Michiyo Aratama

春らんまん

Yasuki Chiba

Michiyo Aratama, Yuriko Hoshi

社長洋行記

Toshio Sugie

Hisaya Morishige, Keiju Kobayashi

19-й фильм из комедийного цикла «Президент компании». В этой комедии показана повседневная жизнь общества сарариманов (офисных служащих в Японии). Сёдзи, производитель женского нижнего белья, начал реализацию плана по предотвращению въезда в Токио соперника из Кансая Сакуры Сокая.

惜春

Noboru Nakamura

Michiyo Aratama, Yoshiko Kayama

When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over the family ribbon business in this family drama. Only one daughter cares to carry on her father's work, but she is met with resistance from her stepmother. One sister cares nothing for the artisan tradition, while the other is an icy opportunist whose only love is for money. It is the daughter who cares the most for her father's work who wanders away in a symbolic journey of self discovery.

平安群盗傳 袴だれ保輔

Eisuke Takizawa

Ryō Ikebe, Setsuko Wakayama

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

Masaki Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama

After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.

人間の條件　第３部望郷篇／第４部戦雲篇

Masaki Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Masaki Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.

続人間革命

Toshio Masuda

Tetsurō Tamba, Michiyo Aratama

Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.

人間革命

Toshio Masuda

Tetsurō Tamba, Shinsuke Ashida

Kwaidan

Masaki Kobayashi

Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

The Sword of Doom

Kihachi Okamoto

Tatsuya Nakadai, Yûzô Kayama

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.

Aru heishi no kake

Keith Larsen

Yûjirô Ishihara, Frank Sinatra Jr.

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 to rebuild an orphanage. Suspicious of Allen's motives, a Japanese newsman, Hiroshi Kitabayashi, traces the American's background until he discovers the motive behind Allen's long walk.

The End of Summer

Yasujirō Ozu

Setsuko Hara, Yôko Tsukasa

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.

Japan's Longest Day

Kihachi Okamoto

Seiji Miyaguchi, Rokkō Toura

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.

三つの顔

Umetsugu Inoue

Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama

Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives on the Burma Campaign-Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi promised to meet again five years later at the platform of Shinagawa Station, which was crowded with repatriates. , The day of reunion is approaching.

47 Ronin

Hiroshi Inagaki

Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura

The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for over a year to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder.