Actor

Mikio Naruse

Directing

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Movies: 78Series: 0Crew credits: 77

TMDB ID: 125690

IMDb ID: nm0621540

Known for: Directing

Born: August 20, 1905

Died: July 2, 1969

Age: 63

Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1930 - 2005

Years active: 76

Average TMDB rating: 7.49

Wikidata: Q1371306

Also known as

나루세 미키오 • Микио Нарусэ • 미키오 나루세 • 成瀬巳喜男

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Director (73)Screenplay (3)Story (1)

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Biography

Mikio Naruse (August 20, 1905 – July 2, 1969) was a Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer who directed some 89 films spanning the period 1930 (towards the end of the silent period in Japan) to 1967. Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook. He made primarily shomin-geki (working-class drama) films with female protagonists, portrayed by actresses such as Hideko Takamine, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Setsuko Hara. Because of his focus on family drama and the intersection of traditional and modern Japanese culture, his films are frequently compared with the works of Yasujirō Ozu. His reputation is just behind Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Ozu in Japan and internationally; his work remains less well known outside Japan than theirs. Akira Kurosawa called Naruse's style of melodrama, "like a great river with a calm surface and a raging current in its depths".