Portrait of Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Acting

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michiyo Aratama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: January 15, 1930

Place of Birth: Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Filmography

1980
Niji wo Oru

as 上原敏江

1972
Shin Heike Monogatari

as Gion no Nyogo

1970
The Walking Major

as Mother Yamada

1969
1968
1968
Hymn to a Tired Man

as Yoshiko Hide

1967
Japan's Longest Day

as Yuriko Hara

1967
Five Gents Prefer Geisha

as Suzuko (Bar Madam)

1967
Three Faces of Love

as Fujiyo Shindo

1967
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents

as Suzuko (Bar Madam)

1966
1966
The Thin Line

as Masako Tashiro

1966
A Company President's Life Story

as Machiko (Osaka Bar Madam)

1965
A Trap

as Michiko Kôno

1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

as Sumie (Bar Marimo Madame)

1965
Kwaidan

as First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

1965
Samurai Assassin

as Okiku / Princess Kiku

1964
Brand of Evil

as Asai Setsuko

1963
Daybreak Chorus

as Yonéko Takasugi

1963
Company President Travels Abroad Part II

as Kiyoko (Madam of Sakura-tei, Hawaii)

1963
Company President Travels Abroad

as Kiyoko (Madam of Sakura-tei, Hawaii)

1963
Yushu Heiya

as Misako

1962
Get Married, Mother

as Mitsuyo Kawamoto

1961
1961
1961
Playboy President

as Geisha Hyōtan

1961
1960
The Masterless 47

as Geisha Kayoji

1960
Victory and Defeat

as Sayoko Takamatsu

1960
1960
Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance

as Mizukami Michiko (Setsuko's sister)

1959
1959
I Want to Be a Shellfish

as Fusae Shimizu

1958
Conflagration

as Mistress of the floral art

1958
All About Marriage

as Keiko Kakiuchi

1958
1958
A Boy and Three Mothers

as The Real Mother

1957
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16

as Yukari Yoyogi (Tetsuharu's Wife)

1956
Crossroad

as Harumi Oki

1956
The Balloon

as Kumiko Yamana

1956
The Baby Carriage

as Tomoko Aizawa

1955
The Heart

as Shizu, Nobuchi's wife

1955
Till We Meet Again

as Kyoko Yamana

1953
Wife

as Yoshimi Niemura