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,...

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

Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.

Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives.

1950s Japanese comedy.

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...

The struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak their minds freely.

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...

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...

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

1977 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume Soseki's novel.

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

1948 Japanese drama film.

Japanese drama film.

Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a...

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