Mikio Naruse Movies

Part 2 of a 2-part romance (first part - Kafuku zempen) based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. In the second half, we discover that Toyomi is...

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are encouraged by both parents to hold down menial jobs and...

Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some...

As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of traveling shots from Chiyo's point of view on a bus...

Omnibus of love stories from 1947 directed by famous directors, featuring big stars.

In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and...

In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable...

This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

Drama about a couple and how they found themselves related with music, their egos and each other.

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

A Fond Face from the Past is also set in a rural community, specifically a village outside Kameoka, near Kyoto. In some ways this short,...

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who...

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

Portmanteau film about young lovers.

Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and...

9th directorial work by Yamamoto Satsuo.