Looking for films featuring Hara Setsuko
by aghaemi | created - 10 Jan 2016 | updated - 03 Oct 2018 | PublicLooking for films featuring Hara Setsuko to watch. A list of films I have not seen. Adding the actors, actresses, character names and plots for the respective films to IMDB currently. She starred in 100+ feature-length films.
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1. Musume to watashi (1962)
123 min
This is the story of a Japanese husband and his French wife who becomes pregnant. They move from France to Yokohama, Japan only to suffer his inability to land a job. Fortunately, there are... See full summary »
Director: Hiromichi Horikawa | Stars: Yuriko Hoshi, Sô Yamamura, Setsuko Hara, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Votes: 11
2. Fundoshi isha (1960)
116 min | Drama
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first time in Japan. Unfortunately for him, ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Hisaya Morishige, Setsuko Hara, Yôsuke Natsuki, Chiemi Eri
Votes: 22
3. Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)
123 min | Drama
The story of a family in Tokyo who live under the same roof in a large house and include the widowed sixty-year-old mother, older son and his wife, the youngest daughter and the older ... See full summary »
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Hideko Takamine, Reiko Dan
Votes: 419
4. The Wayside Pebble (1960)
104 min | Drama
In Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic success liked by his teacher. Things are not going well at home, however, where his father ... See full summary »
Director: Seiji Hisamatsu | Stars: Hiroyuki Ôta, Setsuko Hara, Hisaya Morishige, Tatsuya Mihashi
Votes: 13
5. The Three Treasures (1959)
112 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A prince, framed for murder and starved for affection from his father, is sent on a quest.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Akihiko Hirata, Kyôko Kagawa
Votes: 368
6. Onna gokoro (1959)
95 min | Drama
Married for almost a decade, a couple with a son called Kenichi have their life thrown for a loop when the wife Isoko (Hara Setsuko) comes across a photo of her university professor husband... See full summary »
Director: Seiji Maruyama | Stars: Masayuki Mori, Setsuko Hara, Reiko Dan, Yoshie Minami
7. Onna de aru koto (1958)
100 min
Married for a decade, a couple have no child. He is a lawyer, however, and as a result of one of his cases has the daughter of an imprisoned man living with them. The girl, who is ... See full summary »
Director: Yûzô Kawashima | Stars: Masayuki Mori, Setsuko Hara, Yoshiko Kuga, Tatsuya Mihashi
Votes: 12
8. Tôkyô no kyûjitsu (1958)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes of having a quiet vacation without being... See full summary »
Director: Kajirô Yamamoto | Stars: Shirley Yamaguchi, Akira Takarada, Hiroshi Koizumi, Keiju Kobayashi
Votes: 14
9. Chieko-sho (1957)
98 min | Drama
Adapted from a poem, which was composed by poet and sculptor Kotaro Takamura, Chieko-Sho is the story of the artist's wife Chieko. The poet meets a woman, who also as an artist illustrates,... See full summary »
Director: Hisatora Kumagai | Stars: Sô Yamamura, Setsuko Hara, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Bokuzen Hidari
10. Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen (1957)
108 min
In the third film out of four adopted from a novel called Oban, which narrates the story of a trader, a man with a loan over his head decides to return to his hometown and become a farmer. ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuki Chiba | Stars: Daisuke Katô, Akira Tani, Sadako Sawamura, Hiroshi Tachikawa
Votes: 7
11. Saigo no dasso (1957)
Action, Crime
In the last film of Hara Setsuko's career involving wars, a group of Japanese nursing students and their instructor played by Hara, is serving at an army camp in China. When Japan loses the... See full summary »
Director: Senkichi Taniguchi | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Setsuko Hara, Reiko Dan, Kôji Tsuruta
12. Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen (1957)
121 min | Drama
In this installment, the trader is bankrupt and has returned to his hometown where the inhabitants believe he is rich. His house is new and rebuilt since he had sent money to his family for... See full summary »
Director: Yasuki Chiba | Stars: Daisuke Katô, Sadako Sawamura, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Chikage Awashima
Votes: 7
13. Ôban (1957)
118 min
The story of the man named Ushinosukein who arrives at Tokyo Station in 1927. He was born in a poor area of Shikoku and at age 18 came across a beautiful girl named Kanako in his hometown. ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuki Chiba | Stars: Daisuke Katô, Chikage Awashima, Seizaburô Kawazu, Eijirô Yanagi
Votes: 16
14. Ani to sono musume (1956)
Drama
In a household of three the husband is a salaryman who lives with his younger sister and wife in Tokyo. He is returning home late in the evenings because he plays go, or a Japanese version ... See full summary »
Director: Shûe Matsubayashi | Stars: Ryô Ikebe, Setsuko Hara, Yôko Tsukasa, Keiju Kobayashi
15. Jôshû to tomo ni (1956)
146 min | Drama
The woman-only prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There is an employee who is divorced after her husband had an affair. She loves the jailed ... See full summary »
Director: Seiji Hisamatsu | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiyo Kogure, Kyôko Kagawa
Votes: 16
16. Aijô no kessan (1956)
116 min | Drama, Romance
Living in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child. Four of the dead man's friends gather to have an anniversary wake. Some time following the ... See full summary »
Director: Shin Saburi | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Keiju Kobayashi, Toshirô Mifune, Kaoru Yachigusa
Votes: 14
17. Atarashiki tsuchi (1937)
120 min | Drama, Romance
Teruo is an adopted son of an old samurai family that returns to Japan after living in Germany and is expected to marry Mitsuko. But he's struggling to readjust to Japan and intends to marry an Aryan woman.
