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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)

  1. Until Victory Day

    1945 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy, War

    61

  2. Learn from Experience, Part One

    1937 · ★ 6.7 (6 votes)

    Drama

    62

  3. Crying to the Blue Sky

    1932 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    63

  4. Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

    1938 · ★ 6.3 (9 votes)

    Drama

    64

  5. A Woman's Sorrows

    1937 · ★ 6.7 (6 votes)

    Drama

    65

  6. Learn from Experience, Part Two

    1937 · ★ 6.2 (5 votes)

    Drama

    66

  7. Morning's Tree-Lined Street

    1936 · ★ 6.7 (6 votes)

    Drama

    67

  8. Five Men in a Circus

    1935 · ★ 5.4 (4 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    68

  9. The Whole Family Works

    1939 · ★ 6.2 (6 votes)

    Drama

    69

  10. A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

    1945 · ★ 5.8 (6 votes)

    War, Drama, History

    70

  11. Sincerity

    1939 · ★ 5.4 (5 votes)

    Drama

    71

  12. Pure Love

    1930

    Drama

    72

  13. Man of the House

    1936 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Drama, History

    73

  14. Hard Times

    1930

    Drama

    74

  15. Sôbô

    1933

    Drama

    75

  16. Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay

    1930

    Comedy

    76

  17. Chocolate Girl

    1932

    Drama

    77

  18. A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo

    1933

    Drama

    78

  19. Moth-eaten Spring

    1932

    Drama

    79

  20. The Strength of a Moustache

    1931

    80

  21. Love and Power

    1930

    Drama

    81

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.