Mikio Naruse

Mikio Naruse

Directing

August 20, 1905 — July 2, 1969Tokyo, Japan

Mikio Naruse (August 20, 1905 – July 2, 1969) was a Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer who directed some 89 films spanning the period 1930 (towards the end of the silent period in Japan) to 1967. Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook. He made primarily shomin-geki (working-class drama) films with female protagonists, portrayed by actresses such as Hideko Takamine, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Setsuko Hara. Because of his focus on family drama and the intersection of traditional and modern Japanese culture, his films are frequently compared with the works of Yasujirō Ozu. His reputation is just behind Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Ozu in Japan and internationally; his work remains less well known outside Japan than theirs. Akira Kurosawa called Naruse's style of melodrama, "like a great river with a calm surface and a raging current in its depths". Description above from the Wikipedia article Mikio Naruse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

1960

Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

1955

Yearning

Yearning

1964

Sound of the Mountain

Sound of the Mountain

1954

Repast

Repast

1951

Two in the Shadow

Two in the Shadow

1967

Late Chrysanthemums

Late Chrysanthemums

1954

Flowing

Flowing

1956

Lightning

Lightning

1952

Apart from You

Apart from You

1933

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Two in the Shadow

Two in the Shadow

1967

Director

Moment of Terror

Moment of Terror

1966

Director

The Stranger Within a Woman

The Stranger Within a Woman

1966

Director

Yearning

Yearning

1964

Director

A Woman's Life

A Woman's Life

1963

Director

A Wanderer's Notebook

A Wanderer's Notebook

1962

Director

The Wiser Age

The Wiser Age

1962

Director

The Other Woman

The Other Woman

1961

Director

The Approach of Autumn

The Approach of Autumn

1960

Director

The Lovelorn Geisha

The Lovelorn Geisha

1960

Director

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

1960

Director

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

1960

Director

A Whistle in My Heart

A Whistle in My Heart

1959

Director

Summer Clouds

Summer Clouds

1958

Director

Little Peach

Little Peach

1958

Director

Untamed Woman

Untamed Woman

1957

Director

Flowing

Flowing

1956

Director

A Wife's Heart

A Wife's Heart

1956

Director

Sudden Rain

Sudden Rain

1956

Director

The First Kiss

The First Kiss

1955

Director

Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

1955

Director

Late Chrysanthemums

Late Chrysanthemums

1954

Director

Sound of the Mountain

Sound of the Mountain

1954

Director

Brother and Sister

Brother and Sister

1953

Director

Wife

Wife

1953

Director

Husband and Wife

Husband and Wife

1953

Director

Lightning

Lightning

1952

Director

Mother

Mother

1952

Director

Okuni and Gohei

Okuni and Gohei

1952

Director

Repast

Repast

1951

Director

Dancing Girl

Dancing Girl

1951

Director

Ginza Cosmetics

Ginza Cosmetics

1951

Director

Battle of Roses

Battle of Roses

1950

Director

White Beast

White Beast

1950

Director

The Angry Street

The Angry Street

1950

Director

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

1950

Director

Delinquent Girl

Delinquent Girl

1949

Director

Spring Awakens

Spring Awakens

1947

Director

Four Love Stories

Four Love Stories

1947

Director

Both You and I

Both You and I

1946

Director

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

1946

Director

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

1945

Director

Until Victory Day

Until Victory Day

1945

Director

The Way of Drama

The Way of Drama

1944

Director

This Happy Life

This Happy Life

1944

Director

The Song Lantern

The Song Lantern

1943

Director

Mother Never Dies

Mother Never Dies

1942

Director

Hideko the Bus Conductor

Hideko the Bus Conductor

1941

Director

Shanghai Moon

Shanghai Moon

1941

Director

A Fond Face from the Past

A Fond Face from the Past

1941

Director

Travelling Actors

Travelling Actors

