About

Known credits:
119
Birthday:
1905-08-20
Place of birth:
Tokyo, Japan
Website:
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Mikio Naruse

Overview

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".

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Known for

Acting

2005 Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary Actor N/A
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Directing

1967 Two in the Shadow Directing Director 60
Fair
1966 Moment of Terror Directing Director 59
Average
1966 The Thin Line Directing Director 59
Average
1964 Yearning Directing Director 61
Fair
1963 A Woman's Life Directing Director 59
Average
1962 A Wanderer's Notebook Directing Director 59
Average
1962 The Wiser Age Directing Director 59
Average
1961 The Other Woman Directing Director 59
Average
1960 The Approach of Autumn Directing Director 59
Average
1960 The Lovelorn Geisha Directing Director 59
Average
1960 Daughters, Wives and a Mother Directing Director 59
Average
1960 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Directing Director 62
Fair
1959 A Whistle in My Heart Directing Director 59
Average
1958 Summer Clouds Directing Director 59
Average
1958 Little Peach Directing Director 59
Average
1957 Untamed Woman Directing Director 59
Average
1956 Flowing Directing Director 59
Average
1956 A Wife's Heart Directing Director 59
Average
1956 Sudden Rain Directing Director 59
Average
1955 The First Kiss Directing Director 59
Average
1955 Floating Clouds Directing Director 61
Fair
1954 Late Chrysanthemums Directing Director 59
Average
1954 Sound of the Mountain Directing Director 60
Fair
1953 Brother and Sister Directing Director 59
Average
1953 Wife Directing Director 59
Average
1953 Husband and Wife Directing Director 59
Average
1952 Lightning Directing Director 59
Average
1952 Mother Directing Director 59
Average
1952 Okuni and Gohei Directing Director 59
Average
1951 Repast Directing Director 60
Fair
1951 Dancing Girl Directing Director 59
Average
1951 Ginza Cosmetics Directing Director 59
Average
1950 Battle of Roses Directing Director 59
Average
1950 White Beast Directing Director 59
Average
1950 The Angry Street Directing Director 59
Average
1950 Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka Directing Director 59
Average
1949 Delinquent Girl Directing Director N/A
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1947 Spring Awakens Directing Director 59
Average
1947 Four Love Stories Directing Director 59
Average
1946 Both You and I Directing Director 59
Average
1946 A Descendant of Urashima Taro Directing Director 59
Average
1945 A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo Directing Director 59
Average
1945 Until Victory Day Directing Director N/A
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1944 The Way of Drama Directing Director 59
Average
1944 This Happy Life Directing Director 59
Average
1943 The Song Lantern Directing Director 59
Average
1942 Mother Never Dies Directing Director 59
Average
1941 Hideko the Bus Conductress Directing Director 59
Average
1941 Shanghai Moon Directing Director N/A
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1941 A Fond Face from the Past Directing Director 59
Average
1940 Travelling Actors Directing Director 58
Average
1939 Sincerity Directing Director 59
Average
1939 The Whole Family Works Directing Director 59
Average
1938 Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro Directing Director 59
Average
1937 Learn from Experience, Part Two Directing Director 59
Average
1937 Learn from Experience, Part One Directing Director 59
Average
1937 Avalanche Directing Director 59
Average
1937 A Woman's Sorrows Directing Director 59
Average
1936 Morning's Tree-Lined Street Directing Director 59
Average
1936 The Road I Travel with You Directing Director 59
Average
1936 Man of the House Directing Director 59
Average
1935 The Girl in the Rumor Directing Director 59
Average
1935 Five Men in a Circus Directing Director 59
Average
1935 Wife! Be Like a Rose! Directing Director 59
Average
1935 The Actress and the Poet Directing Director 59
Average
1935 Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts Directing Director 59
Average
1934 Street Without End Directing Director 59
Average
1933 Sôbô Directing Director N/A
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1933 A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo Directing Director N/A
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1933 Every-Night Dreams Directing Director 59
Average
1933 Apart from You Directing Director 59
Average
1932 No Blood Relation Directing Director 59
Average
1932 Chocolate Girl Directing Director N/A
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1932 Moth-eaten Spring Directing Director N/A
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1932 Crying to the Blue Sky Directing Director N/A
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1931 The Strength of a Moustache Directing Director N/A
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1931 Flunky, Work Hard! Directing Director 59
Average
1930 Love and Power Directing Director N/A
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1930 Hard Times Directing Director N/A
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1930 Pure Love Directing Director N/A
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1930 Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay Directing Director N/A
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Writing

1964 Yearning Writing Story 61
Fair
1958 Little Peach Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1950 White Beast Writing Writer 59
Average
1950 The Angry Street Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1949 Delinquent Girl Writing Screenplay N/A
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1947 Spring Awakens Writing Writer 59
Average
1946 Both You and I Writing Writer 59
Average
1944 This Happy Life Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1941 Hideko the Bus Conductress Writing Writer 59
Average
1941 A Fond Face from the Past Writing Writer 59
Average
1941 A Fond Face from the Past Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1940 Travelling Actors Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1940 A Gentle Breeze With Father Writing Screenplay N/A
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1940 Keshô yuki Writing Story N/A
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1939 Sincerity Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1939 The Whole Family Works Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1938 Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1937 Avalanche Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1937 A Woman's Sorrows Writing Story 59
Average
1937 A Woman's Sorrows Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1936 Morning's Tree-Lined Street Writing Writer 59
Average
1936 The Road I Travel with You Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1936 Man of the House Writing Writer 59
Average
1935 The Girl in the Rumor Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1935 Wife! Be Like a Rose! Writing Writer 59
Average
1935 Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts Writing Adaptation 59
Average
1933 Every-Night Dreams Writing Story 59
Average
1933 Apart from You Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1932 No Blood Relation Writing Writer 59
Average
1931 The Strength of a Moustache Writing Writer N/A
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1931 Flunky, Work Hard! Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1930 Hard Times Writing Original Story N/A
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Production

1964 Yearning Production Producer 61
Fair
1962 A Wanderer's Notebook Production Producer 59
Average
1960 The Approach of Autumn Production Producer 59
Average
1960 The Lovelorn Geisha Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1955 The First Kiss Production Executive Producer 59
Average