Michiyo Aratama Movies

  • 1965
    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

    7.71965HD

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

    Kwaidan
  • 1961
    The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

    7.51961HD

    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...

    The End of Summer
  • 1959
    The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

    The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

    The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

    8.21959HD

    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...

    The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
  • 1961
    The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

    The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

    The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

    8.41961HD

    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...

    The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
  • 1959
    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    8.11959HD

    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...

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • 1966
    The Sword of Doom

    The Sword of Doom

    The Sword of Doom

    7.71966HD

    Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse....

    The Sword of Doom
  • 1962
    47 Ronin

    47 Ronin

    47 Ronin

    7.31962HD

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

    47 Ronin
  • 1967
    Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

    7.11967HD

    Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...

    Japan's Longest Day
  • 1955
    The Heart

    The Heart

    The Heart

    6.81955HD

    In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained...

    The Heart
  • 1956
    Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

    Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

    Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

    71956HD

    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...

    Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
  • 1958
    Conflagration

    Conflagration

    Conflagration

    71958HD

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

    Conflagration
  • 1965
    Samurai Assassin

    Samurai Assassin

    Samurai Assassin

    7.31965HD

    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...

    Samurai Assassin
  • 1958
    A Boy and Three Mothers

    A Boy and Three Mothers

    A Boy and Three Mothers

    01958HD

    A Boy and Three Mothers
  • 1958
    All About Marriage

    All About Marriage

    All About Marriage

    01958HD

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

    All About Marriage
  • 1953
    Wife

    Wife

    Wife

    6.91953HD

    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...

    Wife
  • 1970
    The Walking Major

    The Walking Major

    The Walking Major

    21970HD

    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...

    The Walking Major
  • 1965
    A Trap

    A Trap

    A Trap

    7.21965HD

    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...

    A Trap
  • 1956
    The Balloon

    The Balloon

    The Balloon

    6.31956HD

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

    The Balloon
  • 1966
    Once a Rainy Day

    Once a Rainy Day

    Once a Rainy Day

    01966HD

    Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.

    Once a Rainy Day
  • 1961
    The Gambler's Code

    The Gambler's Code

    The Gambler's Code

    6.51961HD

    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...

    The Gambler's Code