Setsuko Hara: Ozu's Muse, Forever Young

Remembering the Greatest Japanese Actress of the 20th Century (if Not All Time)

The Academy Museum’s current retrospective,”Yasujiro Ozu in Color: The Final Six Films,” made me think of his greatest actress, Setsuko Hara, who stars in “The End of Summer", which closes the series on September 14th. While not as famous as Ozu’s masterpieces “Tokyo Story” and “Early Summer”, “The End of Summer” is the sixth film Hara made with him, an…