Michiyo Aratama Movies

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...

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

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

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...

As Marukyū Department Store plans its Hawaii expansion, company executives become sidetracked by local pleasures and personal entanglements. By...

A film by Shinobu Hashimoto.

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

As his fashion company rides a wave of post-recession success, President Kurihara seeks to expand into women’s apparel through a deepening...

Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress...

1962 Japanese movie

In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a sex worker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets a teacher and falls...

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

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

A straight-laced employee is tasked with supervising his impulsive CEO during a business trip intended to revive struggling sales.

Penultimate 23rd "Ekimae" comedy is about oil-field exploration.

1962 Japanese movie

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

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