Born in Nagano Prefecture, Hara made her motion picture debut in 1926 at Nikkatsu when she was still in her early teens. She easily made the transition to adult roles and even to sound film with her good voice. In the 1930s she released her own records and starred in musicals like Singing Lovebirds. She also appeared in serious dramas such as Shirō Toyoda's Wakai hito or Arnold Fanck's Die Tochter des Samurai. She moved into by-roles in the postwar, but continued acting until the 1960s, appearing in a total of over 180 films. She died of old age on 18 November 2004 at the age of 91. She was married to the sound recording engineer Ken'ichi Kagara.
Filmography
Actress
1962
Taiheiyô sensô to Himeyuri butai
1960
Tokyo no josei
1959
Takamaru and Kikumaru as
Tamako
1957
Ama bune yori: Kindan no suna as
Fuku (Isamu's mother)
1957
Katei kyôshi to joseito
1956
Kishû no abarenbô
1956
Tsuki no kôdôkan
1956
Yaneura no onna tachi as
Kikue
1956
Ruten as
Oteru
1956
Sabakareru jûdai
1956
Kôkôsei sotsugyô zengo
1956
Niji ikutabi as
Kikue
1956
Niiduma no negoto (Short) as
Makie
1956
Hanayome no tameiki as
Makie
1956
Shin shokoku mongatari: Otena no tô - Kôhen as
Sawa
1955
Shin shokoku mongatari: Otena no tô - Zempen as
Sawa
1955
Genroku bishônen-ki as
Taka
1955
Shichinin no ani imôto as
Eiko Miyamoto
1955
Ai no rekishi as
Chieko Matsumoto
1955
The Tattered Wings
1955
Akai kanna no hana sakeba as
Fusako Saeki
1955
Musume no jinsei annai
1955
Bosei nikki
1955
Tsuki ni tobu kari as
Yasuko (Kimiko's mother)
1955
Anata to tomo ni
1954
Kono ko kono haha
1954
Kôjô no tsuki
1954
Kimi ni chikaishi as
Fumiko
1954
Yaoya oshichi: Furisode zukiyo
1954
Hotarugusa
1954
Hi wa shizumazu
1954
What Is Your Name? Part III
1954
Wakaki hi no yûwaku
1953
Kaiketsu Murasaki-zukin: Sôshûban
1953
Asagiri
1953
What Is Your Name? Part II
1953
Kazoku awase
1953
What Is Your Name?
1953
Abare jishi
1953
Junketsu kakumei
1953
Yukimasô
1953
Keiko to Yukie
1953
Daibosatsu Tôge as
Okinu
1953
Daibosatsu tôge: Kôgen ittôryû no maki
1953
Jonan kaidô
1953
Otome no shinsatsushitsu
1953
Josei no koe
1953
Hana fuku kaze as
Okayo
1952
Waga haha ni tsumi ariya
1952
Nagare no tabiji (Short)
1952
Himitsu as
Yoshiko
1952
Hirotta jinsei
1952
Ashita wa nichiyôbi
1952
Haha wa sakebi naku
1952
Ankoku-gai no oni
1952
Uta kurabe kôjin yama
1952
Shura hakkô
1952
Musume wa kaku kôgi suru as
Kiyo
1952
The Life of Oharu as
Lady-in-waiting Iwabashi
1952
Abare noshi
1951
The Life of a Horsetrader as
Haruno
1951
Kennan jonan: Dai ni bu: Kenkô ryûsei no maki
1951
Kennan jonan: Dai ichibu: Onna gokoro ruten no maki
1951
Jûrokumon karasudô: Sennin higan
1951
Kômon to yajikita: Karasu gumi ihen
1951
Shinpen bijo tôge: Matashirô-gasa
1951
Gôkai sannin otoko
1951
Mange jigoku
1951
Yumesuke senryô miyage: Shunpû mutôryû
1951
Onna no mizu-kagami as
Kikue
1950
The Emperor's Hat
1950
Ren'ai taifûken
1950
Moyuru rôgoku
1950
Yume wa hakananaku
1950
Shishi no wana
1950
The Travelling Songstress
1950
Senritu
1950
Tôkyô kachinka musume
1950
Nippon G Men: Dai-ni-wa - Nansenzaki no kettô
1949
Thirteen Nights of Love
1949
Saheiji torimonohikae: Murasaki zukin - Kaiketsu-hen as