Directors: Arnold Fanck, Mansaku Itami | Stars: Sessue Hayakawa, Isamu Kosugi, Setsuko Hara, Yuriko Hanabusa
Votes: 146
18. Sudden Rain (1956)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
This wry chamber piece from director Mikio Naruse focuses on a couple whose pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Shûji Sano, Kyôko Kagawa, Akemi Negishi
Votes: 369
19. Uruwashiki haha (1955)
98 min | Drama
When a family comprised of a couple with one son is hurled into poverty when the businessman father loses his business, the mother and son move to stay with their former maid. With the ... See full summary »
Director: Hisatora Kumagai | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Shin Saburi, Yoshio Kosugi, Yoshio Inaba
20. Non-chan kumo ni noru (1955)
84 min | Family, Fantasy
The film was adopted from the bestselling novel by Momoko Ishii, which was published following World War II. When a girl is in danger of drowning in a lake she had perceived as the clouds, ... See full summary »
Director: Fumindo Kurata | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Haruko Wanibuchi, Susumu Fujita, Musei Tokugawa
Votes: 12
21. Sound of the Mountain (1954)
Approved | 95 min | Drama
An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Sô Yamamura, Ken Uehara, Yôko Sugi
Votes: 2,142
22. Shirauo (1953)
104 min | Drama
A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon the wife and the son are left without an ... See full summary »
Director: Hisatora Kumagai | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Ken Uehara, Hiroshi Koizumi, Mariko Okada
23. Tokyo Sweetheart (1952)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuki Chiba | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Sugi, Hisaya Morishige
Votes: 77
24. Kin no tamago: Golden girl (1952)
Comedy
Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuki Chiba | Stars: Yukiko Shimazaki, Kazuo Masubuchi, Chieko Nakakita, Keiju Kobayashi
Votes: 9
25. Repast (1951)
97 min | Drama
Michiyo lives in a small home in Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Ken Uehara, Setsuko Hara, Yukiko Shimazaki, Yôko Sugi
Votes: 1,813
26. Nanairo no hana (1950)
101 min | Drama
When a woman who has been the mistress of a politician since her teen years finds herself middle-aged and owning a nice house near the ocean, she cannot imagine how her future would be much... See full summary »
Director: Masahisa Sunohara | Stars: Sugisaku Aoyama, Minoru Chiaki, Setsuko Hara, Ichirô Izawa
27. Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi (1950)
89 min | Adventure
A grade school in Tokyo, where students curse and gamble, has a pond on-premises with one particular teacher who is in charge and takes care of it. The pond holds a number of carp, but ... See full summary »
Director: Ren Yoshimura | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Takashi Kohama, Jun Miyazaki, Sachio Mozaki
Votes: 10
28. Joi no shinsatsushitsu (1950)
86 min | Drama
Dedicated doctor overworks herself into a serious heart condition, leaving the doctor she loves to find a cure.
