Mikio Naruse
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 20, 1905
- Died
- July 2, 1969
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, 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.
Filmography
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary 2005
Actor
When Love Awakens 1969
Original Story
Two in the Shadow 1967
Director
Moment of Terror 1966
Director
The Stranger Within a Woman 1966
Director
Yearning 1964
Director, Story, Producer
A Woman's Life 1963
Director
A Wanderer's Notebook 1962
Director, Producer
The Wiser Age 1962
Director
The Other Woman 1961
Director
The Approach of Autumn 1960
Director, Producer
The Lovelorn Geisha 1960
Director, Executive Producer
Daughters, Wives and a Mother 1960
Director
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960
Director
A Whistle in My Heart 1959
Director
Summer Clouds 1958
Director
Little Peach 1958
Director, Screenplay
Untamed Woman 1957
Director
Flowing 1956
Director
A Wife's Heart 1956
Director
Sudden Rain 1956
Director
The First Kiss 1955
Director, Executive Producer
Floating Clouds 1955
Director
Late Chrysanthemums 1954
Director
Sound of the Mountain 1954
Director
Brother and Sister 1953
Director
Wife 1953
Director
Husband and Wife 1953
Director
Lightning 1952
Director
Mother 1952
Director
Okuni and Gohei 1952
Director
Repast 1951
Director
Dancing Girl 1951
Director
Ginza Cosmetics 1951
Director
Battle of Roses 1950
Director
White Beast 1950
Director, Writer
The Angry Street 1950
Director, Screenplay
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka 1950
Director
Delinquent Girl 1949
Screenplay, Director
Spring Awakens 1947
Director, Writer
Four Love Stories 1947
Director
Both You and I 1946
Director, Writer
A Descendant of Urashima Taro 1946
Director
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo 1945
Director
Until Victory Day 1945
Director
The Way of Drama 1944
Director
This Happy Life 1944
Director, Screenplay
The Song Lantern 1943
Director
Mother Never Dies 1942
Director
Hideko the Bus Conductor 1941
Director, Writer
Shanghai Moon 1941
Director
A Fond Face from the Past 1941
Director, Screenplay, Writer
Travelling Actors 1940
Director, Screenplay
A Gentle Breeze With Father 1940
Screenplay
Keshô yuki 1940
Story
Sincerity 1939
Director, Screenplay
The Whole Family Works 1939
Director, Screenplay
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro 1938
Director, Screenplay
Learn from Experience, Part Two 1937
Director
Learn from Experience, Part One 1937
Director
Avalanche 1937
Director, Screenplay
A Woman's Sorrows 1937
Director, Story, Screenplay
Morning's Tree-Lined Street 1936
Director, Writer
The Road I Travel with You 1936
Director, Screenplay
Man of the House 1936
Director, Writer
The Girl in the Rumor 1935
Director, Screenplay
Five Men in a Circus 1935
Director
Wife! Be Like a Rose! 1935
Director, Writer
The Actress and the Poet 1935
Director
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts 1935
Director, Screenplay
- Hana Yori Dango: Studio F's Cherry Blossom Viewing
Hana Yori Dango: Studio F's Cherry Blossom Viewing 1935
as Self
Street Without End 1934
Director
- Sôbô
Sôbô 1933
Director
- A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo
A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo 1933
Director
Every-Night Dreams 1933
Director, Story
Apart from You 1933
Screenplay, Director
No Blood Relation 1932
Director, Writer
- Chocolate Girl
Chocolate Girl 1932
Director
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
Writer, Director
Flunky, Work Hard! 1931
Director, Screenplay
Love and Power 1930
Director
Hard Times 1930
Director, Story
Pure Love 1930
Director
Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay 1930
Director
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