Mikio Naruse
Director · 83 credits · 34 in highly-rated films
Best known for When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Best Mikio Naruse movies by genre
Directed movies (81 total, ranked by score)
1When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 · ★ 8.0 (127 votes)
Drama
2Yearning
1964 · ★ 8.1 (76 votes)
Drama, Romance
3Floating Clouds
1955 · ★ 7.7 (107 votes)
Drama, Romance
4Two in the Shadow
1967 · ★ 7.8 (49 votes)
Romance, Drama
5Repast
1951 · ★ 7.5 (49 votes)
Drama
6The Song Lantern
1943 · ★ 6.8 (6 votes)
Drama
7Sound of the Mountain
1954 · ★ 7.4 (67 votes)
Drama
8Travelling Actors
1940 · ★ 6.1 (7 votes)
Comedy
9Okuni and Gohei
1952 · ★ 6.4 (10 votes)
Drama
10Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950 · ★ 6.5 (8 votes)
Comedy, Romance
11Late Chrysanthemums
1954 · ★ 7.2 (38 votes)
Drama
12Delinquent Girl
1949
Drama
13The Girl in the Rumor
1935 · ★ 5.9 (7 votes)
Drama
14The Way of Drama
1944 · ★ 6.5 (6 votes)
Drama
15Dancing Girl
1951 · ★ 6.3 (10 votes)
Drama
16A Fond Face from the Past
1941 · ★ 5.9 (7 votes)
Drama
17Both You and I
1946 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Drama, Comedy
18Mother Never Dies
1942 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)
Drama
19Untamed Woman
1957 · ★ 7.4 (10 votes)
Drama
20Flowing
1956 · ★ 7.2 (34 votes)
Drama
21Lightning
1952 · ★ 7.3 (28 votes)
Drama
22A Woman's Life
1963 · ★ 7.1 (14 votes)
Drama
23Wife
1953 · ★ 6.9 (10 votes)
Drama
24A Wanderer's Notebook
1962 · ★ 7.2 (11 votes)
Drama
25Street Without End
1934 · ★ 6.6 (10 votes)
Drama
26Flunky, Work Hard!
1931 · ★ 6.8 (18 votes)
Comedy, Drama
27Summer Clouds
1958 · ★ 7.6 (15 votes)
Drama
28Mother
1952 · ★ 7.0 (20 votes)
Drama
29The Stranger Within a Woman
1966 · ★ 7.4 (14 votes)
Crime, Drama
30Apart from You
1933 · ★ 7.0 (22 votes)
Drama
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.