Director: Ren Yoshimura | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Michiko Tsuyama, Akira Kazami, Chieko Nakakita
29. Zoku aoi sanmyaku (1949)
91 min | Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Ryô Ikebe, Yôko Sugi, Michiyo Kogure
Votes: 115
30. Aoi sanmyaku (1949)
92 min | Drama, Romance
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.... See full summary »
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Ryô Ikebe, Michiyo Kogure, Yôko Sugi
Votes: 200
31. Ojôsan kanpai (1949)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
Goro is not Keizo's real brother, though he call Keizo "aniki" (brother). Goro was an orphan whose parents were killed in the war, and was raised and trained by Keizo.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Shûji Sano, Setsuko Hara, Sugisaku Aoyama, Fusako Fujima
Votes: 296
32. Tonosama Hotel (1949)
93 min | Drama
When a man of some stature and lineage decides to launch a business by renovating and converting his mansion into a hotel and putting his domestic staff like the chef and maid to work in ... See full summary »
Director: Fumindo Kurata | Stars: Kamatari Fujiwara, Setsuko Hara, Reiko Hatsune, Hiroshi Hayashi
33. Taifuken no onna (1948)
68 min | Crime, Drama
A gang of 4 pirates, down on their luck, head for a weather-tracking station on an outlying island, intending to hold the weather-trackers hostage and raid their next incoming supply ship. ... See full summary »
Director: Hideo Ôba | Stars: Sô Yamamura, Setsuko Hara, Takashi Kanda, Kamon Kawamura
Votes: 56
34. Yuwaku (1948)
106 min | Drama
Mourning the death of her father, a grieving daughter (Hara, Setsuko) meets one of his students (Saburi, Shin) and the two set out to travel to Tokyo. The two share a room en route and ... See full summary »
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Shin Saburi, Setsuko Hara, Akira Yamanouchi, Haruko Sugimura
Votes: 78
35. Sanbon yubi no otoko (1947)
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Being acquainted with the bride's uncle, a famed private detective is invited to a wedding ceremony. The groom's family is moneyed and owns large tracts of land. The bride is a former ... See full summary »
Director: Sadatsugu Matsuda | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Reiko Hatsune, Chiezô Kataoka, Akiko Kazami
Votes: 26
36. Anjô-ke no butôkai (1947)
89 min | Drama
After Japan's loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, liberal Anjo family have to give up their mansion and their way of life. They hold one last ball at the house before leaving. The ... See full summary »
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Yumeko Aizome, Osamu Takizawa, Masayuki Mori
Votes: 443
37. No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
PG | 110 min | Drama
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.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Susumu Fujita, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Haruko Sugimura
Votes: 3,957
38. Kita no san-nin (1945)
72 min | Drama
The story of an airport and its air-traffic control crew in a remote northern-Japanese town. Three of the air-traffic controllers are female; one of them (Setsuko Hara) works alongside the ... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Saeki | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Hideko Takamine, Hisako Yamane, Susumu Fujita
Votes: 54
39. Young Eagles (1944)
War
There is a family called Matsumura in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture. The family hosts flight cadets every weekend. Students spend time discussing the life of a pilot and go through a ... See full summary »
Director: Kunio Watanabe | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Minoru Takada, Yuriko Hanabusa, Masaru Kodaka
40. The Opium War (1943)
115 min | Drama, Musical, War
Two British brothers who are making money for their homeland are meeting buyers for opium in China. There is a police force to counter the dealers, but is not only ineffectual, but also ... See full summary »
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ennosuke Ichikawa, Seizaburô Kawazu, Setsuko Hara, Hideko Takamine
Votes: 17
41. Wakaki hi no yorokobi (1943)
Not Rated | 61 min | Adventure, Drama
During World War II a young woman quits university and instead obtains a job at a magazine about film that her mentor set up for her. The mentor herself is an actress. Here the woman meets ... See full summary »
Director: Takeshi Satô | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Yukiko Todoroki, Hideko Takamine, Isao Numasaki
