Known as the "First Goddess of Showa" and "Our Lady of Japan", Setsuko Hara was voluntarily given to MacArthur as a mistress to protect Japanese Emperor Hirohito from trial after World War II, and with MacArthur's return, her use value also ended, and then returned to the earth, never married, at the age of 95.
Setsuko Hara was born in Japan in 1920 to a civilian family of eight brothers and sisters, the family was not wealthy, and there were too many children, and as they grew older, the expenses increased. After graduating from junior high school, Setsuko Hara's family could no longer afford to continue her education. Setsuko Hara cried so much because she couldn't go to school, so she wasn't sad, and she was just seen by her brother-in-law Kumagai Hisato, looking at this incredibly beautiful sister-in-law in front of her, Kumagai Hisato as a director seemed to have discovered a new land.
Kumagai Hisatora was a Japanese director and screenwriter at the time, so he began to persuade Setsuko Hara to enter the entertainment industry. According to the innate appearance advantages of Hara Setsuko, a little packaging will definitely catch fire, which not only solves the work problem of Setsuko Hara, but also helps reduce the burden on the family, why not? Setsuko Hara had no reason to refuse.
Soon, with the help of Kumagai Hisatora, Setsuko Hara participated in her first film "Young People Don't Hesitate", Setsuko Hara became a hit in Japan, and her films were played in the streets. In 1936, he was appreciated by German directors, starring in the Japanese-German film "The New Earth", and visited Berlin as a Japanese goodwill ambassador.
During World War II, Setsuko Hara participated in the filming of many films on the theme of militarism and Greater East Asian co-prosperity, and because of this, her career reached a climax and became a superstar in Japan at that time, madly worshipped by the Japanese, known as the "First Goddess of Showa", of course, Japanese Emperor Hirohito also noticed this beautiful goddess.
After Japan's defeat and surrender in August 1945, U.S. Five-Star General MacArthur, as the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Japan, was responsible for the military occupation of Japan and the reconstruction of Japan. As everyone knows, MacArthur was very arrogant and arrogant, and was called Japan's "Emperor Taishang" at that time, did not take the Japanese emperor seriously at all, and was very unkind to him. Japanese Emperor Hirohito was terrified, afraid of going to a military court, afraid of being executed.
One day seeing the beautiful and dignified Setsuko Hara on TV, Japanese Emperor Hirohito calculated that he wanted to use the tried and tested beauty plan to win down the arrogant MacArthur. As it turned out, it worked. As a native Japanese, Setsuko Hara has been educated by Japan's military masters since she was a child, and is absolutely loyal to the Japanese emperor, who is the spiritual pillar of the Japanese people, and he is the god of Japan, so when Setsuko Hara received this special task, she accepted it without hesitation.
Perhaps in Setsuko Hara's view, she was great, and she sacrificed her life for the sake of her loyal emperor and to save the entire Japanese people from fire and water. Hara Setsuko has a high nose and deep eyes, a slender figure, gentle and pleasant, and without much effort, she took Michael Arthur. Although MacArthur already had a wife and children in the United States at that time, the beauty of Setsuko Hara still made him unable to extricate himself.
Setsuko Hara's move really helped the Japanese Emperor Hirohito: at MacArthur's request, the United States removed the name of Japanese Emperor Hirohito from the list of war criminals, did not face any trial, let alone be punished, and remained his emperor until he died of illness.
In 1951, MacArthur was removed from his post as "commander-in-chief of the United Nations forces" due to a command error in the Korean battlefield and had to return to the United States. Since then, the two have never crossed paths again. In 1964, MacArthur died of illness, and the good media predicted that Setsuko Hara would attend his funeral, and waited for Setsuko Hara, which made people think that her relationship with MacArthur was not as deep as the legend, and they just used each other, perhaps they had long forgotten each other.
In 1963, Setsuko Hara's best friend Ozu died, and she attended the funeral and was devastated. People speculate that in the years of cooperation, there is an ambiguity between them, just because there is a "MacArthur" in the middle, they can't get through the hurdle in their hearts, and they miss each other. From then on, Setsuko Hara began to officially retire.
On the days of retreat, she does not ask about the world, and quietly reads books in her spare time. Perhaps in her later years, she also regretted her hasty choice, as she grew older, with the understanding of historical knowledge, she could also feel the part of her aid, the more the Japanese people praised her, the more ashamed she felt, and she had no place to comply, which may be the reason why she chose to quietly retreat, just want the world to forget her quickly, as if she had never been in this world.