Acteurist Oeuvre-View – Season 2 – Setsuko Hara: A Ball at the Anjo House (1947) & Woman in the Typhoon Area (1948)

We devote some meta-theorizing to Setsuko Hara's screen persona and its reception and look at two of her lesser-known films that are available with English subtitles, Kōzaburō Yoshimura's A Ball at the Anjo House (1947), and the very uncharacteristic A Woman in the Typhoon Area (1948, directed by Hideo Ôba), in which she plays a vampy tramp who is nevertheless as caring as her more familiar characters. Then we discuss a couple of movies about isolated romance: Frank Capra's Lost Horizon and John Cromwell's The Enchanted Cottage. Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s:          More Meta Musings on Setsuko Hara              0h 15m 42s:          A Ball at the Anjo House (1947; dir.  Kōzaburō Yoshimura) 0h 45m 06s:          A Woman in the Typhoon Area (1948; dir. Hideo Ôba) 1h 02m 21s:          Anniversary talk; featuring short bonus discussions of Frank Capra's Lost Horizon (1937) and John Cromwell's The Enchanted Cottage (1945) +++ * Check out our Complete Upcoming Episode Schedule * Find Elise's latest published film piece – "Elaine May's Male Gaze" – in the Elaine May issue of Bright Wall/Dark Room* *And Read Elise's Writing at Bright Wall/Dark Room, Cléo, and Bright Lights.* Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at [email protected] Theme Music: "What's Yr Take on Cassavetes?" – Le Tigre