1940

Director

Sincerity

Sincerity

1939

Director

The Whole Family Works

The Whole Family Works

1939

Director

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

1938

Director

Learn from Experience, Part Two

Learn from Experience, Part Two

1937

Director

Learn from Experience, Part One

Learn from Experience, Part One

1937

Director

Avalanche

Avalanche

1937

Director

A Woman's Sorrows

A Woman's Sorrows

1937

Director

Morning's Tree-Lined Street

Morning's Tree-Lined Street

1936

Director

The Road I Travel with You

The Road I Travel with You

1936

Director

Man of the House

Man of the House

1936

Director

The Girl in the Rumor

The Girl in the Rumor

1935

Director

Five Men in a Circus

Five Men in a Circus

1935

Director

Wife! Be Like a Rose!

Wife! Be Like a Rose!

1935

Director

The Actress and the Poet

The Actress and the Poet

1935

Director

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

1935

Director

Street Without End

Street Without End

1934

Director

Sôbô

1933

Director

A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo

A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo

1933

Director

Every-Night Dreams

Every-Night Dreams

1933

Director

Apart from You

Apart from You

1933

Director

No Blood Relation

No Blood Relation

1932

Director

Chocolate Girl

1932

Director

Moth-eaten Spring

Moth-eaten Spring

1932

Director

Crying to the Blue Sky

Crying to the Blue Sky

1932

Director

The Strength of a Moustache

The Strength of a Moustache

1931

Director

Flunky, Work Hard!

Flunky, Work Hard!

1931

Director

Love and Power

Love and Power

1930

Director

Hard Times

Hard Times

1930

Director

Pure Love

Pure Love

1930

Director

Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay

Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay

1930

Director

Writing30

Yearning

Yearning

1964

Story

Little Peach

Little Peach

1958

Screenplay

White Beast

White Beast

1950

Writer

The Angry Street

The Angry Street

1950

Screenplay

Delinquent Girl

Delinquent Girl

1949

Screenplay

Spring Awakens

Spring Awakens

1947

Writer

Both You and I

Both You and I

1946

Writer

This Happy Life

This Happy Life

1944

Screenplay

Hideko the Bus Conductor

Hideko the Bus Conductor

1941

Writer

A Fond Face from the Past

A Fond Face from the Past

1941

Screenplay, Writer

Travelling Actors

Travelling Actors

1940

Screenplay

A Gentle Breeze With Father

A Gentle Breeze With Father

1940

Screenplay

Keshô yuki

Keshô yuki

1940

Story

Sincerity

Sincerity

1939

Screenplay

The Whole Family Works

The Whole Family Works

1939

Screenplay

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

1938

Screenplay

Avalanche

Avalanche

1937

Screenplay

A Woman's Sorrows

A Woman's Sorrows

1937

Story, Screenplay

Morning's Tree-Lined Street

Morning's Tree-Lined Street

1936

Writer

The Road I Travel with You

The Road I Travel with You

1936

Screenplay

Man of the House

Man of the House

1936

Writer

The Girl in the Rumor

The Girl in the Rumor

1935

Screenplay

Wife! Be Like a Rose!

Wife! Be Like a Rose!

1935

Writer

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

1935

Screenplay

Every-Night Dreams

Every-Night Dreams

1933

Story

Apart from You

Apart from You

1933

Screenplay

No Blood Relation

No Blood Relation

1932

Writer

The Strength of a Moustache

The Strength of a Moustache

1931

Writer

Flunky, Work Hard!

Flunky, Work Hard!

1931

Screenplay

Hard Times

Hard Times

1930

Story

Production5

Yearning

Yearning

1964

Producer

A Wanderer's Notebook

A Wanderer's Notebook

1962

Producer

The Approach of Autumn

The Approach of Autumn

1960

Producer

The Lovelorn Geisha

The Lovelorn Geisha

1960

Executive Producer

The First Kiss

The First Kiss

1955

Executive Producer

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Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary

Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary

2005

Hana Yori Dango: Studio F's Cherry Blossom Viewing

Hana Yori Dango: Studio F's Cherry Blossom Viewing

1935

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