Mikio Naruse
Directing
Born August 20, 1905 in 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.
Filmography
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary
Two in the Shadow
Moment of Terror
The Stranger Within a Woman
Yearning
A Woman's Life
A Wanderer's Notebook
The Wiser Age
The Other Woman
The Approach of Autumn
The Lovelorn Geisha
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
A Whistle in My Heart
Summer Clouds
Little Peach
Untamed Woman
Flowing
A Wife's Heart
Sudden Rain
The First Kiss
Floating Clouds
Late Chrysanthemums
Sound of the Mountain
Brother and Sister
Wife
Husband and Wife
Lightning
Mother
Okuni and Gohei
Repast
Dancing Girl
Ginza Cosmetics
Battle of Roses
White Beast
The Angry Street
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
Delinquent Girl
Spring Awakens
Four Love Stories
Both You and I
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Until Victory Day
The Way of Drama
This Happy Life
The Song Lantern
Mother Never Dies
Hideko the Bus Conductor
Shanghai Moon
A Fond Face from the Past
Travelling Actors
A Gentle Breeze With Father
Keshô yuki
Sincerity
The Whole Family Works
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Learn from Experience, Part Two
Learn from Experience, Part One
Avalanche
A Woman's Sorrows
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
The Road I Travel with You
Man of the House
The Girl in the Rumor
Five Men in a Circus
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
The Actress and the Poet
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Street Without End
Every-Night Dreams
Apart from You
No Blood Relation
Moth-eaten Spring
Flunky, Work Hard!
Love and Power
Hard Times
Pure Love
Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay