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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".
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Filmography
all 84
Movies 84
Director 80
Writer 2
Producer 1
Two in the Shadow (1967)
Moment of Terror (1966)
The Thin Line (1966)
Yearning (1964)
A Woman's Life (1963)
The Wiser Age (1962)
The Other Woman (1961)
The Lovelorn Geisha (1960)
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)
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)
Delinquent Girl (1949)
Spring Awakens (1947)
Four Love Stories (1947)
Both You and I (1946)
Until Victory Day (1945)
The Way of Drama (1944)
This Happy Life (1944)
The Song Lantern (1943)
Mother Never Dies (1942)
Hideko the Bus Conductress (1941)
Shanghai Moon (1941)
Travelling Actors (1940)
Keshô yuki (1940)
Sincerity (1939)
Avalanche (1937)
A Woman's Sorrows (1937)
Man of the House (1936)
The Girl in the Rumor (1935)
Five Men in a Circus (1935)
Street Without End (1934)
Sôbô (1933)
Every-Night Dreams (1933)
Apart from You (1933)
No Blood Relation (1932)
Chocolate Girl (1932)
Moth-eaten Spring (1932)
Flunky, Work Hard! (1931)
Love and Power (1930)
Hard Times (1930)
Pure Love (1930)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1905-08-20
Deathday1969-07-02 (63 years old)
Birth PlaceTokyo, Japan
CitizenshipsEmpire of Japan, Japan
Also Known As나루세 미키오, Микио Нарусэ, 미키오 나루세, 成瀬 巳喜男
AwardsMainichi Film Award for Best Director, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director
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