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Mikio Naruse

Mikio Naruse

Director, Writer, Producer

Born August 20, 1905 in Tokyo, Japan

Died July 2, 1969

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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".

Description above from the Wikipedia article Mikio Naruse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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12 wins and 4 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

1

Hana yori dango - Studio F no ohanami Short FilmSelf

Director

91

Type

Year

Scattered Clouds Poster

Scattered Clouds Feature Film1967

Moment of Terror Poster

Moment of Terror Feature Film1966

The Stranger Within a Woman Poster

The Stranger Within a Woman Feature Film1966

Yearning Poster

Yearning Feature Film1964

A Woman's Life Poster

A Woman's Life Feature Film1963

A Wanderer's Notebook Poster

A Wanderer's Notebook Feature Film1962

A Woman's Place Poster

A Woman's Place Feature Film1962

Poignant Story Poster

Poignant Story Feature Film1961

Autumn Has Already Started Poster

Autumn Has Already Started Feature Film1960

Musume tsuma haha Poster

Musume tsuma haha Feature Film1960

The Lovelorn Geisha Poster

The Lovelorn Geisha Feature Film1960

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Poster

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Feature Film1960

A Whistle in My Heart Poster

A Whistle in My Heart Feature Film1959

Anzukko Feature Film1958

Summer Clouds Poster

Summer Clouds Feature Film1958

Untamed Woman Poster

Untamed Woman Feature Film1957

A Wife's Heart Poster

A Wife's Heart Feature Film1956

Flowing Feature Film1956

Shûu Feature Film1956

Floating Clouds Poster

Floating Clouds Feature Film1955

Kuchizuke Poster

Kuchizuke Feature Film1955

Late Chrysanthemums Poster

Late Chrysanthemums Feature Film1954

Sound of the Mountain Poster

Sound of the Mountain Feature Film1954

Husband and Wife Poster

Husband and Wife Feature Film1953

Older Brother, Younger Sister Poster

Older Brother, Younger Sister Feature Film1953

Wife Feature Film1953

Inazuma Feature Film1952

Mother Feature Film1952

Okuni to Gohei Poster

Okuni to Gohei Feature Film1952

Ginza Cosmetics Poster

Ginza Cosmetics Feature Film1951

Meshi Feature Film1951

The Dancer Poster

The Dancer Feature Film1951

Battle of Roses Poster

Battle of Roses Feature Film1950

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka Poster

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka Feature Film1950

The Angry Street Poster

The Angry Street Feature Film1950

White Beast Poster

White Beast Feature Film1950

The Bad Girl Poster

The Bad Girl Feature Film1949

Even Parting Is Enjoyable Poster

Even Parting Is Enjoyable Short Film1947

Four Love Stories Poster

Four Love Stories Feature Film1947

Spring Awakens Poster

Spring Awakens Feature Film1947

Both You and I Poster

Both You and I Feature Film1946

The Descendants of Taro Urashima Poster

The Descendants of Taro Urashima Feature Film1946

Sanjûsangen-dô, tôshiya monogatari Poster

Sanjûsangen-dô, tôshiya monogatari Feature Film1945

Shôri no hi made Poster

Shôri no hi made Feature Film1945

Shibaidô Poster

Shibaidô Feature Film1944

Tanoshiki kana jinsei Poster

Tanoshiki kana jinsei Feature Film1944

The Song Lantern Poster

The Song Lantern Feature Film1943

Mother Never Dies Poster

Mother Never Dies Feature Film1942

A Face from the Past Poster

A Face from the Past Short Film1941

Hideko, the Bus Conductor Poster

Hideko, the Bus Conductor Feature Film1941

Shanghai Moon Poster

Shanghai Moon Feature Film1941

Travelling Actors Poster

Travelling Actors Feature Film1940

Sincerity Poster

Sincerity Feature Film1939

The Whole Family Works Poster

The Whole Family Works Feature Film1939

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro Poster

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro Feature Film1938

A Woman's Sorrows Poster

A Woman's Sorrows Feature Film1937

Kafuku zempen Poster

Kafuku zempen Feature Film1937

Learn from Experience, Part II Poster

Learn from Experience, Part II Feature Film1937

Nadare Feature Film1937

Man of the House Poster

Man of the House Feature Film1936

Morning's Tree-Lined Street Poster

