Cast: Arata Shibata

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Arata Shibata. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.

The Downfall of Osen

1935 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

Drama Melodrama Prostitution Silent Film

Direction Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast Isuzu Yamada · Daijirô Natsukawa · Mitsusaburô Ramon · Genichi Fuji

Plot Sokichi Hata moves to Tokyo hoping to get into medical school, but he doesn't have the means to survive. There, he meets Osen, the servant girl of an unscrupulous antiques...

6.9

61 votes

6.9

61 votes

Oyuki, the Virgin

1935 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

Drama Romance

Direction Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast Komako Hara · Eiji Nakano · Daijirô Natsukawa · Toichiro Negishi

Plot Oyuki, the Virgin is based on Kawaguchi Matsutaro’s adaptation of Maupassant’s “Boule de Suif” (“Lump of Fat,” also the inspiration for Ford’s Stagecoach). To this story Mizoguchi added some of...

6.5

85 votes

6.5

85 votes

The Mansion of the Ghost Cat

1958 · Movie · 69 min. · Japan

Horror Japanese Horror Supernatural Cats

Direction Nobuo Nakagawa

Cast Toshio Hosokawa · Yuriko Ejima · Takashi Wada · Fujie Satsuki

Plot The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the...

6.3

77 votes

6.3

77 votes

A Wicked Woman (Poisonous Woman Takahashi O-Den)

1958 · Movie · 74 min. · Japan

Drama Romance Crime 19th Century Based on True Stories

Direction Nobuo Nakagawa

Cast Katsuko Wakasugi · Jûzaburô Akechi · Tetsurô Tanba · Akira Nakamura

Plot In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into...

6.3

26 votes