Komako Hara

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture Hara made her motion picture debut in 1924 in the film Rakujitsu no yume1 At studios such as Tōa Kinema and Makino Talkie she achieved fame specializing in starring roles playing vamps dokufu poison women and yakuza molls in jidaigeki1 In the sound era she shifted to secondary roles in films by directors such as Kenji Mizoguchi Masahiro Makino and Keigo Kimura She appeared in over 200 films in her career