As Director
Two in the Shadow
1967
7.6
Mikio Naruse
Directing
Birth Date
August 20, 1905
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Date of Death
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.
Complete Filmography
As Director
Moment of Terror
1966
6.3
As Director
The Thin Line
1966
7.3
As Director
Yearning
1964
8.1
As Director
A Woman's Life
1963
7.0
As Director
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
7.2
As Director
The Wiser Age
1962
7.3
As Director
The Other Woman
1961
6.3
As Director
The Approach of Autumn
1960
6.9
As Director
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
6.3
As Director
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
7.1
As Director
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
8.0
As Director
A Whistle in My Heart
1959
6.3
As Director
Summer Clouds
1958
7.5
As Director, As Writer
Little Peach
1958
5.9
As Director
Untamed Woman
1957
7.4
As Director
Flowing
1956
7.1
As Director
A Wife's Heart
1956
6.8
As Director
Sudden Rain
1956
6.5
As Director
The First Kiss
1955
6.3