Votes: 13
42. Bôrô no kesshitai (1943)
95 min | Action, War
The story centres around a border security team in 1935 Korea. Upon receiving new recruits they hold a welcome party including a restaurant owner and his daughter. The border's commander ... See full summary »
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Minoru Takada, Setsuko Hara, Hideo Saito, Ichirô Sugai
Votes: 26
43. The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malay (1942)
116 min | Drama, History, War
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Kajirô Yamamoto | Stars: Denjirô Ôkôchi, Yatarô Kurokawa, Setsuko Hara, Kaoru Itô
Votes: 130
44. Haha no chizu (1942)
103 min | Drama
Faced with loss of wealth, connections and status, a formerly high-class family who lived in a large house with servants in Gunma, relocates to Tokyo joining a family member. All they can ... See full summary »
Director: Yasujirô Shimazu | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Ken Mitsuda, Nobuo Nakamura
45. Wakai sensei (1942)
89 min | Drama
A novice city-based teacher's first assignment is to a fishing village's grade school. The young teacher's first week with her new students is enjoyable, but she gradually notices that many... See full summary »
Director: Takeshi Satô | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Yôtarô Katsumi, Ichirô Sawai, Shiro Mizutani
46. Currents of Youth (1942)
87 min | Drama
It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the latter man's daughter (Setsuko Hara) who is... See full summary »
Director: Osamu Fushimizu | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Hisako Yamane, Den Ôhinata, Susumu Fujita
Votes: 35
47. Kibô no aozora (1942)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Kajirô Yamamoto | Stars: Hideko Takamine, Ryô Ikebe, Setsuko Hara, Takako Irie
Votes: 13
48. Shidô monogatari (1941)
107 min | Drama
In this semi-documentary, an older locomotive driver is tasked with training younger ones and is currently training two in particular. The old man is finding the task overwhelming as it is ... See full summary »
Director: Hisatora Kumagai | Stars: Sadao Maruyama, Susumu Fujita, Setsuko Hara, Harue Wakahara
49. Futari no sekai (1940)
80 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Yasujirô Shimazu | Stars: Susumu Fujita, Sadao Maruyama, Setsuko Hara, Ranko Satomi
50. Onna no machi (1940)
69 min
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Heihachirô Ôkawa, Sadako Sawamura, Tamae Kiyokawa
51. Hebihimesama (1940)
112 min | Drama
An aristocratic family's daughter is a strong princess. The lord is ill and bedridden. The daughter's younger brother is unhealthy and weak as well. The family's steward is aware that the ... See full summary »
Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa | Stars: Denjirô Ôkôchi, Isuzu Yamada, Setsuko Hara, Seishirô Hara
Votes: 15
52. Totsugu hi made (1940)
71 min | Drama
A father with no wife has three daughters with the oldest one (played by Hara Setsuko) at the age to be married off, which means the man needs to re-marry in order for someone to take care ... See full summary »
Director: Yasujirô Shimazu | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Yôko Yaguchi, Kô Mihashi, Sadako Sawamura
Votes: 10
53. Toyuki (1940)
68 min | Comedy
Shot mostly in Tokyo, this comedy depicts two Chinese tourists who have travelled from their country to Japan in order to experience the latter country.
Director: Toshio Otani | Stars: Shirley Yamaguchi, Setsuko Hara, Akira Kishii, Diao Zhou
54. Woman's Classroom: Part Two (1939)
98 min | Drama
Seven students apprentice to become medical doctors under the guidance of a physician in the World War II era.
Director: Yutaka Abe | Stars: Sachiko Chiba, Chieko Takehisa, Noboru Kiritachi, Ranko Satomi
55. Onna no kyôshitsu - Gakkô no maki: Nanatsu no omokage (1939)
109 min | Drama
Director: Yutaka Abe | Stars: Sachiko Chiba, Chieko Takehisa, Noboru Kiritachi, Ranko Satomi
56. Shanhai rikusentai (1939)
93 min | Action, War
A documentary style film that depicts the battle in Shanghai during World War II using the city and its actual ruins as an actual backdrop to the narrative. The realism extended to the use ... See full summary »
Director: Hisatora Kumagai | Stars: Den Ôhinata, Sôji Kiyokawa, Hyô Kitazawa, Hajime Hikari
Votes: 17
57. Chushingura (Go) (1939)
89 min | Drama
Toho All-Star Cast.
Director: Kajirô Yamamoto | Stars: Denjirô Ôkôchi, Kazuo Hasegawa, Yatarô Kurokawa, Setsuko Hara
Votes: 29
58. Chushingura (Zen) (1939)
78 min | Drama
Toho All-Star Cast.
