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SETSUKO HARA

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Aug 24, 2016
Revisit the Showa Era at Jinbocho Theater
Jinbocho is one of the last remaining districts in Tokyo that retains a neighborhood feel. Dedicated to books, it has a large cluster of second-hand bookshops and is dotted with ancient coffee shops, including Saboru and Milonga. It¡¯s also known for showing wildly difficult movies at venues such as Iwanami...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 1, 2016
Setsuko Hara and the changing face of Japanese womanhood
At the risk of sounding unpatriotic, Yasujiro Ozu¡¯s ¡°Tokyo Story¡± remains on my list of least favorite movies. I¡¯m in good company ¡ª every woman I know dislikes it, and the passing of the film¡¯s star, Setsuko Hara (at 95 years old), in September was observed by the media with understated obituaries....
EDITORIALS
Dec 5, 2015
Remembering Setsuko Hara
Fans and critics regretted that acting great Setsuko Hara never made more films after 1961, but with her passing perhaps a new generation will discover the pleasure, complexity and intensity of her work.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 4, 2015
Secret ballerinas; remembering Setsuko Hara; CM of the week: Mercedes-Benz
Many Japanese women studied dance when they were very young, and some have gone on to careers in show business and incorporated what they learned into their work. On the two-hour special, ¡°Geinojin ga Honki de Baree¡± (¡°Celebrities Do Real Ballet¡°; TBS, Wed., 7:56 p.m.), 20 female TV personalities who...
CULTURE / Film
Dec 7, 2013
Re-examining Yasujiro Ozu on film
Yasujiro Ozu once had a reputation for making films only other Japanese could understand.
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Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
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How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
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The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
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