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Director
Mikio Naruse
Defining Films
Profile
Mikio Naruse (成瀬 巳喜男, Naruse Mikio; 20 August 1905 – 2 July 1969) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter who directed 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967. Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook. He made primarily shōshimin-eiga ("common people drama") films with female protagonists, portrayed by actresses such as Hideko Takamine, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Setsuko Hara.
Filmography (87)
Floating Clouds
Scattered Clouds
Hit and Run
Stranger Within a Woman
Yearning
A Woman’s Story
Her Lonely Lane
Woman’s Status
The Other Woman
Evening Stream
The Approach of Autumn
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Whistling in Kotan
Whistling in Kotan
Anzukko
Summer Clouds
Untamed
Flowing
A Wife’s Heart
Sudden Rain
The Kiss
Late Chrysanthemums
Sound of the Mountain
Older Brother, Younger Sister
Husband and Wife
Wife
Okuni and Gohei
Mother
Lightning
Repast
White Beast
Dancing Girl
Ginza Cosmetics
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
The Battle of Roses
The Battle of Roses
The Angry Street
Delinquent Girl
Spring Awakens
Four Love Stories
The Descendants of Taro Urashima
The Descendants of Taro Urashima
Both You and I
Until Victory Day
Until Victory Day
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
This Happy Life
The Way of Drama
The Song Lantern
Mother Never Dies
Shanghai Moon
Miss Hideko the Bus Conductress
Miss Hideko the Bus Conductress
A Face From the Past
Travelling Actors
Sincerity
The Whole Family Works
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Avalanche
Learn From Experience
A Woman’s Sorrows
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
The Road I Travel With You
Kumoemon Tochuken
Three Sisters With Maiden Hearts
Five Men in the Circus
The Girl in the Rumour
Wife, Be Like a Rose
The Actress and the Poet
Street Without End
A Man With a Married Woman’s Hairdo
A Man With a Married Woman’s Hairdo
Nightly Dreams
Nightly Dreams
Two Eyes
Apart From You
Crying to the Blue Sky
Crying to the Blue Sky
Not Blood Relations
Not Blood Relations
Motheaten Spring
Ladies, Be Careful of Your Sleeves
Ladies, Be Careful of Your Sleeves
Chocolate Girl
Be Great!
Now Don’t Get Excited
Now Don’t Get Excited
Under the Neighbours’ Roof
Under the Neighbours’ Roof
Fickleness Gets on the Train
Fickleness Gets on the Train
Dreams From the Second Floor
Dreams From the Second Floor
Flunky, Work Hard
The Strength of a Moustache
The Strength of a Moustache
Hard Times
Love is Strength
Love is Strength
Mr and Mrs Swordplay
Pure Love
A Record of Shameless Newlyweds
A Record of Shameless Newlyweds