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Michiyo Aratama

Acting Born Jan 15, 1930 Nara, Nara, Japan 24 credits

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Michiyo Aratama (新珠 三千代, Aratama Michiyo, 15 January 1930 – 17 March 2001) 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.

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Known for

Film

Kwaidan

as First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Shin Heike Monogatari

as Gion no Nyogo
Film

The Sword of Doom

as Ohama
Film

Japan's Longest Day

as Yuriko Hara

Full filmography

  • Niji wo Oru (1980) as 上原敏江
  • Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow (1976) as Masako
  • The Human Condition (1959) as Michiko
  • Kwaidan (1965) as First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
  • Shin Heike Monogatari (1972) as Gion no Nyogo
  • The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) as Michiko
  • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) as Michiko
  • The Sword of Doom (1966) as Ohama
  • Chûshingura (1962)
  • Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Yuriko Hara
  • The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) as Michiko
  • 雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯 (1982)
  • Samurai Assassin (1965) as Okiku / Princess Kiku
  • The End of Summer (1961) as Fumiko
  • Wife (1953) as Yoshimi Niemura
  • Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956) as Tsutae
  • Once a Rainy Day (1966)
  • Cold Rice, Osan, Chan (1965)
  • Till We Meet Again (1955) as Kyoko Yamana
  • The Balloon (1956) as Kumiko Yamana
  • A Trap (1965) as Michiko Kôno
  • The Masterless 47 – Part II (1961)
  • The Twilight Story (1960)
  • Summer Clouds (1958)