1. Mikio Naruse was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967.
11 Facts About Mikio Naruse
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Mikio Naruse made primarily shoshimin-eiga films with female protagonists, portrayed by actresses such as Hideko Takamine, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Setsuko Hara.
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Mikio Naruse was born in Tokyo in 1905 and raised by his brother and sister after his parents' early death.
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Mikio Naruse entered Shiro Kido's Shochiku film studio in the 1920s as a light crew assistant and was assigned to comedy director Yoshinobu Ikeda.
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The film was considered a success, and Mikio Naruse was allowed to direct the romance film Pure Love.
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Mikio Naruse later argued that at the time he didn't have the courage to refuse some of the projects he was offered, and that his attempts to compensate weak content with concentration on technique didn't work out.
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Mikio Naruse passed away in July 2,1969, due to colon cancer.
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Mikio Naruse is known as particularly exemplifying the Japanese concept of "mono no aware", the awareness of the transience of things, and a gentle sadness at their passing.
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Mikio Naruse's protagonists were usually women, and his studies of female experience spanned a wide range of social milieux, professions and situations.
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Mikio Naruse was described as serious and reticent, and even his closest and long-lasting collaborators like cinematographer Tamai Masao claimed to know nothing about him personally.
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Mikio Naruse gave very few interviews and was, according to Akira Kurosawa, a very self-assured director who did everything himself on the set.