Michiko Araki Movies

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...

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...

A footballing law student tutors an undergraduate, developing into a romance that soon enough goes awry.

When he was a little boy, Tokitō Kensaku was sent to live with his paternal grandfather and his mistress Oei. Years later, Kensaku realizes he...

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

A moving episode in which a war criminal in the Philippines, having faced death, pleads earnestly while trembling with fear.

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

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous...

Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her...

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

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

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

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

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

Natsuko’s daughter Saori is born blind in 1941, just before her father is drafted. Despite an attempted surgery and years of struggle, her...

Film about the Ashio Copper Mine Incident and Shozo Tanaka.