As Director
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945
5.8
Mikio Naruse
Directing
Born
August 20, 1905
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Deceased
July 2, 1969
Biography
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. Akira Kurosawa called Naruse's style of melodrama, "like a great river with a calm surface and a raging current in its depths". Description above from the Wikipedia article Mikio Naruse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Filmography
As Director
The Way of Drama
1944
6.5
As Director, As Writer
This Happy Life
1944
6.0
As Director
The Song Lantern
1943
6.8
As Director
Mother Never Dies
1942
6.0
As Director, As Writer
Hideko the Bus Conductress
1941
7.0
As Director, As Writer
A Fond Face from the Past
1941
5.9
As Director, As Writer
Travelling Actors
1940
6.1
As Director, As Writer
Sincerity
1939
5.4
As Director, As Writer
The Whole Family Works
1939
6.2
As Director, As Writer
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938
6.3
As Director
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937
6.2
As Director
Learn from Experience, Part One
1937
6.0
As Director, As Writer
Avalanche
1937
6.5
As Director, As Writer
A Woman's Sorrows
1937
6.7
As Director, As Writer
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
1936
6.7
As Director, As Writer
The Road I Travel with You
1936
6.3
As Director, As Writer
Man of the House
1936
6.0
As Director, As Writer
The Girl in the Rumor
1935
5.9
As Director, As Writer
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
1935
7.0