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Mikio Naruse
Tokyo, Japan
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 sile…
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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 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.
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1969
When Love Awakens
Movie Original Story
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1967
Two in the Shadow
Movie Director
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1966
Moment of Terror
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1966
The Stranger Within a Woman
Movie Director
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1964
Yearning
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1963
A Woman's Life
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1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
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1962
The Wiser Age
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1961
The Other Woman
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1960
The Approach of Autumn
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1960
The Lovelorn Geisha
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1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
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1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
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1959
A Whistle in My Heart
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1958
Summer Clouds
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1958
Little Peach
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1957
Untamed Woman
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1956
Flowing
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1956
A Wife's Heart
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1956
Sudden Rain
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1955
The First Kiss
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1955
Floating Clouds
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1954
Late Chrysanthemums
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1954
Sound of the Mountain
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1953
Brother and Sister
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1953
Wife
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1953
Husband and Wife
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1952
Lightning
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1952
Mother
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1952
Okuni and Gohei
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1951
Repast
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1951
Dancing Girl
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1951
Ginza Cosmetics
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1950
Battle of Roses
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1950
White Beast
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1950
The Angry Street
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1950
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
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1949
Delinquent Girl
Movie Screenplay
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1947
Spring Awakens
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