Morning's Tree-Lined Street Feature Film1936

The Road I Travel with You Poster

The Road I Travel with You Feature Film1936

Otome-gokoro - Sannin-shimai Poster

Otome-gokoro - Sannin-shimai Feature Film1935

Saakasu goningumi Poster

Saakasu goningumi Feature Film1935

The Actress and the Poet Poster

The Actress and the Poet Feature Film1935

The Girl in the Rumour Poster

The Girl in the Rumour Feature Film1935

Wife! Be Like a Rose! Poster

Wife! Be Like a Rose! Feature Film1935

Street Without End Poster

Street Without End Feature Film1934

A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo Poster

A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo Feature Film1933

Apart from You Poster

Apart from You Feature Film1933

Every-Night Dreams Poster

Every-Night Dreams Feature Film1933

Kinga shinnen Short Film1933

Sôbô Feature Film1933

Be Great! Short Film1932

Chocolate Girl Feature Film1932

Crying to the Blue Sky Poster

Crying to the Blue Sky Feature Film1932

Ladies, Be Careful of Your Sleeves Short Film1932

Mushibameru haru Poster

Mushibameru haru Feature Film1932

No Blood Relation Poster

No Blood Relation Feature Film1932

The Scenery of Tokyo with Cake Short Film1932

Fickleness Gets on the Train Short Film1931

Flunky, Work Hard! Poster

Flunky, Work Hard! Short Film1931

Now Don't Get Excited Short Film1931

Screams from the Second Floor Short Film1931

The Strength of a Moustache Short Film1931

Under the Neighbours' Roof Short Film1931

Ai wa chikara da Poster

Ai wa chikara da Feature Film1930

Chanbara fûfu Poster

Chanbara fûfu Short Film1930

Fukeiki jidai Poster

Fukeiki jidai Short Film1930

Junjô Feature Film1930

Oshikiri shinkonki Short Film1930

Writer

38

Type

Year

Koi ni mezameru koro Poster

Koi ni mezameru koro Feature Film1969

Yearning Poster

Yearning Feature Film1964

The Lovelorn Geisha Poster

The Lovelorn Geisha Feature Film1960

Anzukko Feature Film1958

The Angry Street Poster

The Angry Street Feature Film1950

White Beast Poster

White Beast Feature Film1950

The Bad Girl Poster

The Bad Girl Feature Film1949

Tsuru to kodomotachi Short Film1949

Even Parting Is Enjoyable Poster

Even Parting Is Enjoyable Short Film1947

Spring Awakens Poster

Spring Awakens Feature Film1947

Both You and I Poster

Both You and I Feature Film1946

Tanoshiki kana jinsei Poster

Tanoshiki kana jinsei Feature Film1944

Himetaru kakugo Feature Film1943

Hideko, the Bus Conductor Poster

Hideko, the Bus Conductor Feature Film1941

Keshô yuki Poster

Keshô yuki Feature Film1940

Soyokaze chichi to tomo ni Poster

Soyokaze chichi to tomo ni Feature Film1940

Travelling Actors Poster

Travelling Actors Feature Film1940

Sincerity Poster

Sincerity Feature Film1939

The Whole Family Works Poster

The Whole Family Works Feature Film1939

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro Poster

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro Feature Film1938

A Woman's Sorrows Poster

A Woman's Sorrows Feature Film1937

Nadare Feature Film1937

Man of the House Poster

Man of the House Feature Film1936

Morning's Tree-Lined Street Poster

Morning's Tree-Lined Street Feature Film1936

The Road I Travel with You Poster

The Road I Travel with You Feature Film1936

Otome-gokoro - Sannin-shimai Poster

Otome-gokoro - Sannin-shimai Feature Film1935

The Girl in the Rumour Poster

The Girl in the Rumour Feature Film1935

Wife! Be Like a Rose! Poster

Wife! Be Like a Rose! Feature Film1935

Apart from You Poster

Apart from You Feature Film1933

Every-Night Dreams Poster

Every-Night Dreams Feature Film1933

Be Great! Short Film1932

Ladies, Be Careful of Your Sleeves Short Film1932

Fickleness Gets on the Train Short Film1931

Flunky, Work Hard! Poster

Flunky, Work Hard! Short Film1931

Screams from the Second Floor Short Film1931

The Strength of a Moustache Short Film1931

Fukeiki jidai Poster

Fukeiki jidai Short Film1930

Oshikiri shinkonki Short Film1930

Producer

5

Yearning Poster

Yearning Feature Film1964

A Wanderer's Notebook Poster

A Wanderer's Notebook Feature Film1962

Autumn Has Already Started Poster

Autumn Has Already Started Feature Film1960

The Lovelorn Geisha Poster

The Lovelorn Geisha Feature Film1960

Kuchizuke Poster

Kuchizuke Feature Film1955

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