Michiyo Aratama Movies
- 1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love8.11959HD
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in...
- 1965
Kwaidan
Kwaidan7.71965HD
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...
- 1967
Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day7.11967HD
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...
- 1965
Samurai Assassin
Samurai Assassin7.31965HD
Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of...
- 1966
The Sword of Doom
The Sword of Doom7.71966HD
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse....
- 1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity8.21959HD
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts...
- 1962
47 Ronin
47 Ronin7.31962HD
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...
- 1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer8.41961HD
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old...
- 1961
The End of Summer
The End of Summer7.51961HD
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old...
- 1965
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan6.41965HD
Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.
- 1960
The Twilight Story
The Twilight Story81960HD
In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher...
- 1955
The Heart
The Heart6.81955HD
In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained...
- 1956
Called to the Stand
Called to the Stand01956HD
Chief editor Shirou Kanzaka (Hisaya Morishige) of Sankei Publishing Inc. is being tried for embezzlement and the staging of Chiyo Umehara's suicide....
- 1961
The Gambler's Code
The Gambler's Code6.51961HD
One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of...
- 1956
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District71956HD
A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job...
- 1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Policeman's Diary, Part 261955HD
From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
- 1958
Summer Clouds
Summer Clouds7.51958HD
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns...
- 1960
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night01960HD
Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.
- 1964
Brand of Evil
Brand of Evil51964HD
A Japanese detective, Kikuchi, is framed for a murder and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency to investigate his...
- 1956
The Balloon
The Balloon6.31956HD
Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress...