Chisako Hara
Chisako Hara | |
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Akio Jissōji (1963–2006) |
Chisako Hara (原知佐子, Hara Chisako, 6 January 1936 – 19 January 2020)[1] was a Japanese actress best known for starring in the Akai and the Kishibe no arubamu series.[2][3]
Biography
Chisako Hara was born Chisako Tahara (田原知佐子, Tahara Chisako) on 6 January 1936 in Takaoka Town (now Tosa), Kōchi Prefecture.[1] She gave her film debut at the Shintoho studios in 1956,[1][3] but later moved to Toho,[3] where she had a starring role in Kinuyo Tanaka's Girls of the Night (1961) and smaller parts in films of Mikio Naruse and Shirō Toyoda.[1] In the early 1960s, she became a freelancer and also started appearing on television.[3] During the 1970s, she became famous for her roles in the Akai and Kishibe no arubamu TV series.[2][3][4]
Hara was married to director
Her final film appearance was in Spring 2019 in Nosari no shima,[2] which was released after her death in 2021.[6] She died at the age of 84 on 19 January 2020 in a Tokyo hospital of maxillary cancer.[2]
Selected filmography
Film
- 1960: The Approach of Autumn
- 1961: Girls of the Night
- 1964: Pale Flower
- 1967: The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
- 1971: The Ceremony
- 1998: Wait and See
- 1998: Murder on D Street
- 2001: Lily Festival
- 2002: Dark Water
- 2021: Nosari no shima
Television
- 1974–2016: Ultra Series
- 1975–1977: Akai Series
- 1977: Kishibe no arubamu
References
- ^ a b c d "原知佐子". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "原知佐子さん死去 「赤いシリーズ」「岸辺のアルバム」など出演、８４歳". Hochi (in Japanese). 21 January 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "のさりの島 (Nosari no shima official site)". Nosarinoshima.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "蘇る！山口百恵「赤いシリーズ」の"衝撃"（3）原知佐子が語る山口百恵の魅力". Asagei Plus (in Japanese). Tokuma Shoten. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ISBN 978-4-8003-1159-7.
- ^ "のさりの島". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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