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.
Mother1952
Late Chrysanthemums1954
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs1960
Sound of the Mountain1954
Flowing1956
Repast1951
Apart from You1933
Daughters, Wives and a Mother1960
The Song Lantern1943
White Beast1950
Wife! Be Like a Rose!1935
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts1935
Floating Clouds1955
No Blood Relation1932
Lightning1952
Two in the Shadow1967
Flunky, Work Hard!1931
Street Without End1934
Every-Night Dreams1933
Untamed Woman1957
The Wiser Age1962
Yearning1964
The Whole Family Works1939
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo1945
Sincerity1939
Wife1953
A Woman's Life1963
A Wanderer's Notebook1962
Ginza Cosmetics1951
Summer Clouds1958
Brother and Sister1953
Sudden Rain1956
The Approach of Autumn1960
Five Men in a Circus1935
The Actress and the Poet1935
A Woman's Sorrows1937
Man of the House1936
The Road I Travel with You1936
Morning's Tree-Lined Street1936
A Whistle in My Heart1959
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro1938
Learn from Experience, Part One1937
Learn from Experience, Part Two1937
The Other Woman1961
Little Peach1958
Spring Awakens1947
The Lovelorn Geisha1960
Hideko the Bus Conductor1941
The Way of Drama1944
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka1950
The Angry Street1950