MIKIO NARUSE

DIRECTING

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.

Mother 1952
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960
Late Chrysanthemums 1954
Sound of the Mountain 1954
Flowing 1956
Repast 1951
Apart from You 1933
Wife! Be Like a Rose! 1935
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts 1935
White Beast 1950
The Song Lantern 1943
Daughters, Wives and a Mother 1960
Floating Clouds 1955
No Blood Relation 1932
Yearning 1964
Lightning 1952
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo 1945
The Whole Family Works 1939
Sincerity 1939
Two in the Shadow 1967
Every-Night Dreams 1933
Flunky, Work Hard! 1931
Street Without End 1934
The Wiser Age 1962
Untamed Woman 1957
A Wanderer's Notebook 1962
Travelling Actors 1940
Ginza Cosmetics 1951
Wife 1953
A Woman's Life 1963
Summer Clouds 1958
Brother and Sister 1953
Sudden Rain 1956
The Approach of Autumn 1960
Five Men in a Circus 1935
The Actress and the Poet 1935
A Woman's Sorrows 1937
Man of the House 1936
The Road I Travel with You 1936
Morning's Tree-Lined Street 1936
A Whistle in My Heart 1959
Learn from Experience, Part One 1937
Learn from Experience, Part Two 1937
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro 1938
Spring Awakens 1947
The Lovelorn Geisha 1960
The Other Woman 1961
Hideko the Bus Conductress 1941
A Wife's Heart 1956
Little Peach 1958
The Way of Drama 1944
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka 1950
The Angry Street 1950