Mikio Naruse

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she’s a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life’s vicious cycle: ...

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman. Release: Sound of ...

Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn’t see any future in her ...

A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he ...

In No Blood Relation, a gripping early example of Mikio Naruse’s cinematic boldness, featuring a screenplay by Ozu’s famed ...