Tag Archives: Mikio Naruse

Nobuko (Hideko Takamine) is a gentle Japanese woman who endures several ordeals during her adult life in this somber, sentimental drama. Read More »

The story of a family in Tokyo who live under the same roof in a large house Read More »

This film, directed by Mikio Naruse, is a study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. Read More »

A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband’s co-worker, a widower. Read More »

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 »

Adopted from a prize-winning school essay on the subject of ‘My Mother,’ upon being widowed a mother with Read More »

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 »

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 »

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim – with the help of her gangster brother – the daughter she abandoned years before. Read More »

A guy falls in love with the widow of a man he killed in a car collision. Finally she falls in love with him . Read More »

A young woman reaches maturity and yearns to know about her father. Her mother has poisoned her mind about the man who left her for another woman. Read More »

The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman’s prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and estranged lovers. Read More »

The businessman Ogata Shingo works with his son Shuichi, who is his secretary, and they live together in the suburb with their wives Yasuko and Kikuko respectively. Read More »

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. Read More »

Kyoko, the daughter of a successful novelist, marries an aspiring writer. Read More »