Directing
Mikio Naruse
- Titles
- 83movies0TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19301967
- Directed
- 81titles as director
- Average score
72/100
- Highest rated
Yearning80/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.9average 2.6
- Melancholy8.0average 4.7
- Family Dynamics7.7average 4.7
- Pathos7.8average 5.2
- Class & Capitalism5.8average 3.3
- Social Commentary6.9average 4.9
- Nostalgia5.5average 3.6
- Romance5.2average 3.8
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline2.3, average 5.1
- Violence2.1, average 4.3
- Crime1.7, average 3.7
- Physical Comedy0.8, average 2.5
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Post-War Japan 14
- Social Commentary 13
- Character-Driven 9
- Japanese Cinema 8
- Class Conflict 6
- Historical Setting 5
- Melodrama 5
- Family Drama 5
- Classic Japanese Cinema 4
- Redemption 3
- Emotional Intensity 3
- Moral Dilemma 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- IIchirō SaitōComposerWife, Untamed Woman, Brother and Sister, Yearning, Floating Clouds, +18 more
- EEiji OoiEditorWife, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Untamed Woman, Yearning, Floating Clouds, +17 more
Hideko TakamineActorWhen a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Untamed Woman, Yearning, Floating Clouds, Lightning, +11 more- MMasao TamaiCinematographerWife, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Untamed Woman, Floating Clouds, Repast, +11 more
- HHiroshi SuzukiCinematographerMother, Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts, Five Men in a Circus, Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka, Wife! Be Like a Rose!, +9 more
- KKôichi IwashitaEditorThree Sisters with Maiden Hearts, Five Men in a Circus, Wife! Be Like a Rose!, The Whole Family Works, Man of the House, +7 more
Daisuke KatōActorWhen a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Untamed Woman, Floating Clouds, Little Peach, Mother, +6 more
Toshiro IdeWriterWife, Repast, The Thin Line, Flowing, Daughters, Wives and a Mother, +6 more
Kamatari FujiwaraActorOkuni and Gohei, Five Men in a Circus, Travelling Actors, The Approach of Autumn, Wife! Be Like a Rose!, +5 more
Chieko NakakitaActorWife, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Floating Clouds, Mother, Lightning, +4 more
Keiju KobayashiActorRepast, Little Peach, The Thin Line, Summer Clouds, Sudden Rain, +3 more
Heihachirō ŌkawaActorThree Sisters with Maiden Hearts, Five Men in a Circus, Wife! Be Like a Rose!, Dancing Girl, Morning's Tree-Lined Street, +3 more
Movies and TV shows
831960s
12 titles · average score 74
77
Two in the Shadow (1967)
Director
73
The Thin Line (1966)
Director
68
Moment of Terror (1966)
Director
80
Yearning (1964)
Story, Director
74
A Woman's Life (1963)
Director
74
A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)
Director, Producer
The Wiser Age (1962)
Director
68
The Other Woman (1961)
Director
72
The Approach of Autumn (1960)
Producer, Director
The Lovelorn Geisha (1960)
Executive Producer, Director
1950s
24 titles · average score 72
74
Summer Clouds (1958)
Director
73
Untamed Woman (1957)
Director
73
Flowing (1956)
Director
69
Sudden Rain (1956)
Director
76
Floating Clouds (1955)
Director
75
Sound of the Mountain (1954)
Director
73
Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
Director
70
Wife (1953)
Director
69
Brother and Sister (1953)
Director
73
Lightning (1952)
Director
Mother (1952)
Director
75
Repast (1951)
Director
1940s
17 titles · average score 67
Delinquent Girl (1949)
Screenplay, Director
Spring Awakens (1947)
Director, Writer
Until Victory Day (1945)
Director
This Happy Life (1944)
Screenplay, Director
The Way of Drama (1944)
Director
The Song Lantern (1943)
Director
Mother Never Dies (1942)
Director
70
Hideko the Bus Conductress (1941)
Director, Writer
Shanghai Moon (1941)
Director
65
Travelling Actors (1940)
Screenplay, Director
1930s
30 titles · average score 68
The Whole Family Works (1939)
Director, Screenplay
66
Avalanche (1937)
Screenplay, Director
Man of the House (1936)
Writer, Director
67
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935)
Director, Screenplay
72
Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935)
Writer, Director
Five Men in a Circus (1935)
Director
The Girl in the Rumor (1935)
Director, Screenplay
The Actress and the Poet (1935)
Director
70
Apart from You (1933)
Screenplay, Director
Every-Night Dreams (1933)
Director, Story
67
Flunky, Work Hard! (1931)
Screenplay, Director