Michiyo Aratama Movies
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
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...
- 1958
Conflagration
Conflagration71958HD
Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological...
- 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...
- 1958
A Boy and Three Mothers
A Boy and Three Mothers01958HD
- 1958
All About Marriage
All About Marriage01958HD
Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.
- 1953
Wife
Wife6.91953HD
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...
- 1970
The Walking Major
The Walking Major21970HD
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...
- 1965
A Trap
A Trap7.21965HD
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...
- 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...
- 1966
Once a Rainy Day
Once a Rainy Day01966HD
Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.
- 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...