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Mikio Naruse (成瀬 巳喜男, Naruse Mikio, 20 August 1905 – 2 July 1969) was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967. [1] [2] [3] Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook.
Mikio Naruse. Director: Floating Clouds. Considered a major figure of Japan's 'golden age of cinema', Mikio Naruse was a filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer who directed 89 films in the period 1930 to 1967.
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- Honourable Mention: No Blood Relation (1932) Naruse began his career near the end of the silent era with Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay (1930), though films without sound were prevalent in Japan throughout the decade.
- Honourable Mention: Wife (1953) The stories of housewives in unhappy marriages are Naruse’s bread and butter. He was an auteur of the shomin-geki genre, which focused on the daily hardships of the lower-middle class.
- Honourable Mention: Flowing (1956) If Naruse’s lead actress is not playing a housewife, she is sure to be playing a single working woman.Masako, Kamimura, and Ishikawa Yumi.
- Honourable Mention: Mother (1952) The Japanese film industry was long beholden to the wills of censorship officials, both from the wartime Imperial government as well as the occupying forces of the United States.
- Every Night Dreams (1933) Only five of Naruse’s silent pictures have survived (handily collected in a single DVD edition by Criterion’s Eclipse imprint in the US), all much more stylistically dynamic than his better known later works.
- Wife! Be like a Rose! (1935) One of the earliest Japanese films to achieve critical attention in the west (it had a short run at New York’s Filmarte Theatre in 1937), Wife!
- Late Chrysanthemums (1954) One of the most exquisitely realised of all Naruse’s ‘women’s pictures’, Late Chrysanthemums eschews any driving narrative force for a stunningly nuanced study of emotional and economic complexities, rooted firmly in the quotidian dynamics of the present.
- Floating Clouds (1955) Despite being his most acclaimed and well-known film in Japan – it’s ranked by Kinema Junpo as the third greatest Japanese film of all time, behind Tokyo Story (1953) and Seven Samurai (1954) – Naruse’s gut-wrenching masterpiece is something of an anomaly in his filmography.
An essay on the Japanese director's films, which often feature women who face rivals or secrets in their relationships. The article explores how Naruse's camera often shifts from inside to outside scenes, creating a distance and a possibility for change.
May 22, 2003 · A comprehensive overview of the life and work of Mikio Naruse, one of the great masters of the classical Japanese cinema. Explore his themes, style, influences, and challenges as a director of shomin-geki, films about the lower middle classes.
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A tribute to the Japanese filmmaker who excelled in capturing the challenges of everyday life with a minimalist style and a language of gesture. Learn about his themes, influences, collaborations, and legacy through interviews and examples of his works.
