Mikio Naruse Movies

  • 1953
    Brother and Sister

    Brother and Sister

    Brother and Sister

    6.2221953HD

    The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that...

    Brother and Sister
  • 1933
    Apart from You

    Apart from You

    Apart from You

    6.91933HD

    An aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young geisha, resentful of her family for forcing her into a...

    Apart from You
  • 1943
    The Song Lantern

    The Song Lantern

    The Song Lantern

    6.81943HD

    A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him,...

    The Song Lantern
  • 1960
    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    7.9341960HD

    Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
  • 1940
    A Gentle Breeze With Father

    A Gentle Breeze With Father

    A Gentle Breeze With Father

    01940HD

    9th directorial work by Yamamoto Satsuo.

    A Gentle Breeze With Father
  • 1955
    Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds

    7.71955HD

    A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He...

    Floating Clouds
  • 1935
    Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

    Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

    Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

    6.41935HD

    Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means mainly playing a banjo type instrument for tips in...

    Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
  • 1935
    Wife! Be Like a Rose!

    Wife! Be Like a Rose!

    Wife! Be Like a Rose!

    71935HD

    Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing mother. Kimiko seeks to marry her boyfriend but needs...

    Wife! Be Like a Rose!
  • 1935
    The Actress and the Poet

    The Actress and the Poet

    The Actress and the Poet

    6.21935HD

    Among the tight-knit neighbours are a poet, his actress wife, a bachelor budding author, a tobacco shop owner-cum-landlady, an insurance salesman and...

    The Actress and the Poet
  • 1935
    The Girl in the Rumor

    The Girl in the Rumor

    The Girl in the Rumor

    5.91935HD

    A story of two sisters, the older being more traditional, the younger a "moga" ("modern girl"). Their widowed father runs the family sake shop, but...

    The Girl in the Rumor
  • 1950
    White Beast

    White Beast

    White Beast

    5.51950HD

    Keiko Yukawa is a former prostitute and the newest inmate at White Lily, a female rehabilitation facility.

    White Beast
  • 1932
    Moth-eaten Spring

    Moth-eaten Spring

    Moth-eaten Spring

    01932HD

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

    Moth-eaten Spring
  • 1935
    Five Men in a Circus

    Five Men in a Circus

    Five Men in a Circus

    5.41935HD

    The main focus is on the 5 member band of a small circus as it runs into problems while touring rural Japan. It also pays lots of attention to the...

    Five Men in a Circus
  • 1962
    A Wanderer's Notebook

    A Wanderer's Notebook

    A Wanderer's Notebook

    7.21962HD

    Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...

    A Wanderer's Notebook
  • 1954
    Sound of the Mountain

    Sound of the Mountain

    Sound of the Mountain

    7.3151954HD

    An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

    Sound of the Mountain
  • 1956
    Flowing

    Flowing

    Flowing

    7.11956HD

    Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade...

    Flowing
  • 1966
    The Thin Line

    The Thin Line

    The Thin Line

    7.31966HD

    Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead....

    The Thin Line
  • 1936
    The Road I Travel with You

    The Road I Travel with You

    The Road I Travel with You

    6.2861936HD

    The otherwise promising young man Asaji (Heihachirô Ôkawa) and his younger brother Yuji (Hideo Saeki) face blighted lives because of...

    The Road I Travel with You
  • 1960
    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    7.11960HD

    Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former...

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother
  • 1964
    Yearning

    Yearning

    Yearning

    8.11964HD

    War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly...

    Yearning