Michiko Araki Movies

A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his...

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

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

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

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...

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...

1977 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume Soseki's novel.

With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji...

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda

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

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

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...

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...

After her mother's funeral, Yuriko, dressed in mourning clothes, sees off her lover Shintaro as he leaves in the powdery snow, and resolves to part...

Japanese drama film.

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

1962 Japanese movie