Komako Hara

Komako Hara 原駒子
Komako Hara in Hakuchō himon (1932)
Born	Komako Kuragata (1910-02-06)February 6, 1910 Kanagawa Prefecture
Died	December 28, 1968(1968-12-28) (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[]

External links[]

• Komako Hara at IMDb
• Hara Komako at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)