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 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.
Directed 76
1960s
- 1967
- 1966
Moment of Terror
Director
- 1964
Yearning
Director
- 1963
A Woman's Life
Director
- 1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
Director
The Wiser Age
Director
- 1961
The Other Woman
Director
- 1960
The Approach of Autumn
Director
The Lovelorn Geisha
Director
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Director
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Director
1950s
- 1959
A Whistle in My Heart
Director
- 1958
Summer Clouds
Director
Little Peach
Director
- 1957
Untamed Woman
Director
- 1956
Flowing
Director
A Wife's Heart
Director
Sudden Rain
Director
- 1955
The First Kiss
Director
Floating Clouds
Director
- 1954
Late Chrysanthemums
Director
Sound of the Mountain
Director
- 1953
Wife
Director
Husband and Wife
Director
- 1952
Lightning
Director
Mother
Director
Okuni and Gohei
Director
- 1951
Repast
Director
Dancing Girl
Director
- 1950
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
Director
1940s
- 1949
Delinquent Girl
Director
- 1947
Spring Awakens
Director
Four Love Stories
Director
- 1946
Both You and I
Director
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Director
- 1945
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Director
Until Victory Day
Director
- 1944
The Way of Drama
Director
This Happy Life
Director
- 1943
The Song Lantern
Director
- 1942
Mother Never Dies
Director
- 1941
Hideko the Bus Conductor
Director
Shanghai Moon
Director
A Fond Face from the Past
Director
- 1940
Travelling Actors
Director
1930s
- 1939
Sincerity
Director
The Whole Family Works
Director
- 1938
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Director
- 1937
Learn from Experience, Part One
Director
Avalanche
Director
A Woman's Sorrows
Director
- 1936
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
Director
The Road I Travel with You
Director
Man of the House
Director
- 1935
The Girl in the Rumor
Director
Five Men in a Circus
Director
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
Director
The Actress and the Poet
Director
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Director
- 1934
Street Without End
Director
- 1933
Every-Night Dreams
Director
Apart from You
Director
- 1932
No Blood Relation
Director
Moth-eaten Spring
Director
- 1931
Flunky, Work Hard!
Director
- 1930
Hard Times
Director
Pure Love
Director
Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay
Director
Wrote 30
1960s
- 1969
When Love Awakens
Original Story
- 1964
Yearning
Story
1950s
- 1958
Little Peach
Screenplay
- 1950
1940s
- 1949
Delinquent Girl
Screenplay
- 1947
Spring Awakens
Writer
- 1946
Both You and I
Writer
- 1944
This Happy Life
Screenplay
- 1941
Hideko the Bus Conductor
Writer
A Fond Face from the Past
Screenplay, Writer
- 1940
Travelling Actors
Screenplay
A Gentle Breeze With Father
Screenplay
Keshô yuki
Story
1930s
- 1939
Sincerity
Screenplay
The Whole Family Works
Screenplay
- 1938
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Screenplay
- 1937
Avalanche
Screenplay
A Woman's Sorrows
Story, Screenplay
- 1936
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
Writer
The Road I Travel with You
Screenplay
Man of the House
Writer
- 1935
The Girl in the Rumor
Screenplay
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
Writer
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Screenplay
- 1933
Every-Night Dreams
Story
Apart from You
Screenplay
- 1932
No Blood Relation
Writer
- 1931
Flunky, Work Hard!
Screenplay
- 1930
Hard Times
Story
Produced 5
1960s
- 1964
Yearning
Producer
- 1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
Producer
- 1960
The Approach of Autumn
Producer
The Lovelorn Geisha
Executive Producer
1950s
- 1955
The First Kiss
Executive Producer
Acted in 1
2000s
- 2005
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary
Movie