1905 - 1969
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. Because of his focus on family drama and the intersection of traditional and modern Japanese culture, his films have been compared with the works of Yasujirō Ozu. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikio Naruse has received more than 251,215 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Mikio Naruse is the 307th most popular film director (up from 323rd in 2019), the 425th most popular biography from Japan (up from 497th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Film Director.
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Among film directors, Mikio Naruse ranks 307 out of 1,581. Before him are John Landis, Jim Henson, Gaspar Noé, King Vidor, Ishirō Honda, and Philippe de Broca. After him are Thomas Vinterberg, Frank Borzage, Satoshi Kon, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Jack L. Warner, and Giuseppe De Santis.
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 301
1936 - 1990
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 302
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 303
1894 - 1982
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 304
1911 - 1993
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 305
1933 - 2004
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 306
1905 - 1969
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 307
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 308
1894 - 1962
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 309
1963 - 2010
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 310
1930 - 2013
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 311
1892 - 1978
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 312
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 313
Among people born in 1905, Mikio Naruse ranks 77. Before him are Erich Naumann, Eugen Fink, Gareth Jones, André Jolivet, Clara Bow, and George Kelly. After him are Jigme Wangchuck, Angelo Schiavio, Takeo Fukuda, Pedro Petrone, Karl Guthe Jansky, and Ludwig Fischer. Among people deceased in 1969, Mikio Naruse ranks 59. Before him are Leo McCarey, Ernest Ansermet, Dragiša Cvetković, Wilhelm Backhaus, Frederic Bartlett, and Korney Chukovsky. After him are Markian Popov, Grażyna Bacewicz, Jiří Trnka, Radivoj Korać, Claude Dornier, and Artur da Costa e Silva.
1905 - 1951
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 71
1905 - 1975
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 72
1905 - 1935
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 73
1905 - 1974
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 74
1905 - 1965
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 75
1905 - 1967
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 76
1905 - 1969
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 77
1905 - 1952
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 78
1905 - 1990
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 79
1905 - 1995
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 80
1905 - 1964
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 81
1905 - 1950
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 82
1905 - 1947
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 83
1898 - 1969
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 53
1883 - 1969
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 54
1893 - 1969
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 55
1884 - 1969
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 56
1886 - 1969
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 57
1882 - 1969
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 58
1905 - 1969
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 59
1902 - 1969
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 60
1909 - 1969
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 61
1912 - 1969
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 62
1938 - 1969
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 63
1884 - 1969
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 64
1899 - 1969
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 65
Among people born in Japan, Mikio Naruse ranks 425 out of 6,048. Before him are Mōri Terumoto (1533), Hayato Ikeda (1899), Katsuhiro Otomo (1954), Masafumi Hara (1943), Tetsu Katayama (1887), and Emperor Yōzei (867). After him are Satoshi Kon (1963), Emperor Daigo (885), Emperor Shijō (1231), Ono no Komachi (825), Nobuo Matsunaga (1921), and Emperor Go-Suzaku (1009).
1533 - 1625
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 419
1899 - 1965
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 420
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 421
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 422
1887 - 1978
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 423
867 - 949
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 424
1905 - 1969
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 425
1963 - 2010
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 426
885 - 930
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 427
1231 - 1242
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 428
825 - 900
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 429
1921 - 2007
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 430
1009 - 1045
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 431
Among film directors born in Japan, Mikio Naruse ranks 13. Before him are Nagisa Oshima (1932), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Shohei Imamura (1926), Hideaki Anno (1960), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), and Ishirō Honda (1911). After him are Satoshi Kon (1963), Kinji Fukasaku (1930), Makoto Shinkai (1973), Mamoru Oshii (1951), Kaneto Shindo (1912), and Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962).
1932 - 2013
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 7
1916 - 1996
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 8
1926 - 2006
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 9
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 10
1920 - 1989
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 11
1911 - 1993
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 12
1905 - 1969
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 13
1963 - 2010
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 14
1930 - 2003
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 15
1973 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 16
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 17
1912 - 2012
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 18
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 19