Michiko Araki
Michiko Araki (荒木道子) was born on March 6, 1917. She was an actress, known for Yakuza zesshô (1970), Red Beard (1965) and Jun'ai monogatari (1957). She died on March 24, 1989.
Dodes'ka-den
as Restaurant proprietressThis film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the...
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Red Beard
as Brothel ownerAspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is...
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Gate of Hell
as ManoJapan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a...
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Shigeno, Kyutaro's motherAfter a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw...
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Spring Dreams
as YaeWhen a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their...
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An Inlet of Muddy Water
as ShinA Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each...
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The Last Kamikaze
as uncreditedWith World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step...
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The Story of Pure Love
as Segawa Hospital nurseJunai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling...
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The River Fuefuki
as TatsuIn a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very...
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Tales of the Inner Chamber
as uncreditedLove-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.
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The Soundless Cry
as Tatsuko SasakiShinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His...
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Tomorrow
as Fujio's motherOn August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story...
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Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as uncreditedKiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI...
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If You Were Young: Rage
as uncreditedIf You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on...
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Raised in a Palace
as OharuSet in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young...
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The House of Wooden Blocks
as uncreditedOn his return from school, young Ichiro finds his father in bed with his adopted sister, Namie....
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Human Torpedoes
as uncreditedStory of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end...
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Happiness of Us Alone
as uncreditedThe story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a...
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The Scarred Angel
as uncreditedA musical film based on the original work of Saigo Teruhiko. After leaving the juvenile...
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Bitterness of Youth
as Etsuko EtoA footballing law student tutors an undergraduate, developing into a romance that soon enough...
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Yume-Chiyo
as uncreditedYumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do...
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Structure of Hate
as uncreditedDrama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy...
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Song of Farewell
as Fusae KazamiAfter her mother's funeral, Yuriko, dressed in mourning clothes, sees off her lover Shintaro as...
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An Ode to Yakuza
as Rie InumaruTatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a...
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Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
as uncreditedJapanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the...
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My Voiceless Friends
as uncreditedA man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country...
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The Second Love
as Kazumi's MotherKazumi - whose sensitivity does not undermine her strength when she handles her second husband's...
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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
as uncreditedThe film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys...
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The Wild Sea
as Kiyo KitamiYoji Kitami, a fisherman's son, is a student in Tokyo. His father had died at sea and Taichiro,...
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The Navy
as uncreditedA tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about...
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Rebellion of Japan
as uncreditedSuzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist...
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The Tattered Banner
as Shozo Tanaka's wife, KatsuFilm about the Ashio Copper Mine Incident and Shozo Tanaka.
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The Whisper of Spring
as uncreditedAfter graduating from a high school in the Seto Inland Sea, Koji, a childhood friend of Yaeko,...
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The Class of the Sewage Canal
as uncreditedThe struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak...
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Dolls floating down the river
as HatsuA touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of...
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Tokyo Air Raid Glass Rabbit
as AuntieBased on an autobiographical novel by Toshiko Takagi, set close to the end of World War II
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Women Doing Time
as uncreditedPart 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
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Mansaku no hana
as 寛太の姉・琴The story follows the Nakamori family in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, where half of the year is...
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