Michiyo Aratama was a Japanese actress who appeared in leading and supporting roles in such films as Hiroshi Inagaki"s Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki, Kihachi Okamoto"s Samurai Assassin and Sword of Doom, and Masaki Kobayashi"s Kwaidan, Hymn to a Tired Manitoba and The Human Condition trilogy.