Directing · b. 1905 · Tokyo, Japan

Mikio Naruse

Biography

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...

Directed
Two in the Shadow 1967 The Stranger Within a Woman 1966 Moment of Terror 1966 Yearning 1964 A Woman's Life 1963 The Wiser Age 1962 A Wanderer's Notebook 1962 The Other Woman 1961 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960 Daughters, Wives and a Mother 1960 The Approach of Autumn 1960 The Lovelorn Geisha 1960 A Whistle in My Heart 1959 Summer Clouds 1958 Little Peach 1958 Untamed Woman 1957 Flowing 1956 Sudden Rain 1956 A Wife's Heart 1956 Floating Clouds 1955 The First Kiss 1955 Late Chrysanthemums 1954 Sound of the Mountain 1954 Wife 1953 Brother and Sister 1953 Husband and Wife 1953 Mother 1952 Okuni and Gohei 1952 Lightning 1952 Repast 1951 Ginza Cosmetics 1951 Dancing Girl 1951 White Beast 1950 Battle of Roses 1950 Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka 1950 The Angry Street 1950 Delinquent Girl 1949 Spring Awakens 1947 Four Love Stories 1947 Both You and I 1946 A Descendant of Urashima Taro 1946 A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo 1945 Until Victory Day 1945 This Happy Life 1944 The Way of Drama 1944 The Song Lantern 1943 Mother Never Dies 1942 Hideko the Bus Conductor 1941 A Fond Face from the Past 1941 Shanghai Moon 1941 Travelling Actors 1940 The Whole Family Works 1939 Sincerity 1939 Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro 1938 A Woman's Sorrows 1937 Learn from Experience, Part One 1937 Learn from Experience, Part Two 1937 Avalanche 1937 Man of the House 1936 The Road I Travel with You 1936 Morning's Tree-Lined Street 1936 Wife! Be Like a Rose! 1935 Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts 1935 The Girl in the Rumor 1935 Five Men in a Circus 1935 The Actress and the Poet 1935 Street Without End 1934 Apart from You 1933 Every-Night Dreams 1933 Sôbô 1933 A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo 1933 Moth-eaten Spring 1932 No Blood Relation 1932 Chocolate Girl 1932 Crying to the Blue Sky 1932 Flunky, Work Hard! 1931 The Strength of a Moustache 1931 Hard Times 1930 Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay 1930 Pure Love 1930 Love and Power 1930
Acting
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary 2005 Hana Yori Dango: Studio F's Cherry Blossom Viewing Self 1935
Other Credits
A Gentle Breeze With Father Screenplay 1940 Keshô yuki Story 1940
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