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
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film studios, then, after her contract expired, with
Toho.
She worked for directors such as
Mikio Naruse,
Yasujirō Ozu
was a Japanese filmmaker. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in the 1930s.
The most pr ...
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
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Although symptoms vary based on which side of the heart is affected, HF ...
in 2001.
Aratama never married.
Selected filmography
Films
Television
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''
References
External links
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1930 births
2001 deaths
20th-century Japanese actresses
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