancholic 2
  • Social Change 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Everyday Life 2
  • Classic Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

59
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Noriko Setsuko 2
Noriko Setsuko 2 (2023)

as Noriko Setsuko

Noriko Setsuko
Noriko Setsuko (2023)

as Noriko Setsuko

1960s

5 titles · average score 78
Chûshingura
Chûshingura (1962)
GoodWatch score 73

as Riku Oishi

The End of Summer
The End of Summer (1961)
GoodWatch score 77

as Akiko

Late Autumn
Late Autumn (1960)
GoodWatch score 90

as Akiko Miwa

Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)
GoodWatch score 71

as Sanae Soga

The Wayside Pebble
The Wayside Pebble (1960)

as Oren Aikawa

1950s

24 titles · average score 77
The Three Treasures
The Three Treasures (1959)
GoodWatch score 59

as Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess

Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
GoodWatch score 86

as Takako Numata

Sudden Rain
Sudden Rain (1956)
GoodWatch score 75

as Fumiko Namiki

Settlement of Love
Settlement of Love (1956)

as Katsuko

Women in Prison
Women in Prison (1956)

as Prison Officer

Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud (1955)

as Mom

Sound of the Mountain
Sound of the Mountain (1954)
GoodWatch score 75

as Ogata Kikuko

Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story (1953)
GoodWatch score 92

as Noriko Hirayama

Tokyo Sweetheart
Tokyo Sweetheart (1952)

as Yuki

Repast
Repast (1951)
GoodWatch score 76

as Michiyo Okamoto

Early Summer
Early Summer (1951)
GoodWatch score 89

as Noriko Mamiya

The Idiot
The Idiot (1951)
GoodWatch score 65

as Taeko Nasu

1940s

21 titles · average score 77
Late Spring
Late Spring (1949)
GoodWatch score 89

as Noriko Somiya

Here's to the Young Lady
Here's to the Young Lady (1949)
GoodWatch score 69

as Yasuko Ikeda

The Blue Mountains: Part II
The Blue Mountains: Part II (1949)

as Yukiko Shimazaki

The Blue Mountains: Part I
The Blue Mountains: Part I (1949)
GoodWatch score 66

as Yukiko Shimazaki

A Woman in the Typhoon Area
A Woman in the Typhoon Area (1948)

as Kuriko Sato

Temptation
Temptation (1948)

as Takako

The Ball at the Anjo House
The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
GoodWatch score 77

as Atsuko Anjo

No Regrets for Our Youth
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
GoodWatch score 85

as Yukie Yagihara

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower (1943)

as Yoshiko

The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (1942)

as Kikuko

Sky of Hope
Sky of Hope (1942)

as Chizuko

Wedding Day
Wedding Day (1940)

as Yoshiko

1930s

7 titles · average score 71
Women in Tokyo
Women in Tokyo (1939)

as 君塚節子

Shanghai Landing Party
Shanghai Landing Party (1939)

as Mingzhu - Chinese girl

The Town
The Town (1939)

as Sonomi Kihara

The Daughter of the Samurai
The Daughter of the Samurai (1937)

as Misuko Yamato

Mother's Melody
Mother's Melody (1937)

as Keiko

Priest of Darkness
Priest of Darkness (1936)
GoodWatch score 71

as Onami

Throwing the Soul Away
Throwing the Soul Away (1935)

as Student