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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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- Wife (1953) Director
- Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935) Director
- When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) Director
- Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay (1930) Director
- Yearning (1964) Director
- Floating Clouds (1955) Director
- When Love Awakens (1969) Original Story
- Learn from Experience, Part One (1937) Director
- Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) Director
- Man of the House (1936) Director
- Little Peach (1958) Director
- Sound of the Mountain (1954) Director
- Five Men in a Circus (1935) Director
- This Happy Life (1944) Director
- Two in the Shadow (1967) Director
- Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935) Director
- The Lovelorn Geisha (1960) Director
- Untamed Woman (1957) Director
- Mother (1952) Director
- Flowing (1956) Director
- The Actress and the Poet (1935) Director
- The Wiser Age (1962) Director
- Husband and Wife (1953) Director
- Moment of Terror (1966) Director
- Hana Yori Dango: Studio F's Cherry Blossom Viewing (1935) as Self
- Brother and Sister (1953) Director
- A Wanderer's Notebook (1962) Director
- The Other Woman (1961) Director
- Late Chrysanthemums (1954) Director
- Sudden Rain (1956) Director
- Hideko the Bus Conductor (1941) Director
- Lightning (1952) Director
- Repast (1951) Director
- A Whistle in My Heart (1959) Director
- The Road I Travel with You (1936) Director
- Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka (1950) Director
- The Approach of Autumn (1960) Director
- Spring Awakens (1947) Director
- Summer Clouds (1958) Director
- The Girl in the Rumor (1935) Director
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