Michiko Araki Movies

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

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...

Yoji Kitami, a fisherman's son, is a student in Tokyo. His father had died at sea and Taichiro, his brother, is sending him to the university. But...

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

Japanese drama film.

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

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...

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

If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the...

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

1977 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume Soseki's novel.

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...

1948 Japanese drama film.

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

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