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Tag Archives: Mikio Naruse
Travelling Actors AKA Tabi yakusha (1940) Mikio Naruse, Kamatari Fujiwara, Kan Yanagiya, Minoru Takase
Story about a group of actors mostly based on the guys playing the horse. Read More »
Okuni to Gohei (1952) Mikio Naruse, Michiyo Kogure, Tomoemon Otani, Sô Yamamura
Kogure is the widow of an assassinated samurai and Otani was that man’s pupil. Read More »
Both You and I AKA Ore mo omae mo (1946) Mikio Naruse, Entatsu Yokoyama, Achako Hanabishi, Hisako Yamane
A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss. Read More »
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs AKA Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki (1960) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai, Masayuki Mori
This is the story of Mama, a.k.a. Keiko, a middle-aged bar hostess who must choose to either get married or buy a bar of her own. Read More »
The Descendants of Taro Urashima AKA Urashima Tarô no kôei (1946) Mikio Naruse, Susumu Fujita, Nobuo Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura
Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier Read More »
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka AKA Ishinaka sensei gyôjôki (1950) Mikio Naruse, Ryô Ikebe, Yûji Hori, Toshirô Mifune
Ishinaka is a famous novelist living in Aomori Prefecture and witnessed in local events. Read More »
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street AKA Ashita no namikimichi (1936) Mikio Naruse, Sachiko Chiba, Heihachirô Ôkawa, Ranko Akagi
In 1936 Chiba Sachiko had her third starring role in a Naruse picture, in which he returns to the milieu of the shoshimin-eiga. Read More »
Mother Never Dies AKA Haha wa Shinazu (1942) Mikio Naruse, Takako Irie, Yukiko Todoroki, Ichirô Sugai
The story begins in 1929 with Sugai (Sugai Ichiro) losing his job in the stock- market crash. Read More »
A Woman’s Life AKA Onna no rekishi (1963) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Akira Takarada, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Nobuko (Hideko Takamine) is a gentle Japanese woman who endures several ordeals during her adult life in this somber, sentimental drama. Read More »
Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) Mikio Naruse, Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Hideko Takamine
The story of a family in Tokyo who live under the same roof in a large house Read More »
Avalanche (1937) Mikio Naruse, Hideo Saeki, Ranko Edogawa, Noboru Kiritachi
This film, directed by Mikio Naruse, is a study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. Read More »
Husband and Wife (1953) Mikio Naruse, Ken Uehara, Yôko Sugi, Rentarô Mikuni
A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband’s co-worker, a widower. Read More »
Sincerity (1939) Mikio Naruse, Minoru Takada, Sachiko Murase, Takako Irie
Drama about the relationship of a mother and her daughters. Read More »
The Song Lantern (1943) Mikio Naruse, Shôtarô Hanayagi, Eijirô Yanagi, Ichijirô Oya
The head of an acclaimed Noh (traditional, stylised Japanese drama form) troupe has a son whom he wants to inherit the troupe/ school. Read More »