Michiko Araki Movies

A musical film based on the original work of Saigo Teruhiko. After leaving the juvenile detention center and returning to his hometown of Ibusuki,...

Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisals), lives for over five years in a love affair...

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...

Kazumi - whose sensitivity does not undermine her strength when she handles her second husband's emotional conflicts with the wisdom of an adult....

Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players. When he's released in...

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

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...

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

1950s Japanese comedy.

1948 Japanese drama film.

A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his...

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

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

Film about the Ashio Copper Mine Incident and Shozo Tanaka.

1977 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume Soseki's novel.