Michiyo Aratama
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michiyo Aratama (新珠 三千代, Aratama Michiyo, 15 January 1930 – 17 March 2001) was a Japanese actress who appeared in leading and supporting roles in such films as Hiroshi Inagaki's Chushingura, Kihachi Okamoto's Samurai Assassin and Sword of Doom, and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan, Hymn to a Tired Man and The Human Condition trilogy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michiyo Aratama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: January 15, 1930
Place of Birth: Nara, Nara, Japan
Known For
I Want to Be a Shellfish
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder.
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
Kaze to kumo to Niji to deals with the Heian period in Japan. Based on Chōgorō Kaionji`s novels Taira no Masakado and Umi to Kaze to Niji to. The drama was made by Go Kato`s request. The story chronicles the life of Taira no Masakado . The story begins with Masakado′s childhood. Masakado happens to meet Fujiwara no Hidesato, and he thinks that he want to be great Samurai like Hidesato in the future.
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
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 life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
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 against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
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 Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
The Twilight Story
In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a sex worker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher (at least he says he's unmarried) and falls in love.
Hymn to a Tired Man
Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son's fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.
Hymn to a Tired Man
Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son's fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.
Kwaidan
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
The Sword of Doom
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
Filmography
as 上原敏江
as Masako
as Gion no Nyogo
as Mother Yamada
as Oshizu
as Aizen
as Hisako
as Yosiko
as Yoshiko Hide
as Yuriko Hara
as Suzuko (Bar Madam)
as Fujiyo Shindo
as Suzuko (Bar Madam)
as Ohama
as Machiko
as Masako Tashiro
as Machiko (Osaka Bar Madam)
as Michiko Kôno
as Sumie (Bar Marimo Madame)
as First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
as Okiku / Princess Kiku
as Asai Setsuko
as Yonéko Takasugi
as Natsuko
as Kiyoko (Madam of Sakura-tei, Hawaii)
as Kiyoko (Madam of Sakura-tei, Hawaii)
as Misako
as Mitsuyo Kawamoto
as Fumiko
as Okinu
as Geisha Hyōtan
as Geisha Kayoji
as Akie Narumi
as Akiko Hakoda
as Sayoko Takamatsu
as Akiko Hakoda
as Niko Enzo
as Toku
as Mizukami Michiko (Setsuko's sister)
as Akiko Hakoda (Secretary)
as Michiko
as Akiko Hakoda
as Fusae Shimizu
as Oshige
as Michiko
as Mistress of the floral art
as Keiko Kakiuchi
as Asayo
as The Real Mother
as Yukari Yoyogi (Tetsuharu's Wife)
as Tsutae
as Harumi Oki
as Kumiko Yamana
as Tomoko Aizawa
as Shizu, Nobuchi's wife
as Kyoko Yamana
as Yoshimi Niemura