Michiyo Aratama

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Michiyo Aratama
Michiyo Aratama in 1955
Born
Kyoko Toda

(1930-01-15)15 January 1930
Nara, Japan
Died17 March 2001(2001-03-17) (aged 71)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationActress
Years active1946–2001

Michiyo Aratama (新珠三千代, Aratama Michiyo, 15 January 1930 – 17 March 2001) was a Japanese film and stage actress.

Biography

After graduating from the Takarazuka Music and Dance School, Aratama joined the

47 Ronin
.

From the late 1970s on she concentrated solely on stage and television work. Due to health problems, she reduced her appearances after 1994. She died of heart failure in 2001.[2] Aratama never married.[1]

Selected filmography

Films

Year Title Role Directed by
1953 Wife Yoshimi Mikio Naruse
1955 The Heart Shizu Kon Ichikawa
1956 The Balloon
Yūzō Kawashima
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light Tsutae Yūzō Kawashima
1958 A Holiday in Tokyo Kajirō Yamamoto
Conflagration
Kon Ichikawa
Summer Clouds Yae Mikio Naruse
1959
The Human Condition
Michiko Masaki Kobayashi
1960 The Twilight Story Mitsuko Taneda Shirō Toyoda
1961 The End of Summer Fumiko Yasujirō Ozu
1962
47 Ronin
Hiroshi Inagaki
1963 The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman Natsuko Kihachi Okamoto
1964 Kwaidan Masaki Kobayashi
1965 Samurai Assassin Kihachi Okamoto
1966 The Stranger Within a Woman Masako Tashiro Mikio Naruse
Sword of Doom
Ohama Kihachi Okamoto
1967 Lost Spring Noboru Nakamura
1968 Hymn to a Tired Man Masaki Kobayashi
1969 Chōkōsō no Akebono Sachiko Hideo Sekigawa

Television

Year Title Role Network Notes
1969 Ten to Chi to[3] Kesa Gozen NHK Taiga drama
1972 Shin Heike Monogatari Gion no Nyogo NHK Taiga drama
1976 Kaze to Kumo to Niji to Masako NHK Taiga drama

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b "新珠三千代 (Michiyo Aratama)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "新珠三千代 (Michiyo Aratama)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  3. ^ "天と地と". Haiyaku Jiten (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  4. ^ "1959 Blue Ribbon Awards (consigned in February 1960)" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  5. ^ "キネマ旬報 ベスト・テン 1959年・第33回". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  6. ^ "毎日映画コンクール 第16回 (16th Mainichi Film Awards)" (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 February 2021.

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