Director

Mikio Naruse

Directing: 1932 — 1967 · 24 films
Lived: 20 August 1905 — d. 1969
From: 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 silent period in Japan) to 1967.

Career Signature

How Mikio Naruse’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

bittersweet

melancholy beauty

emotionally restrained

heavy emotional

naturalistic performance

Tonal kin

Yasujirō Ozu33 films

Dariush Mehrjui7 films

Yoji Yamada7 films

Ritwik Ghatak4 films

Márta Mészáros7 films

Kinuyo Tanaka6 films

Nana Ekvtimishvili2 films SGSimon Groß2 films

How Mikio Naruse’s filmography reads.

Filmography

Two in the Shadow

Yearning

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

The Approach of Autumn

Flowing

Sudden Rain

Floating Clouds

Late Chrysanthemums

Sound of the Mountain

Wife

Brother and Sister

Mother

Lightning

Repast

Ginza Cosmetics

Hideko the Bus Conductor

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

Wife! Be Like a Rose!

The Girl in the Rumor

Street Without End

Apart from You

Every-Night Dreams

No Blood Relation