Michiko Araki Movies

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.

Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

After her mother's funeral, Yuriko, dressed in mourning clothes, sees off her lover Shintaro as he leaves in the powdery snow, and resolves to part...

Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works...

Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda

1977 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume Soseki's novel.

Sugiko Tsutsui, who works at a small publishing company on the verge of bankruptcy, became engaged four years ago to Tsuneo Oda, a factory worker at...

Japanese drama film.

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

Based on an autobiographical novel by Toshiko Takagi, set close to the end of World War II

The struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak their minds freely.

Yoji Kitami, a fisherman's son, is a student in Tokyo. His father had died at sea and Taichiro, his brother, is sending him to the university. But...

A touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of Chieko Baisho and Shinichiro Mikami, based on "Nagashi...

1948 Japanese drama film.

1950s Japanese comedy.

After graduating from a high school in the Seto Inland Sea, Koji, a childhood friend of Yaeko, went to Tokyo to enter university wearing a heartfelt...