Director: Kajirô Yamamoto | Stars: Denjirô Ôkôchi, Kazuo Hasegawa, Yatarô Kurokawa, Setsuko Hara
59. Uruwashiki shuppatsu (1939)
66 min | Drama, Family
A rich bourgeoisie family has little care in the world and knows no other lifestyle. It is only the family's second daughter who has an insecure bone in her body and ponders a day when the ... See full summary »
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Hideko Takamine, Ichirô Tsukida, Yôko Mizumachi
60. Tokyo no josei (1939)
83 min | Drama, Romance
This films is the story of a woman who enters the world of sales. She works at a company in Ginza, Tokyo as a typist. She determines that she needs money for her family and herself and asks... See full summary »
Director: Osamu Fushimizu | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Kazuko Enami, Kinji Fujiwa, Yôko Mizumachi
Votes: 15
61. Fuyu no yado (1938)
92 min | Comedy
A film that begins with wit and comedy when a husband tries to hide and mask his drinking, which his Jesus freak and very Christian wife dislikes, by gargling and other methods, turns ... See full summary »
Director: Shirô Toyoda | Stars: Yôtarô Katsumi, Setsuko Hara, Hyô Kitazawa, Yôko Mizumachi
62. Den'en kôkyôgaku (1938)
96 min | Drama
The story begins with a Christian father and elementary school headmaster in a snowy village in Hokkaido. He finds a blind girl near Sapporo and takes her in. His wife is unhappy with his ... See full summary »
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Minoru Takada, Setsuko Hara, Ryô Sayama, Tamae Kiyokawa
Votes: 21
63. The Giant (1938)
66 min | Drama
The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal ... See full summary »
Director: Mansaku Itami | Stars: Denjirô Ôkôchi, Setsuko Hara, Sadao Maruyama, Ryô Sayama
Votes: 14
64. Tôkai Bijoden (1937)
95 min | Action, Drama
A samurai vengeance drama involving Christianity.
Director: Tamizô Ishida | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Ranko Hanai, Yatarô Kurokawa, Yônosuke Toba
65. Kenji to sono imôto (1937)
Two siblings lost their parents at a young age and grew up alone. The older brother becomes a prosecutor and the younger sister is about to marry. It seems the rest of their lives will be a... See full summary »
Director: Kunio Watanabe | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Reiko Hoshi, Ichirô Izawa, Jôji Oka
66. Priest of Darkness (1936)
82 min | Drama
After a young shopkeeper steals the knife of one of his costumers, a samurai, a chain of increasingly complex events is set into motion.
Director: Sadao Yamanaka | Stars: Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Kan'emon Nakamura, Shizue Yamagishi, Setsuko Hara
Votes: 510
67. Tamerau nakare wakodo yo (1935)
Drama
In Hara Setsuko's silver screen debut, which also determined her professional name going forward, a small and countryside town has a stationary store run by a mother. She has a pretty ... See full summary »
Director: Tetsu Taguchi | Stars: Shintarô Takiguchi, Setsuko Hara, Ichirô Izawa, Chieko Murata
68. Ikari no umi (1944)
88 min | Action, War
It is 1921 and a town has a newspaper which prints urgent bulletins as required. The Washington-based CITES treaty, in which Japan participates, puts a limit on the number of warships any ... See full summary »
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Denjirô Ôkôchi, Setsuko Hara, Seizaburô Kawazu, Hisako Yamane
Votes: 10
69. Musume to watashi (1961–1962)
Drama
A television serial that was in turn adapted from a radio series and a novel, My Daughter And I featured a Japanese novelist who is married to a French woman who have one daughter. The man ... See full summary »
Stars: Hyô Kitazawa, Sanae Kitabayashi, Michiko Katô, Koreharu Hisatomi
70. Kakedashi jidai (1947)
81 min | Drama
A newly-hired daily-newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing ... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Saeki | Stars: Susumu Fujita, Setsuko Hara, Den Ôhinata, Ureo Egawa
71. Reijin (1946)
97 min | Drama
The story is based on the life of a poet who lived in Japan in the Taisho era. When her fiancé is arrested she believes he has suddenly disappeared and that he has abandoned her. She faces ... See full summary »
Director: Kunio Watanabe | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Susumu Fujita, Masao Shimizu, Eitarô Shindô
72. Hometown in Green (1946)
75 min | Drama
A soldier returning from the war is en route to the village from which his now dead war buddy came. He wants to inform his mate's parents of their son's death. He meets a teacher from that ... See full summary »
Director: Kunio Watanabe | Stars: Yatarô Kurokawa, Setsuko Hara, Chieko Nakakita, Ichirô Sugai
73. Koi no fûunji (1945)
Drama
It is 1868 Japan and the dawn of the new Meiji era. A military officer from Kyushu, who is honest, monk-like, stoic, straight-edge and does not consort with women, lest he becomes weak, ... See full summary »
Director: Kajirô Yamamoto | Stars: Susumu Fujita, Setsuko Hara, Takashi Shimura, Ken'ichi Enomoto
74. Until Victory Day (1945)
59 min | Comedy, War
Toho All-Star Cast.
