Mikio Naruse

Mikio Naruse (Japanese成 瀬 巳 喜 男, Naruse Mikio; born August 20, 1905 in Tokyo, Japan, † July 2, 1969 in Tokyo, Japan ) was a Japanese director, writer and producer. Together with Yasujiro Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi and Akira Kurosawa, he was the most famous Japanese director of his time.

Biography

Naruse was born in 1905 in Tokyo. He began his career in 1920 as a supplier at the Shochiku film studio. Just one year after his promotion to assistant director in 1929 he made his first film Fukeiki Jidai. In 1933 he switched to another studio, which under the name of Toho achieved fame later. In the 30s he achieved increasing success at the box office. Even the critics were well disposed towards him. His film Tsuma yo Bara no Yo ni won the Kinema Junpo Film Award. Two years before his death he made ready his last film Midaregumo, which is regarded as one of his best.

2007 honored him with the Munich Film Museum, a retrospective.

Filmography

Overall, Naruse created 89 films.