Where to watch Mikio Naruse in the UK
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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…
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- When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) Director
- Floating Clouds (1955) Director
- Untamed Woman (1957) Director
- A Wanderer's Notebook (1962) Director
- Flowing (1956) Director
- Yearning (1964) Director
- Repast (1951) Director
- Moment of Terror (1966) Director
- Mother (1952) Director
- Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) Director
- A Woman's Life (1963) Director
- Two in the Shadow (1967) Director
- The Approach of Autumn (1960) Director
- A Wife's Heart (1956) Director
- Late Chrysanthemums (1954) Director
- Sound of the Mountain (1954) Director
- The Girl in the Rumor (1935) Director
- Mother Never Dies (1942) Director
- Spring Awakens (1947) Director
- Ginza Cosmetics (1951) Director
- Sudden Rain (1956) Director
- The Other Woman (1961) Director
- Summer Clouds (1958) Director
- The Stranger Within a Woman (1966) Director
- Lightning (1952) Director
- A Whistle in My Heart (1959) Director
- No Blood Relation (1932) Director
- The Angry Street (1950) Screenplay
- White Beast (1950) Director
- Wife (1953) Director
- The Wiser Age (1962) Director
- A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946) Director
- The Lovelorn Geisha (1960) Director
- Hard Times (1930) Director
- Avalanche (1937) Director
- Okuni and Gohei (1952) Director
- Travelling Actors (1940) Director
- Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka (1950) Director
- The Whole Family Works (1939) Director
- Husband and Wife (1953) Director
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