Mikio Naruse

Mikio Naruse

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

20/08/1905

Day of Death

02/07/1969
(64) years old

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

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 primari... Read More

Filmography

Crew

1967

Two in the Shadow

as Director

1966

Moment of Terror

as Director

1966

The Thin Line

as Director

1964

Yearning

as Director

1964

Yearning

as Story

1964

Yearning

as Producer

1963

A Woman's Life

as Director

1962

A Wanderer's Notebook

as Director

1962

A Wanderer's Notebook

as Producer

1962

The Wiser Age

as Director

1961

The Other Woman

as Director

1960

The Approach of Autumn

as Director

1960

The Approach of Autumn

as Producer

1960

The Lovelorn Geisha

as Director

1960

The Lovelorn Geisha

as Executive Producer

1959

A Whistle in My Heart

as Director

1958

Summer Clouds

as Director

1958

Little Peach

as Director

1958

Little Peach

as Screenplay

1957

Untamed Woman

as Director

1956

Flowing

as Director

1956

A Wife's Heart

as Director

1956

Sudden Rain

as Director

1955

The First Kiss

as Director

1955

The First Kiss

as Executive Producer

1955

Floating Clouds

as Director

1954

Late Chrysanthemums

as Director

1954

Sound of the Mountain

as Director

1953

Brother and Sister

as Director

1953

Wife

as Director

1953

Husband and Wife

as Director

1952

Lightning

as Director

1952

Mother

as Director

1952

Okuni and Gohei

as Director

1951

Repast

as Director

1951

Dancing Girl

as Director

1951

Ginza Cosmetics

as Director

1950

Battle of Roses

as Director

1950

White Beast

as Director

1950

White Beast

as Writer

1950

The Angry Street

as Director

1950

The Angry Street

as Screenplay

1949

Delinquent Girl

as Screenplay

1949

Delinquent Girl

as Director

1947

Spring Awakens

as Director

1947

Spring Awakens

as Writer

1947

Four Love Stories

as Director

1946

Both You and I

as Director

1946

Both You and I

as Writer

1945

Until Victory Day

as Director

1944

The Way of Drama

as Director

1944

This Happy Life

as Director

1944

This Happy Life

as Screenplay

1943

The Song Lantern

as Director

1942

Mother Never Dies

as Director

1941

Shanghai Moon

as Director

1941

A Fond Face from the Past

as Screenplay

1940

Travelling Actors

as Director

1940

Travelling Actors

as Screenplay

1940

Keshô yuki

as Story

1939

Sincerity

as Director

1939

Sincerity

as Screenplay

1939

The Whole Family Works

as Director

1939

The Whole Family Works

as Screenplay

1938

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

as Screenplay

1937

Avalanche

as Director

1937

Avalanche

as Screenplay

1937

A Woman's Sorrows

as Director

1937

A Woman's Sorrows

as Story

1937

A Woman's Sorrows

as Screenplay

1936

Man of the House

as Director

1936

Man of the House

as Writer

1935

The Girl in the Rumor

as Director

1935

The Girl in the Rumor

as Screenplay

1935

Five Men in a Circus

as Director

1935

Wife! Be Like a Rose!

as Director

1934

Street Without End

as Director

1933

Sôbô

as Director

1933

Every-Night Dreams

as Director

1933

Every-Night Dreams

as Story

1933

Apart from You

as Screenplay

1933

Apart from You

as Director

1932

No Blood Relation

as Director

1932

No Blood Relation

as Writer

1932

Chocolate Girl

as Director

1932

Moth-eaten Spring

as Director

1932

Crying to the Blue Sky

as Director

1931

Flunky, Work Hard!

as Director

1931

Flunky, Work Hard!

as Screenplay

1930

Love and Power

as Director

1930

Hard Times

as Director

1930

Hard Times

as Story

1930

Pure Love

as Director

1930

Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay

as Director