Mikio Naruse Movies

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are encouraged by both parents to hold down menial jobs and...

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...

Okoma, a witty young woman working as a conductor in an old, rickety bus in Kōfu, Yamanashi (rural Japan), has a creative idea that could avert...

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable...

As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of traveling shots from Chiyo's point of view on a bus...

A Fond Face from the Past is also set in a rural community, specifically a village outside Kameoka, near Kyoto. In some ways this short,...

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

This film is based on a real Meiji era performer -- and tells of Tochuken's partnership with his wife (played by Chikako Hosokawa) who played...

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss.

Drama about a couple and how they found themselves related with music, their egos and each other.

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

9th directorial work by Yamamoto Satsuo.

The otherwise promising young man Asaji (Heihachirô Ôkawa) and his younger brother Yuji (Hideo Saeki) face blighted lives because of...

Among the tight-knit neighbours are a poet, his actress wife, a bachelor budding author, a tobacco shop owner-cum-landlady, an insurance salesman and...