Mikio Naruse
Directing
- Born
- August 20, 1905 · Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- July 2, 1969 (age 63)
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.
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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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Known for
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
January 15, 1960
Floating Clouds
January 15, 1955
Yearning
January 15, 1964
Sound of the Mountain
January 15, 1954
Two in the Shadow
November 18, 1967
Repast
November 23, 1951
Late Chrysanthemums
June 15, 1954
Flowing
November 20, 1956
Lightning
October 9, 1952
Apart from You
April 1, 1933
Every-Night Dreams
June 8, 1933
Flunky, Work Hard!
August 8, 1931
Behind the camera84
- 1969When Love Awakens Original Story
- 1967Two in the Shadow Director
- 1966Moment of Terror Director
- 1966The Stranger Within a Woman Director
- 1964Yearning Director, Story, Producer
- 1963A Woman's Life Director
- 1962A Wanderer's Notebook Director, Producer
- 1962The Wiser Age Director
- 1961The Other Woman Director
- 1960The Approach of Autumn