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".
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Filmography
all 79
Movies 79
Director 76
Writer 2
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary (2005)
Two in the Shadow (1967)
Moment of Terror (1966)
The Thin Line (1966)
Yearning (1964)
A Woman's Life (1963)
A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)
The Wiser Age (1962)
The Other Woman (1961)
The Approach of Autumn (1960)
The Lovelorn Geisha (1960)
Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
A Whistle in My Heart (1959)
Summer Clouds (1958)
Little Peach (1958)
Untamed Woman (1957)
Flowing (1956)
A Wife's Heart (1956)
Sudden Rain (1956)
The First Kiss (1955)
Floating Clouds (1955)
Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
Sound of the Mountain (1954)
Brother and Sister (1953)
Wife (1953)
Husband and Wife (1953)
Lightning (1952)
Mother (1952)
Okuni and Gohei (1952)
Repast (1951)
Dancing Girl (1951)
Ginza Cosmetics (1951)
Battle of Roses (1950)
White Beast (1950)
The Angry Street (1950)
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka (1950)
Delinquent Girl (1949)
Spring Awakens (1947)
Four Love Stories (1947)
Both You and I (1946)
A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946)
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (1945)
Until Victory Day (1945)
The Way of Drama (1944)
This Happy Life (1944)
The Song Lantern (1943)
Mother Never Dies (1942)
Hideko the Bus Conductor (1941)
Shanghai Moon (1941)
A Fond Face from the Past (1941)
Travelling Actors (1940)
A Gentle Breeze With Father (1940)
Keshô yuki (1940)
Sincerity (1939)
The Whole Family Works (1939)
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro (1938)
Learn from Experience, Part Two (1937)
Learn from Experience, Part One (1937)
Avalanche (1937)
A Woman's Sorrows (1937)
Morning's Tree-Lined Street (1936)
The Road I Travel with You (1936)
Man of the House (1936)
The Girl in the Rumor (1935)
Five Men in a Circus (1935)
Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935)
The Actress and the Poet (1935)
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935)
Street Without End (1934)
Every-Night Dreams (1933)
Apart from You (1933)
No Blood Relation (1932)
Moth-eaten Spring (1932)
The Strength of a Moustache (1931)
Flunky, Work Hard! (1931)
Hard Times (1930)
Pure Love (1930)
Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay (1930)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1905-08-20
Deathday1969-07-02 (63 years old)
Birth PlaceTokyo, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As成瀬巳喜男, 나루세 미키오, Микио Нарусэ, 미키오 나루세
AwardsMainichi Film Award for Best Director, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director
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