Directing
Mikio Naruse
- Career
Active from 1930 to 1967, busiest in 1935 with 5 main titles.
- Average score
72/100
- Highest rated
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline2.2, average 4.8
- Violence2.2, average 4.1
- Crime1.7, average 3.6
- Scare1.0, average 2.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 15
- Post-War Japan 13
- Character-Driven 11
- Japanese Cinema 9
- Class Conflict 6
- Family Drama 6
- Historical Setting 5
- Melancholic Tone 5
- Melodrama 5
- Melancholy 4
- Classic Japanese Cinema 4
- Coming-of-Age 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- IIchirō SaitōComposerMother, Floating Clouds, Sound of the Mountain, Yearning, Wife, +18 more
- EEiji OoiEditorFloating Clouds, A Wanderer's Notebook, Two in the Shadow, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Yearning, +17 more
Hideko TakamineActorFloating Clouds, A Wanderer's Notebook, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Yearning, Daughters, Wives and a Mother, +11 more- MMasao TamaiCinematographerRepast, Floating Clouds, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Sound of the Mountain, Wife, +11 more
- HHiroshi SuzukiCinematographerMother, The Actress and the Poet, Learn from Experience, Part Two, Wife! Be Like a Rose!, Sincerity, +9 more
- KKôichi IwashitaEditorAvalanche, The Actress and the Poet, Wife! Be Like a Rose!, Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts, Man of the House, +7 more
Kamatari FujiwaraActorThe Approach of Autumn, The Actress and the Poet, Okuni and Gohei, Wife! Be Like a Rose!, A Woman's Life, +6 more
Daisuke KatōActorMother, Floating Clouds, A Wanderer's Notebook, Two in the Shadow, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, +6 more
Toshiro IdeWriterRepast, A Wanderer's Notebook, Wife, Daughters, Wives and a Mother, The Stranger Within a Woman, +6 more
Chieko NakakitaActorMother, Floating Clouds, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Sound of the Mountain, Wife, +5 more
Keiju KobayashiActorRepast, A Wanderer's Notebook, Summer Clouds, The Stranger Within a Woman, Sudden Rain, +4 more
Heihachirō ŌkawaActorDancing Girl, Wife! Be Like a Rose!, Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts, The Road I Travel with You, Five Men in a Circus, +3 more
Movies and TV shows
84Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
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1960s
13 titles · average score 75
GoodWatch score 78Director
GoodWatch score 74Director
GoodWatch score 66Director
GoodWatch score 82Producer, Story
GoodWatch score 74Director
GoodWatch score 80Producer, Director
GoodWatch score 73Director
GoodWatch score 68Director
GoodWatch score 92Director
GoodWatch score 71Director
GoodWatch score 70Director, Producer
Director, Executive Producer
1950s
24 titles · average score 74
GoodWatch score 83Director
GoodWatch score 74Director
GoodWatch score 73Director
GoodWatch score 75Director
GoodWatch score 78Director
GoodWatch score 75Director
GoodWatch score 77Director
GoodWatch score 71Director
GoodWatch score 80Director
GoodWatch score 77Director
GoodWatch score 76Director
GoodWatch score 64Director
1940s
17 titles · average score 69
GoodWatch score 69Writer, Director
Director
Writer, Director
Director
Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 71Director
Director
GoodWatch score 71Director, Writer
Director, Writer
GoodWatch score 66Screenplay, Director
1930s
30 titles · average score 70
Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 68Director, Screenplay
Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 73Director, Writer
GoodWatch score 68Director, Screenplay
Director
GoodWatch score 61Director
GoodWatch score 75Story, Director
GoodWatch score 80Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 70Director, Writer