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Mikio Naruse

Directing·Aug 20, 1905·Tokyo, Japan

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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.

Film	Credit
Two in the Shadow1967 · Director	Director
Moment of Terror1966 · Director	Director
The Stranger Within a Woman1966 · Director	Director
Yearning1964 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
A Woman's Life1963 · Director	Director
A Wanderer's Notebook1962 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Wiser Age1962 · Director	Director
The Other Woman1961 · Director	Director
The Approach of Autumn1960 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Lovelorn Geisha1960 · Director	Director
Daughters, Wives and a Mother1960 · Director	Director
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs1960 · Director	Director
A Whistle in My Heart1959 · Director	Director
Summer Clouds1958 · Director	Director
Little Peach1958 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Untamed Woman1957 · Director	Director
Flowing1956 · Director	Director
A Wife's Heart1956 · Director	Director
Sudden Rain1956 · Director	Director
The First Kiss1955 · Director	Director
Floating Clouds1955 · Director	Director
Late Chrysanthemums1954 · Director	Director
Sound of the Mountain1954 · Director	Director
Brother and Sister1953 · Director	Director
Wife1953 · Director	Director
Husband and Wife1953 · Director	Director
Lightning1952 · Director	Director
Mother1952 · Director	Director
Okuni and Gohei1952 · Director	Director
Repast1951 · Director	Director
Dancing Girl1951 · Director	Director
Ginza Cosmetics1951 · Director	Director
Battle of Roses1950 · Director	Director
White Beast1950 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Angry Street1950 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka1950 · Director	Director
Delinquent Girl1949 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Spring Awakens1947 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Four Love Stories1947 · Director	Director
Both You and I1946 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A Descendant of Urashima Taro1946 · Director	Director
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo1945 · Director	Director
Until Victory Day1945 · Director	Director
The Way of Drama1944 · Director	Director
This Happy Life1944 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Song Lantern1943 · Director	Director
Mother Never Dies1942 · Director	Director
Hideko the Bus Conductor1941 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Shanghai Moon1941 · Director	Director
A Fond Face from the Past1941 · Director, Screenplay, Writer	Director, Screenplay, Writer
Travelling Actors1940 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Sincerity1939 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Whole Family Works1939 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro1938 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Learn from Experience, Part Two1937 · Director	Director
Learn from Experience, Part One1937 · Director	Director
Avalanche1937 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Woman's Sorrows1937 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Morning's Tree-Lined Street1936 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Road I Travel with You1936 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Man of the House1936 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Girl in the Rumor1935 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Five Men in a Circus1935 · Director	Director
Wife! Be Like a Rose!1935 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Actress and the Poet1935 · Director	Director
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts1935 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Street Without End1934 · Director	Director
SSôbô1933 · Director	Director
AA Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo1933 · Director	Director
Every-Night Dreams1933 · Director	Director
Apart from You1933 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
No Blood Relation1932 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
CChocolate Girl1932 · Director	Director
Moth-eaten Spring1932 · Director	Director
CCrying to the Blue Sky1932 · Director	Director
TThe Strength of a Moustache1931 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Flunky, Work Hard!1931 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Love and Power1930 · Director	Director
Hard Times1930 · Director	Director
Pure Love1930 · Director	Director
Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay1930 · Director	Director