Michiyo Aratama

Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.

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 to rebuild an orphanage. Suspicious of Allen's motives, a Japanese newsman, Hiroshi Kitabayashi, traces the American's background until he discovers the motive behind Allen's long walk.

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

An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, and a vicious killer. Bloody violence erupts whenever strangers approach the temple. Can the traveling priest bring his belief in the Buddha and rid the three temple residents of the devils that hold their souls?

A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.

A high school boy Ken'ichi lives happily with his mother Hisako, who works for a department store owned by the father of his friend, Noboru. Ken'ichi wins a music contest, and he and his friends form a band, Za Tenputāzu (The Tempters). Ken'ichi becomes upset when he learns that Noboru's father is in love with Hisako, and he leaves home with his band members and music instruments. While he stays away from his mother, he learns from Hisako's friend that Hisako is not his real mother.

Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and his friends decide to form a cool rock band, but when Shoken learns that his mother is actually his aunt and his parents died, he becomes very agitated and runs away from home.

Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son's fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.

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. Only one daughter cares to carry on her father's work, but she is met with resistance from her stepmother. One sister cares nothing for the artisan tradition, while the other is an icy opportunist whose only love is for money. It is the daughter who cares the most for her father's work who wanders away in a symbolic journey of self discovery.

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

Sem compaixão e em busca de sua glória pessoal, um samurai vaga pelas aldeias espalhando morte, sangue e desprezo, até que é desafiado por um guerreiro tão hábil quanto ele.

Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In an effort to further relieve his tortured sense of guilt, he then confesses to Sugimoto. Neither his wife nor his friend can believe that he could have been involved.

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 Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.

Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.

The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.

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 assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.

Produção japonesa contada em quatro histórias. Em "Black Hair", samurai divórcia-se da mulher que ama para se casar com outra pelo dinheiro; em "The Woman in the Snow", lenhador encontra mulher congelada e o espírito dela aparece para revelar detalhes de sua vida, pedindo a ele que jamais conte a ninguém - mas dez anos depois ele esquece a promessa; em "Hoichi the Earless", o jovem e cego Hoichi vive num monastério e passa a cantar para fantasmas do império; e "In a Cup of Tea" fala de um escritor que vê uma misteriosa face refletida numa xícara de chá.

A Japanese detective, Kikuchi, is framed for a murder and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency to investigate his case and investigates Mitsue Takazawa, the wife of a local trading firm whom is really a crime lord responsible for Kikuchi's imprisonment and now sets sights on Setsuko, a woman Kikuchi becomes romantically involved with.

Shûe Matsubayashi movie

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

Hokkaido at the end of the Taisho era is Kitami. On the day his wife died of a dystocia, Bakuro Yonetaro fell asleep after being kicked by a sick woman Yuki at a vague shop after violence.

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for over a year to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder.

Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives.

A família de um senhor que dirige uma pequena fábrica de saquê começa a preocupar-se com as suas finanças e a sua saúde depois que descobrem que visita uma velha amante dos tempos da sua juventude. Uma das combinações mais habilmente moduladas de comédia e tragédia de Ozu.

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 a yakuza he had been forced by the code of the gamblers to fight man to man. In a brilliant performance from super-star Ichikawa Raizo, with strong support from two of the greats from Toho, Shimura Takashi (7 Samurai) and Aratama Michiyo (Sword of Doom) the heartfelt story reaches new heights. Tokijiro, having learned the true nature of the boss to whom he was obligated for having spent a night and eaten at the gang's headquarters takes up arms against them in a running battle fought across the back roads of the entire nation. Another powerful rendition of this superb story, it is not to be missed!

Nesta parte final da trilogia, Kaji é o único sobrevivente de sua unidade e acaba se rendendo ao exército Soviético. Ele é preso na Sibéria, onde espera melhor tratamento do que recebeu de seu próprio exército, mas, ao contrário, é acusado de assassinato e ameaçado de execução. Kaji tenta, desesperadamente, recuperar sua liberdade.

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.

