| Michiyo Aratama | |
| Birth Name: | Kyoko Toda |
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Nara, Japan |
| Death Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1946–2001 |
was a Japanese film and stage actress.
After graduating from the Takarazuka Music and Dance School, Aratama joined the Takarazuka Revue in 1945.[1] She gave her film debut in 1951, but it was not before 1955 that she left the Takarazuka Revue, signing first with Nikkatsu film studios, then, after her contract expired, with 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 1994. She died of heart failure in 2001.[2] Aratama never married.
| Year | Title | Role | Directed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Wife | Yoshimi | Mikio Naruse |
| 1955 | The Heart | Shizu | Kon Ichikawa |
| 1956 | The Balloon | Yūzō Kawashima | |
| 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 |
| 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 |