Michiyo Aratama

Biography

​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

Kwaidan

as First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

as Michiko

The Sword of Doom

as Ohama

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

as Michiko

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

as Michiko

The End of Summer

as Fumiko

Samurai Assassin

as Okiku / Princess Kiku

Chûshingura

Conflagration

as Mistress of the floral art

Japan's Longest Day

as Yuriko Hara