Mikio Naruse Movies

  • 1950
    The Angry Street

    The Angry Street

    The Angry Street

    6.51950HD

    The Angry Street includes a great deal of location shooting in the rebuilt city, including downtown streets, residential neighborhoods, the campus of...

    The Angry Street
  • 1945
    A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

    A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

    A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

    5.81945HD

    In A Tale of Archery, young, timid bowmaster Kazuma (Akitake Kôno) seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious...

    A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1950
    Battle of Roses

    Battle of Roses

    Battle of Roses

    61950HD

    A Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by overheated bathroom.

    Battle of Roses
  • 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
  • 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!
  • 1953
    Husband and Wife

    Husband and Wife

    Husband and Wife

    6.61953HD

    A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husband becomes jealous of the widower and his wife.

    Husband and Wife
  • 1946
    A Descendant of Urashima Taro

    A Descendant of Urashima Taro

    A Descendant of Urashima Taro

    61946HD

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

    A Descendant of Urashima Taro
  • 1930
    Hard Times

    Hard Times

    Hard Times

    01930HD

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

    Hard Times
  • 1941
    Hideko the Bus Conductress

    Hideko the Bus Conductress

    Hideko the Bus Conductress

    71941HD

    Okoma, a witty young woman working as a conductor in an old, rickety bus in Kōfu, Yamanashi (rural Japan), has a creative idea that could avert...

    Hideko the Bus Conductress
  • 1936
    Man of the House

    Man of the House

    Man of the House

    61936HD

    This film is based on a real Meiji era performer -- and tells of Tochuken's partnership with his wife (played by Chikako Hosokawa) who played...

    Man of the House
  • 1940
    Keshô yuki

    Keshô yuki

    Keshô yuki

    01940HD

    Keshô yuki
  • 1937
    Learn from Experience, Part One

    Learn from Experience, Part One

    Learn from Experience, Part One

    61937HD

    Part 1 of a 2-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. The central character here is Toyomi (played by Takako IRIE, star of...

    Learn from Experience, Part One
  • 1944
    The Way of Drama

    The Way of Drama

    The Way of Drama

    6.51944HD

    The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...

    The Way of Drama
  • 1946
    Both You and I

    Both You and I

    Both You and I

    61946HD

    A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss.

    Both You and I
  • 1934
    Street Without End

    Street Without End

    Street Without End

    6.61934HD

    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...

    Street Without End
  • 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
    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