Mikio Naruse Movies

  • 1952
    Okuni and Gohei

    Okuni and Gohei

    Okuni and Gohei

    6.41952HD

    A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in service to her. They are in search of Tomonojo, who...

    Okuni and Gohei
  • 1940
    Travelling Actors

    Travelling Actors

    Travelling Actors

    6.11940HD

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

    Travelling Actors
  • 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
  • 1951
    Repast

    Repast

    Repast

    7.51951HD

    Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

    Repast
  • 1960
    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    7.91960HD

    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
  • 1954
    Late Chrysanthemums

    Late Chrysanthemums

    Late Chrysanthemums

    7.31954HD

    With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant...

    Late Chrysanthemums
  • 1955
    Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds

    7.681955HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1967
    Two in the Shadow

    Two in the Shadow

    Two in the Shadow

    7.61967HD

    A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he...

    Two in the Shadow
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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!
  • 1963
    A Woman's Life

    A Woman's Life

    A Woman's Life

    71963HD

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

    A Woman's Life
  • 1952
    Mother

    Mother

    Mother

    6.81952HD

    A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

    Mother
  • 1956
    A Wife's Heart

    A Wife's Heart

    A Wife's Heart

    6.81956HD

    Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked...

    A Wife's Heart
  • 1960
    The Approach of Autumn

    The Approach of Autumn

    The Approach of Autumn

    6.91960HD

    A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery...

    The Approach of Autumn
  • 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
  • 1956
    Sudden Rain

    Sudden Rain

    Sudden Rain

    6.51956HD

    A husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.

    Sudden Rain