Komako Hara
Komako Hara 原駒子 | |
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Born | Komako Kuragata February 6, 1910 |
Died | December 28, 1968 | (aged 58)
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Film actress |
Komako Hara (原駒子, Hara Komako, 6 February 1910 – 28 December 1968) was a Japanese film actress who was particularly prominent in the silent era. Her real name was Komako Kuragata.[1]
Career[]
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Hara made her motion picture debut in 1924 in the film Rakujitsu no yume.[1] At studios such as and , she achieved fame specializing in starring roles playing vamps, dokufu (poison women), and yakuza molls in jidaigeki.[1] In the sound era, she shifted to secondary roles in films by directors such as Kenji Mizoguchi, Masahiro Makino, and . She appeared in over 200 films in her career.
Selected filmography[]
- Rakujitsu no yume (落日の夢) (1924)
- Aishō (愛傷) (1926)
- The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate (愛憎峠 Aizo toge) (1934)
- (マリアのお雪) (1935)
- Onna Sazen (女左膳) (1937)
- (血煙高田の馬場) (1937)
- The Life of Oharu (西鶴一代女 Saikaku Ichidai Onna) (1952)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Hara Komako". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus. Kōdansha. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
External links[]
- Komako Hara at IMDb
- Hara Komako at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
Categories:
- 1910 births
- 1968 deaths
- Japanese silent film actresses
- 20th-century Japanese actresses
- People from Kanagawa Prefecture
- Japanese film actresses