
Michiyo Aratama
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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.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.364 |
Birthday | 1930-01-15 |
Place of Birth | Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan |
Also Known As | Митиё Аратама, |

1963

The Life of a Horse-Trader
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Hokkaido at the end of the Taisho era is Kitami. On the day his wife died of a dystocia, Bakuro Yonetaro fell asleep after being kicked by a sick woma...
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The Life of a Horse-Trader

1965

Kwaidan
7.7/394
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money wit...
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Kwaidan

1955

Three Faces
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Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives on the Burma Campaign-Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi promised...
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Three Faces

1959

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
8.1/245
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...
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
8.2/190
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 ag...
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1961

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
8.4/183
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,...
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961

The End of Summer
7.5/94
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 mis...
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The End of Summer

1960

Victory and Defeat
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After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in t...
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Victory and Defeat

1960

The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
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Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.
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The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night

1962

続サラリーマン清水港
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1962 Japanese movie
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続サラリーマン清水港

1962

Salaryman Shimizu Minato
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Salaryman Shimizu Minato

1966

The Sword of Doom
7.7/225
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...
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The Sword of Doom

1963

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
6.1/12
A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.
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The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

1965

Samurai Assassin
7.3/54
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 assass...
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Samurai Assassin

1958

Conflagration
7.1/29
Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distre...
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Conflagration

1955

The Heart
6.846/13
In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained relationship...
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The Heart

1966

The Thin Line
7.3/13
Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Ta...
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The Thin Line

1969

Devil's Temple
6.4/7
An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, a...
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Devil's Temple

1962

Ai no uzu shio
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Ai no uzu shio

1955

Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
0/0
In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.
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Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf

1962

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
5.8/2
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Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

1968

Hymn to a Tired Man
7.8/4
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.
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Hymn to a Tired Man

1962

Heso no taisho
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Heso no taisho

1970

Tora-san, His Tender Love
7/6
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
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Tora-san, His Tender Love

1960

The Masterless 47
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Part one of The Masterless 47.
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The Masterless 47

1958

A Boy and Three Mothers
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A Boy and Three Mothers

1969

Sky Scraper!
0/0
A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
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Sky Scraper!

1961

The Gambler's Code
6.5/4
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 a...
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The Gambler's Code

1958

Aoi Secret Book
0/0
A Golden Age drama depicting the exploits of passionate patriot Uotaro Toge in the midst of a mysterious standoff over the Secret Book of Aoi, which w...
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Aoi Secret Book

1953

Wife
7/9
Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and th...
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Wife

1964

Zoku shachō shinshiroku
0/0
Shûe Matsubayashi movie
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Zoku shachō shinshiroku

1955

Tsukiyo no kasa
0/0
Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. If two p...
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Tsukiyo no kasa

1968

大安旅行
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大安旅行

1965

A Trap
7.2/13
When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in K...
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A Trap

1958

Summer Clouds
7.5/14
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 ou...
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Summer Clouds

1956

The Balloon
6.3/10
Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress a...
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The Balloon

1956

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
7/24
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 pourin...
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Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

1965

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
6.4/5
Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.
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Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

1956

Family of Sorrow
0/0
Japanese drama film, originally released in two parts.
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Family of Sorrow

1956

Called to the Stand
0/0
Chief editor Shirou Kanzaka (Hisaya Morishige) of Sankei Publishing Inc. is being tried for embezzlement and the staging of Chiyo Umehara's suicide. T...
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Called to the Stand

1960

The Twilight Story
8/1
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 (at...
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The Twilight Story

1960

The Gambling Samurai
6.3/6
Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's...
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The Gambling Samurai

1960

The Gambling Samurai
6.3/6
Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's...
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The Gambling Samurai

1966

Once a Rainy Day
0/0
Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.
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Once a Rainy Day

1964

Brand of Evil
6.5/2
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 c...
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Brand of Evil

1976

Human Revolution II
0/0
Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
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Human Revolution II

1967

Three Faces of Love
0/0
When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over the family ribbon business in this family drama....
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Three Faces of Love

1961

Structure of Hate
0/0
Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives.
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Structure of Hate

1963

The Hidden Profile
6/1
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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The Hidden Profile

1957

Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
0/0
A biopic about Japanese baseball player, Tetsuharu Kawakami.
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Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16

1959

Gambler and the Princess
0/0
Film directed by Kenji Misumi.
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Gambler and the Princess

1959

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
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These are the first two parts of the popular series in which a young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite w...
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

1959

I Want to Be a Shellfish
10/1
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...
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I Want to Be a Shellfish

1956

Crossroad
4.7/3
Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt...
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Crossroad

1955

Till We Meet Again
6.25/4
Jiro Sone sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with her husband Kappei, who is more attracted...
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Till We Meet Again

1968

Devils-in-Law
0/0
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Devils-in-Law

1956

The Baby Carriage
0/0
Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to b...
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The Baby Carriage

1957

Dancing Sisters
0/0
It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughte...
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Dancing Sisters

1961

The Masterless 47 – Part II
0/0
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The Masterless 47 – Part II

1962

Chûshingura
7.3/41
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their hon...
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Chûshingura

1962

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
0/0
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Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

1958

All About Marriage
0/0
Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.
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All About Marriage

1951

Swords and Brocade
0/0
A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.
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Swords and Brocade

1962

Get Married, Mother
0/0
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Get Married, Mother

1969

The Tempters: Smile After Tears
0/0
Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and his friends decide to form a cool rock band, but a t...
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The Tempters: Smile After Tears

1973

The Human Revolution
0/0
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The Human Revolution

1960

The Dangerous Kiss
0/0
Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.
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The Dangerous Kiss

1970

The Walking Major
2/1
U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambling with U.S. servicemen in order to raise funds to...
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The Walking Major

1965

Five Gents' Trick Book
0/0
The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.
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Five Gents' Trick Book

1955

Policeman's Diary, Part 2
6/1
From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
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Policeman's Diary, Part 2

1955

The Samurai of Edo
6/1
This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji Restora...
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The Samurai of Edo

1967

Japan's Longest Day
7.1/28
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies...
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Japan's Longest Day

1955

Vanished Glory
0/0
In the first group of Yoshitake Ichi and Taketatsu Sada Preparatory Training, the team leader was Sou Adachi, a veteran warrior with strict training....
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Vanished Glory

1957

Muhō Ichidai
0/0
The movie is about a man who started a brothel to make money out of his poor circumstances in the late Meiji period.
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Muhō Ichidai

1968

Hymn to a Tired Man
7.8/4
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.
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