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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 »
Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953) Mikio Naruse, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata Read More »
Battle of Roses (1950) Mikio Naruse, Kuniko Miyake, Setsuko Wakayama, Yôko Katsuragi
In Japan, after the death of Mr. Masago, her wife Satomi Masago loses the family’s company “Lily Cosmetic” Read More »
Mother (1952) Mikio Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyôko Kagawa, Eiji Okada
Adopted from a prize-winning school essay on the subject of ‘My Mother,’ upon being widowed a mother with Read More »
Summer Clouds (1958) Mikio Naruse, Chikage Awashima, Michiyo Aratama, Kumi Mizuno
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. Read More »
Every-Night Dreams (1933) Mikio Naruse, Sumiko Kurishima, Tatsuo Saitô, Jun Arai
A single mother works tirelessly as a Ginza bar hostess to ensure a better life for her young son until–her long-lost husband returns. Read More »