Michiyo Aratama Movies

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

Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.

A biopic about Japanese baseball player, Tetsuharu Kawakami.

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

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...

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...

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....

Three young employees navigate love, ambition, and meddling bosses as workplace crushes evolve into defiant relationships that challenge social...

A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency, where...

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

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

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

A privileged son betrays his family for the favors of a geisha in 18th century Osaka.

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

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...

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

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...