In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher (at least he says he's unmarried) and falls in love. When she learns that he lied and is married to a woman whose child was fathered by another man, she is crushed. He returns to his wife. The woman becomes more distraught when she learns her uncle has misused the money she has sent. As the final straw, her mother dies, and the girl becomes sick.

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.

Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.

A trilogia humanista de Kobayashi continua tendo, neste segundo filme, o idealista Kaji sendo mandado à longínqua Manchúria e com as mais selvagens atrocidades ocorrendo durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ao descobrir que os soldados são cruelmente maltratados pelo seu sargento e oficiais, Kaji resolve fazer um protesto.

On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder.

Film directed by Kenji Misumi.

Kaji, um administrador civil pacifista, foi nomeado supervisor de um campo de prisioneiros na Manchúria durante a 2ª Grande Guerra. Seus problemas começam quando o tratamento humanitário com os trabalhadores das minas e os prisioneiros de guerra que Kaji supervisiona irrita seus superiores.

These are the first two parts of the popular series in which a young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his birth father, Shogun Yoshimune, he heads for the castle.

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

A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.

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

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 daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".

A biopic about Japanese baseball player, Tetsuharu Kawakami.

Um casal de jovens desempregados, Yoshiji e Tsutae, acaba nos subúrbios da zona de prostituição Suzaki, em Tóquio. Tsutae consegue um trabalho servindo saquê para homens em um pequeno bar, enquanto Yoshiji é contratado como entregador em uma loja próxima de noodles.

Japanese drama film, originally released in two parts.

Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt to perfect his crime, he drives to a remote quarry to bury his wife’s body, but along the way, he finds another dead body in the back of his car! Given no choice, Ise dumps both bodies. Meanwhile, Yoshie begins her search for her missing brother, Yoshihiko. After surprising twists and turns, Ise faces his fate.

Chief editor Shirou Kanzaka (Hisaya Morishige) of Sankei Publishing Inc. is being tried for embezzlement and the staging of Chiyo Umehara's suicide. The victim is a woman who's said to have had sexual relations with the defendant. Four intertwined witnesses; a critic, Shirou's employee, a singer, and his wife, are all called to the stand. His destiny now lies in their hands.

Haruki Murakami é um homem de família de sucesso e chefe de uma empresa de câmeras. Sem o seu conhecimento, seu filho arrogante alterna entre uma amante e a cantora da boate local. Quando a filha deficiente de Murakami faz amizade com a amante, o caso amoroso abala toda a família.

Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to being regarded as an outcast, the heroine sets about to spiritually legitimize the girl.

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

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 Restoration, and therefore, shows audience the dynamic change from Edo to Meiji. Before the war, the director, Eisuke Takizawa, together with the writers, formed a scenario writer group "Narutaki-gumi and they shot many historical masterpieces.

In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained relationship stemming from an unknown incident in their past.

Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. If two people come together, they will talk about selling kimonos, if three people come together, they will discuss food shopping, and when four people come together, there will be laughter. Focusing on four housewives who gather at the edge of the well, it depicts the daily life of each household.

Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives on the Burma Campaign-Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi promised to meet again five years later at the platform of Shinagawa Station, which was crowded with repatriates. , The day of reunion is approaching.

In the first group of Yoshitake Ichi and Taketatsu Sada Preparatory Training, the team leader was Sou Adachi, a veteran warrior with strict training. Yoshitake's father was called, and his mother lived in the house where he used to work, but Midori, a female student at that house, secretly loved Yoshitake.

Sonejiro dedica sua vida inteiramente à pesquisa. A jovem dona de casa Yachiyo está decepcionada com seu marido Kappei, que se sente mais atraído pela escalada e por outra mulher. A felicidade de todos entra em jogo quando o pai de Yachiyo é apresentado a Sonejiro.

In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.

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 the husband finds the wife slovenly and mean-spirited: she neither cooks not cleans particularly well and is generally disagreeable. In turn, he alternately ignores her and treats her as a servant. Neither is particularly happy, not helped by their unsatisfactory lodgers. The husband is easily seduced by an ex-colleague, a widow with a small child who needs some security, and considers leaving his wife.

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.