A few days in the life of a quiet geisha, single mother of a young, smart boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mikio Naruse
A Woman’s Sorrows / Nyonin aishû (1937) Mikio Naruse, Takako Irie, Hideo Saeki, Heihachirô Ôkawa
The irresolute heroine marries without love and finds herself regarded Read More »
Inazuma / Lightning (1952) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Mitsuko Miura, Kyôko Kagawa
Mikio Naruse’s second adaptation of a novel by Fumiko Hayashi stars Hideko Takamine, the director’s frequent muse Read More »
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street (1936) Mikio Naruse
In 1936 Chiba Sachiko had her third starring role in a Naruse picture Read More »
Both You and I (1946) Mikio Naruse
A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss. Read More »
Travelling Actors / 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 »
Autumn Has Already Started / Aki tachinu (1960) Mikio Naruse, Nobuko Otowa, Jun Fujimaki, Kamatari Fujiwara
Single mum (father of child dead) from the country with 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo Read More »
A Woman’s Place / Onna no Za (1962) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Yôko Tsukasa, Yuriko Hoshi
The widow of the eldest son of a large family is financially dependent on her husband’s relatives. Read More »
A Wife’s Heart / Tsuma no kokoro (1956) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Toshirô Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi
A young woman tries to raise money to open her own coffee shop. Read More »
Wife AKA Tsuma (1953) Mikio Naruse, Mieko Takamine, Ken Uehara, Rentarô Mikuni
Tokyo. Mihoko and Toichi Nakagawa’s ten year marriage is crumbling out of inertia. Read More »