FILM DIRECTOR

Mikio Naruse

1905 - 1969

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Mikio Naruse (成瀬 巳喜男, Naruse Mikio, 20 August 1905 – 2 July 1969) was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967. Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook. He made primarily shōshimin-eiga ("common people drama") films with female protagonists, portrayed by actresses such as Hideko Takamine, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Setsuko Hara. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikio Naruse has received more than 279,052 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Mikio Naruse is the 356th most popular film director (down from 307th in 2019), the 559th most popular biography from Japan (down from 423rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mikio Naruse ranks 356 out of 2,041. Before him are Ray Harryhausen, Mika Kaurismäki, Gustaf Gründgens, Guy Hamilton, Valerio Zurlini, and François Ozon. After him are Clifford Odets, Juan Antonio Bardem, Jacques Feyder, Jacques Audiard, Irvin Kershner, and Kinji Fukasaku.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Mikio Naruse ranks 93. Before him are Pierre Levegh, Ludwig Fischer, Gerhard Klopfer, Jean-Marie Villot, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, and Myrna Loy. After him are Jigme Wangchuck, Pierre Klossowski, Jacinto Quincoces, Natalia Pavlovna Paley, George Kelly, and Nihal Atsız. Among people deceased in 1969, Mikio Naruse ranks 68. Before him are Leo McCarey, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Wilhelm Backhaus, Frederic Bartlett, Kimon Georgiev, and Prince Konrad of Bavaria. After him are Adolfo López Mateos, Meher Baba, Léon Brillouin, Michael Lippert, Claude Dornier, and John Kennedy Toole.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mikio Naruse ranks 559 out of 6,245. Before him are Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Ankō Itosu (1831), Jiro Taniguchi (1947), Ken Kutaragi (1950), Hosokawa Gracia (1563), and Gosho Aoyama (1963). After him are Kiyosi Itô (1915), Emperor Horikawa (1079), Hibari Misora (1937), Hiroshi Amano (1960), Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758), and Shintaro Ishihara (1932).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Mikio Naruse ranks 16. Before him are Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), Hideaki Anno (1960), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), Makoto Shinkai (1973), Mamoru Oshii (1951), and Satoshi Kon (1963). After him are Kinji Fukasaku (1930), Ishirō Honda (1911), Kaneto Shindo (1912), Kon Ichikawa (1915), Takashi Miike (1960), and Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941).

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