Michiko Araki Movies

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...

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

Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the last days of World War II.

1962 Japanese movie

1950s Japanese comedy.

On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of...

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous...

Film about the Ashio Copper Mine Incident and Shozo Tanaka.

A footballing law student tutors an undergraduate, developing into a romance that soon enough goes awry.

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.

1977 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume Soseki's novel.

On his return from school, young Ichiro finds his father in bed with his adopted sister, Namie. Enraged, he decides to outdo his father in terms of...

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

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...

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