Michiyo Aratama
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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.
Hiroshi Inagaki
was a Japanese filmmaker most known for the Academy Award-winning Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, which he directed in 1954.-Career:Born in Tokyo as the son of a shinpa actor, Inagaki appeared on stage in his childhood before joining the Nikkatsu studio as an actor in 1922...
's Chushingura
Chushingura
is the name for fictionalized accounts of the historical revenge by the Forty-seven Ronin of the death of their master, Asano Naganori. Including the early , the story has been told in kabuki, bunraku, stage plays, films, novels, television shows and other media...
, Kihachi Okamoto
Kihachi Okamoto
was a Japanese film director who has worked in several different genres, including jidaigeki.-Career:Born in Yonago, Okamoto attended Meiji University, but was drafted in 1943 and entered World War II during its most difficult hours, an experience that had a profound effect on his later film work,...
's Samurai Assassin
Samurai Assassin
is a 1965 Japanese movie directed by Kihachi Okamoto and starring Toshirō Mifune, Koshiro Matsumoto, Yunosuke Ito, and Michiyo Aratama.Samurai Assassin is set in 1860, immediately before the Meiji Restoration changed Japanese society forever by doing away with the castes in society and reducing the...
and Sword of Doom, and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan
Kwaidan (film)
is a 1964 Japanese portmanteau film directed by Masaki Kobayashi; the title means 'ghost story'. It is based on stories from Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japanese folk tales. The film consists of four separate and unrelated stories. Kwaidan is the archaic transliteration of Kaidan, meaning...
, Hymn to a Tired Man
Hymn to a Tired Man
Hymn to a Tired Man is a 1968 Japanese drama film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Michiyo Aratama - Yosiko* Makoto Fujita* Toshio Kurosawa - Zensaku's son* Tomoko Naraoka - Zensaku's wife...
and The Human Condition
The Human Condition (film trilogy)
is a Japanese epic film trilogy made between 1959 and 1961. It is based on a novel by Gomikawa Junpei 五味川純平 .-Background:It was directed by Masaki Kobayashi and stars Tatsuya Nakadai. The trilogy follows the life of Kaji, a Japanese pacifist and socialist, as he tries to survive in the fascist...
trilogy.
Filmography
- Suzaki paradise: AkashingōSuzaki paradise: Akashingōaka Suzaki Paradise Red Light is a 1956 black and white Japanese film drama directed by Yuzo Kawashima.- Cast :* Michiyo Aratama as Tsutae* Yukiko Todoroki as Otoku* Seizaburō Kawazu as Mr. Ochiai* Tatsuya Mihashi as Yoshiji, Tsutae's husband...
(洲崎パラダイス 赤信号 Suzaki paradaisu Akashingō) aka Suzaki Paradise Red Light (1956) - Lost SpringLost Springis a 1967 Japanese drama film directed by Noboru Nakamura. It was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Michiyo Aratama* Yoshiko Kayama* Mariko Kaga* Mikijiro Hira* Mitsuko Mori* Eijirô Tôno...
(1967)