Chisako Hara
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| Born | Chisako Tahara (1936-06-01) 1 June 1936 (age 88)
Takaoka Town (now Tosa), Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
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| Died | 19 January 2020(2020-01-19) (aged 83)
Tokyo, Japan
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| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1956–2019 |
| Spouse | 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]
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 Akio Jissōji from 1963 to 2006 (his death) and also starred in many of his films.[2] In the 2017 book Heretic Film History: The World of Shintoho, Hara discussed her years at the Shintoho studio with Noriko Kitazawa and others.[5]
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]
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