Mikio Naruse
Director · 83 credits · 34 in highly-rated films
Best known for When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Directed movies (81 total, ranked by score)
31Four Love Stories
1947 · ★ 5.8 (4 votes)
Drama
32Every-Night Dreams
1933 · ★ 7.2 (21 votes)
Drama
33A Wife's Heart
1956 · ★ 6.9 (12 votes)
Drama
34The Other Woman
1961 · ★ 6.3 (7 votes)
Drama
35A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Drama
36No Blood Relation
1932 · ★ 7.2 (16 votes)
Drama
37The Approach of Autumn
1960 · ★ 6.9 (13 votes)
Drama
38Wife! Be Like a Rose!
1935 · ★ 7.0 (12 votes)
Drama
39Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 · ★ 7.1 (9 votes)
Drama
40Brother and Sister
1953 · ★ 6.3 (19 votes)
Drama
41Little Peach
1958 · ★ 6.1 (15 votes)
Drama
42White Beast
1950 · ★ 5.5 (10 votes)
Drama
43Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
1935 · ★ 6.4 (8 votes)
Drama
44The Wiser Age
1962 · ★ 7.2 (8 votes)
Drama
45Husband and Wife
1953 · ★ 6.6 (8 votes)
Drama
46This Happy Life
1944 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)
Comedy, Drama
47Avalanche
1937 · ★ 6.8 (10 votes)
Drama
48Ginza Cosmetics
1951 · ★ 6.5 (15 votes)
Drama
49The First Kiss
1955 · ★ 6.4 (5 votes)
Romance
50The Actress and the Poet
1935 · ★ 6.2 (7 votes)
Comedy
51Hideko the Bus Conductor
1941 · ★ 7.0 (7 votes)
Drama, Comedy
52Spring Awakens
1947 · ★ 6.8 (6 votes)
Drama
53A Whistle in My Heart
1959 · ★ 6.7 (7 votes)
Drama
54Sudden Rain
1956 · ★ 6.5 (14 votes)
Drama
55The Road I Travel with You
1936 · ★ 6.3 (8 votes)
Drama
56Battle of Roses
1950 · ★ 6.2 (10 votes)
Drama
57The Lovelorn Geisha
1960 · ★ 6.3 (6 votes)
Drama
58Moment of Terror
1966 · ★ 5.9 (13 votes)
Crime, Drama
59Shanghai Moon
1941 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
Drama
60The Angry Street
1950 · ★ 6.5 (6 votes)
Crime, Drama
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.