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Setsuko Hara

1920 - 2015

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Setsuko Hara (原 節子, Hara Setsuko, 17 June 1920 – 5 September 2015) was a Japanese actress. Though best known for her performances in Yasujirō Ozu's films Late Spring (1949) and Tokyo Story (1953), she had already appeared in 67 films before working with Ozu. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Setsuko Hara has received more than 531,345 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Setsuko Hara is the 710th most popular actor (up from 821st in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from Japan (up from 260th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Actor.

Setsuko Hara is most famous for her role in the film "Tokyo Story" (1953) directed by Yasujiro Ozu.

Memorability Metrics

  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Setsuko Hara ranks 710 out of 13,578. Before her are John Saxon, Guy Williams, Danny Aiello, Pedro Armendáriz, Lois Maxwell, and Robert Taylor. After her are Pete Postlethwaite, Alyson Hannigan, Imelda Staunton, Lale Andersen, Owen Wilson, and Jean-Claude Brialy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Setsuko Hara ranks 61. Before her are Dave Brubeck, Ovadia Yosef, Maureen O'Hara, Jack Elam, Ștefan Kovács, and Timothy Leary. After her are Mario Beccaria, Tom of Finland, Gene Tierney, Richard Farnsworth, Isaac Stern, and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. Among people deceased in 2015, Setsuko Hara ranks 63. Before her are Louis Jourdan, Marshall Rosenberg, Francesco Rosi, Maureen O'Hara, Zhelyu Zhelev, and Rose Francine Rogombé. After her are Ben E. King, Udo Lattek, Alfred G. Gilman, Georges Wolinski, Gabriele Ferzetti, and Chantal Akerman.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Setsuko Hara ranks 237 out of 6,245. Before her are Amakusa Shirō (1621), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), Yosano Akiko (1878), Hōjō Tokimune (1251), Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684), and Kenji Tochio (1941). After her are Emperor Ninken (449), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358), Iwasaki Yatarō (1835), Fujiwara no Michinaga (966), Masahiko Kimura (1917), and Masamune (1300).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Setsuko Hara ranks 8. Before her are Liv Ullmann (1938), Mako (1933), Sonny Chiba (1939), Joan Fontaine (1917), Ken Watanabe (1959), and Takashi Shimura (1905). After her are Hiroyuki Sanada (1960), Tatsuya Nakadai (1932), Sessue Hayakawa (1886), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950), Akiko Wakabayashi (1941), and Kōji Yakusho (1956).

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