Michiko Araki Movies

Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something constructive with the little time she has left....

Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her...

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...

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

1950s Japanese comedy.

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

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...

1962 Japanese movie

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

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...

Film about the Ashio Copper Mine Incident and Shozo Tanaka.

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...

1977 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume Soseki's novel.

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

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