Thank you for this biography . Setsuko Hara is one of my favourite actresses of all time. Tokyo Story and Late Spring are both masterpieces. My take on the early reitrement is after Ozu died she felt that her biggest conncetion to her work was gone and therefore no reason to continue.
Youve done a great service to art and cinema, taking the time to focus on this amazing actress. Im just watching the Ozu films again, and newly focused on the fine actors , portraying such subtle characters and drama, that define his work. Suddenly the answer to my questions, magically show up in my YT feed. Kudos to you, Derry Public Library.
What a co-incidence. I am watching my first Ozu movie, newly discovered [everybody's heard of Kirosawa and others, but not Ozu as much]. Early Summer. I am madly in love with Ms. Hara's character and this amazing film. I had no idea she had that kind of stature, looking forward to your presentation.
Many thanks for this rare but essential documentary. Could you do one for the other great Japanese actress Takamine Hideko (who you briefly mention) star of Naruse's films?
This was a very well articulated analysis and biography. Thank you for making this. I can't get enough of Setsuko Hara. And you're right, Grave of the Fireflies was a tearjerker. Great example of how great anime can be though. Would be great if you did a documentary like this on Satoshi Kon's films
You guys have done a good job of covering a big name in the Japanese cinema and even world cinema that doesn't have a good in depth documentries like Toshiro Mifune.
