Mikio Naruse

Biography

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.

Directed

1. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) — Director
2. Floating Clouds (1955) — Director
3. Yearning (1964) — Director
4. Sound of the Mountain (1954) — Director
5. Repast (1951) — Director
6. Two in the Shadow (1967) — Director
7. Late Chrysanthemums (1954) — Director
8. Flowing (1956) — Director
9. Lightning (1952) — Director
10. Apart from You (1933) — Director
11. Flunky, Work Hard! (1931) — Director
12. Every-Night Dreams (1933) — Director
13. Mother (1952) — Director
14. Brother and Sister (1953) — Director
15. No Blood Relation (1932) — Director
16. Summer Clouds (1958) — Director
17. Ginza Cosmetics (1951) — Director
18. Sudden Rain (1956) — Director
19. Little Peach (1958) — Director
20. Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935) — Director
21. A Woman's Life (1963) — Director
22. The Stranger Within a Woman (1966) — Director
23. The Approach of Autumn (1960) — Director
24. Moment of Terror (1966) — Director
25. Okuni and Gohei (1952) — Director
26. A Wanderer's Notebook (1962) — Director
27. A Wife's Heart (1956) — Director
28. White Beast (1950) — Director
29. Street Without End (1934) — Director
30. Untamed Woman (1957) — Director
31. Wife (1953) — Director
32. Dancing Girl (1951) — Director
33. Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) — Director
34. Battle of Roses (1950) — Director
35. Avalanche (1937) — Director
36. Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro (1938) — Director
37. The Other Woman (1961) — Director
38. Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935) — Director
39. The Girl in the Rumor (1935) — Director
40. The Road I Travel with You (1936) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary (2005)
2. Hana Yori Dango: Studio F's Cherry Blossom Viewing (1935) — Self