Michiyo Aratama
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Michiyo Aratama was a Japanese film and stage actress.
Michiyo Aratama in 1955
Kwaidan (film)
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Kwaidan is a 1964 Japanese horror anthology film directed by Masaki Kobayashi from a screenplay by Yoko Mizuki. It consists of four separate stories adapted from Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japane
Michiyo Aratama
…Toho. She worked for directors such as Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu and Masaki Kobayashi, appearing in films like The Human Condition, The End of Summer, Kwaidan and 47 Ronin. From the late 1970s on she concentrated solely on stage and television work. Due to health problems, she reduced her appearances after…
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Director Masaki Kobayashi in 1960
![The Toho-operated Yurakuza [ja] theater (pictured c. 1930s) in Tokyo's Yūrakuchō district, where Kwaidan premiered in December 1964.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Y%C5%ABraku-za.jpg/500px-Y%C5%ABraku-za.jpg)
The Toho-operated Yurakuza [ja] theater (pictured c. 1930s) in Tokyo's Yūrakuchō district, where Kwaidan premiered in December 1964.