Richard Bevan and Tamsin Clark – Setsuko Hara

A publication comprising of photos and film stills of the Japanese actress Setsuko Hara, produced by Richard Bevan and Tamsin Clark and published by The Block to accompany the exhibition Setsuko Hara at Oriel Sycharth Gallery in 2013. Setsuko Hara was a Japanese actress most known for her role in Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story, who in 1963 retired from acting and who has since lived a reclusive life in the city of Kamakura. The book brings together work by artists from the U.K, Norway, Italy, China and Japan as a collection of thoughts around this character and the mystery of her withdrawal from public life almost 50 years ago. Designed by Wolfram Wiedner Studio.

Setsuko Hara was a Japanese actress most known for her role in Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story, who in 1963 retired from acting and who has since lived a reclusive life in the city of Kamakura. The book brings together work by artists from the U.K, Norway, Italy, China and Japan as a collection of thoughts around this character and the mystery of her withdrawal from public life almost 50 years ago.

Designed by Wolfram Wiedner Studio.