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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
- Repast (1951) Director
- Floating Clouds (1955) Director
- Learn from Experience, Part One (1937) Director
- Yearning (1964) Director
- Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935) Director
- The Girl in the Rumor (1935) Director
- When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) Director
- Sound of the Mountain (1954) Director
- Mother (1952) Director
- Two in the Shadow (1967) Director
- Sudden Rain (1956) Director
- Brother and Sister (1953) Director
- Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay (1930) Director
- Ginza Cosmetics (1951) Director
- The Approach of Autumn (1960) Director
- When Love Awakens (1969) Original Story
- Every-Night Dreams (1933) Director
- Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935) Director
- Late Chrysanthemums (1954) Director
- Street Without End (1934) Director
- Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) Director
- Apart from You (1933) Screenplay
- Hideko the Bus Conductor (1941) Director
- Flowing (1956) Director
- Little Peach (1958) Director
- The Stranger Within a Woman (1966) Director
- Travelling Actors (1940) Director
- The Other Woman (1961) Director
- Summer Clouds (1958) Director
- A Wanderer's Notebook (1962) Director
- This Happy Life (1944) Director
- Okuni and Gohei (1952) Director
- A Woman's Life (1963) Director
- No Blood Relation (1932) Director
- Untamed Woman (1957) Director
- Moment of Terror (1966) Director
- The Song Lantern (1943) Director
- A Whistle in My Heart (1959) Director
- The Angry Street (1950) Director
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