Ineko Arima
Birthday: 1932-04-03
Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan
Biography: Ineko Arima (born April 3, 1932) is a revered Japanese film actress. With a career spanning from 1957 to the present, Arima has graced the silver screen under the guidance of legendary directors like Yasujirō Ozu and Kon Ichikawa. Her notable filmography includes roles in Late Chrysanthemums, Black River, Tokyo Twilight, Equinox Flower, and Love Under the Crucifix, showcasing her remarkable talent. Beyond film, she has also made her mark on television, notably in NHK Taiga dramas like Ten to Chi to and Tokugawa Yoshinobu. Arima's contributions have been recognized with honors in Japan, including the Medal with Purple Ribbon (1995) and the Order of the Precious Crown (2003).
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of la...
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Equinox Flower
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares...
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Tokyo Twilight
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact...
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Black River
A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The land...
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The Outsiders
A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most no...
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I Lived, But...
An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of f...
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Zero Focus
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip...
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The Snow Flurry
After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child....
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Love Under the Crucifix
A tea master and his daughter Ogin are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a ma...
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A Matter of Valour
Chushingura has been made into a movie several times before, but this time it will be presented in a...
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Wedding Season
Urban love comedy in which Koji Tsuruta, who works for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Parks and...
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Dreaming Awake
Recently appointed dean at a film school, Kimuro Hajime develops a special concern for one of his st...
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Fountainhead
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply....
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Confessions Among Actresses
In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is...
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Life of Matsu the Untamed
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband die...
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Late Chrysanthemums
With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ d...
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Run, Genta, Run!
A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of findin...
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Farewell to Spring
Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as st...
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Mother's First Love
A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and d...
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Night Drum
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return...
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Tokyo Profile
A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old gir...
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His Scarlet Cloak
The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's ...
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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Chubei, the adopted son of an Osaka courier, falls desperately in love with the courtesan Umegawa. T...
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The Lovers
Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and...
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A Full Life
A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U...
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When a Woman Loves
Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman....
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw gen...
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As the Clouds Scatter
A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once ...
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Drunkard's Paradise
A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving beh...
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The Radish and the Carrot
One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company ...
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Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a p...
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Love du Jour
The proprietress of a long-established sushi restaurant in Asakusa is a war widow who has raised thr...
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Itsuko to sono haha
An elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her....
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Sunflower Girl
Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, ...
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The Master of Funerals
Alumni of Ibaraki High School learn that one of their classmates is killed in an accident on the ten...
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All of Myself
The daughter of a former Miss Universe winner finds success as a fashion model in Tokyo following th...
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12 Chapters About Women
Minako, a ballerina who has been dating since her school days, and Koheta, a banker. It was Koheta w...
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The Road to the Spring
Kyoko is a new writer for the women's magazine "Josei no tomo" female reporter. One day, the magazin...
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People Waiting for Spring
This drama centers on an elderly politician and depicts how humans can return to their true selves w...
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