Michiyo Aratama
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michiyo Aratama (新珠 三千代, Aratama Michiyo, 15 January 1930 – 17 March 2001) was a Japanese actress who appeared in leading and supporting roles in such films as Hiroshi Inagaki's Chushingura, Kihachi Okamoto's Samurai Assassin and Sword of Doom, and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan, Hymn to a Tired Man and The Human Condition trilogy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michiyo Aratama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1930-01-15 · Nara, Nara, Japan
- Died
- 2001-03-17
Known for
- Kwaidan (1965) — First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) — Michiko
- The Sword of Doom (1966) — Ohama
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) — Michiko
- The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) — Michiko
- The End of Summer (1961) — Fumiko
- Samurai Assassin (1965) — Okiku / Princess Kiku
- Chûshingura (1962)
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) — Yuriko Hara
- Conflagration (1958) — Mistress of the floral art
- Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956) — Tsutae
- Summer Clouds (1958)
- The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (1963) — Natsuko
- The Heart (1955) — Shizu, Nobuchi's wife
- The Stranger Within a Woman (1966) — Masako Tashiro
- A Trap (1965) — Michiko Kôno