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Roppa Furukawa, Ken'ichi Enomoto, Entatsu Yokoyama, Achako Hanabishi
Votes: 16
75. Kessen no ôzora e (1943)
89 min | Action, Adventure, War
A local family' house also serves as a gathering place for air force cadets. The family's boy is weak and often unhealthy. The boy wants to become a pilot as well given how he is exposed to... See full summary »
Director: Kunio Watanabe | Stars: Minoru Takada, Setsuko Hara, Yuriko Hanabusa, Masaru Kodaka
Votes: 26
76. Neppû (1943)
101 min | Drama
The iron workers in Kyushu are having a management meeting. There are different areas in the plant one of which contains the forges, which do not work well leading to several recent ... See full summary »
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Susumu Fujita, Setsuko Hara, Isao Numasaki, Yatarô Kurokawa
77. Midori no daichi (1942)
117 min | Drama
Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many Japanese engineers also move to China, with... See full summary »
Director: Yasujirô Shimazu | Stars: Takako Irie, Sadao Maruyama, Setsuko Hara, Susumu Fujita
78. Kekkon no seitai (1941)
99 min | Drama
A young newspaper and his lawyer brother have lost their parents. The reporter attends a painting exhibition one day with his friend and runs into two sisters who are his acquaintances. The... See full summary »
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Yurie Hidaka, Samezu Imada, Miyoko Ishida
79. Ani no hanayome (1941)
79 min | Drama, Family
Hiroshi has his wedding party in Tokyo. His sister (played by Hara) is of course attending. She is a contemporary lass and a skilled worker in Osaka however and is late for the party. She ... See full summary »
Director: Yasujirô Shimazu | Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Hideo Saeki, Setsuko Hara, Minoru Takada
80. Hikari to kage (go) (1940)
71 min | Drama
A professor finds himself beyond busy with his work and has been neglectful of his fiance (played by Hara Setsuko). He cannot find the time to properly socialize with her or take her on a ... See full summary »
Director: Yasujirô Shimazu | Stars: Den Ôhinata, Setsuko Hara, Chieko Takehisa, Akira Kishii
81. Hikari to kage (zen) (1940)
83 min | Drama
A professor finds himself beyond busy with his work and has been neglectful of his fiance (played by Hara Setsuko). He cannot find the time to properly socialize with her or take her on a ... See full summary »
Director: Yasujirô Shimazu | Stars: Den Ôhinata, Setsuko Hara, Chieko Takehisa, Akira Kishii
82. Machi (1939)
82 min | Drama
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Den Ôhinata, Setsuko Hara, Noboru Kiritachi, Hyô Kitazawa
83. Shogun no magô (1938)
75 min | Drama
Director: Kunio Watanabe | Stars: Minoru Takada, Setsuko Hara, Masako Tsutsumi, Tomoko Ito
84. Haha no kyoku I (1937)
79 min | Drama
This film was inspired by the novel Stella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty and was initially released in two parts, respectively in 79 minutes and 70 minutes of length. They were combined ... See full summary »
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Jôji Oka, Takako Irie, Yuriko Hanabusa
85. Haha no kyoku II (1937)
70 min | Drama, Family
This film was inspired by the novel Stella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty and was initially released in two parts, respectively in 79 minutes and 70 minutes of length. They were combined ... See full summary »
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Yuriko Hanabusa, Setsuko Hara, Takako Irie, Toshiko Itô
86. Hakui no kajin (1936)
97 min
Director: Yutaka Abe | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Oki Etsu, Fusako Fujima, Hikaru Hoshi
87. Seimei no kanmuri (1936)
94 min | Drama
Two brothers run a factory canning crabs. The elder brother Kotaro is righteous and insists on honesty. The younger brother is fixated on money. They are polar opposites. When a boat sails ... See full summary »
Director: Tomu Uchida | Stars: Jôji Oka, Hisako Takihana, Shirô Izome, Setsuko Hara
88. Tama o nagero (1935)
30 min | Short, Drama
The film centres around junior high school students. They are members of the school's baseball team. They are very good. Izawa's father asks him to stop playing prior to an important game. ... See full summary »
Director: Tetsu Taguchi | Stars: Ichirô Izawa, Hideo Nakamura, Setsuko Hara, Konami Wakayama
89. Shînya no taiyô (1935)
Drama
Director: Fumindo Kurata | Stars: Kôji Shima, Kôji Nakata, Hisako Takihana, Setsuko Hara
90. Shimai no yakusoku (1940)
71 min | Drama
A family comprised of a father, mother and three sisters lives in a posh area. The father is a doctor who has to join the army and work at war. The four remaining women have to take care of... See full summary »
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Ranko Hanai, Setsuko Hara, Yuriko Hanabusa, Heihachirô Ôkawa
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