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
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary2005 · Actor	Actor
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 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
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