was a Japanese film and stage actress.
Biography After graduating from the Takarazuka Music and Dance School, Aratama joined the Takarazuka Revue in 1945. 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. Aratama never married.
Selected filmography Films Year Title Role Directed by 1953 Wife Yoshimi Mikio Naruse 1955 The Heart Shizu Kon Ichikawa1956 The Balloon Yūzō Kawashima Suzaki Paradise: Red Light Tsutae Yūzō Kawashima1958 A Holiday in Tokyo Kajirō Yamamoto Conflagration Kon Ichikawa Summer Clouds Chie 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 Okamoto1966 The Stranger Within a Woman Masako Tashiro Mikio Naruse The Sword of Doom Hama 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 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 1959 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Human Condition and Watashi wa kai ni naritai 1959 Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress for The Human Condition 1961 Mainichi Film Concour for Best Supporting Actress for The End of Summer and Minami no kaze to nami
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