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    Wife 1953 POSTER

    Wife

    1953

    Japanese

    7.1

    4

    67%

    67%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    marriage

    unhappiness

    wife

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Mieko Takamine Mieko Takamine as Mihoko Nakagawa Sanae Takasugi Sanae Takasugi as Setsuko Sakurai Rentarô Mikuni Rentarô Mikuni as Tadashi Tanimura Yoshiko Tsubouchi Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Taeko Niemura
    Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and the husband finds the wife slovenly and mean-spirited: she neither cooks not cleans particularly well and is generally disagreeable. In turn, he alternately ignores her and treats her as a servant. Neither is particularly happy, not helped by their unsatisfactory lodgers. The husband is easily seduced by an ex-colleague, a widow with a small child who needs some security, and considers leaving his wife.
    Ginza Cosmetics 1951 POSTER

    Ginza Cosmetics

    1951

    Japanese

    7.0

    6

    54%

    54%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    cosmetics

    Drama

    geisha

    single mother

    tokyo, japan

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Hyôbei Sugano Eijirô Yanagi Eijirô Yanagi as Seikichi Kineya Ranko Hanai Ranko Hanai as Shizue Sayama Masao Mishima Masao Mishima as Tasuzô Fujimura
    A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.
    Sound of the Mountain 1954 POSTER

    Sound of the Mountain

    1954

    Japanese

    7.7

    11

    94%

    94%

    Action

    adultery

    Drama

    dysfunctional marriage

    japan

    parent-in-law child-in-law relationship

    pregnancy

    tokyo, japan

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Nobuo Kaneko Nobuo Kaneko as Tsuruko Mano Tsuruko Mano as Machiko Kitagawa Machiko Kitagawa as Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara as Ogata Kikuko
    An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.
    Late Chrysanthemums 1954 POSTER

    Late Chrysanthemums

    1954

    Japanese

    7.4

    7

    87%

    87%

    Action

    Drama

    geisha

    neighbor

    post war

    rumor

    tokyo, japan

    widow

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Yoshiko Tsubouchi Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Tsuruko Mano Tsuruko Mano as Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as Nobu Chikako Hosokawa Chikako Hosokawa as Tamae
    With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.
    Wife! Be Like a Rose! 1935 POSTER

    Wife! Be Like a Rose!

    1935

    Japanese

    7.5

    5

    80%

    Action

    based on play or musical

    Drama

    geisha

    gold

    marriage

    mountain

    poetry

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Toshiko Itô Toshiko Itô as Etsuko - Kimiko's mother Sachiko Chiba Sachiko Chiba as Kimiko Yamamoto Kamatari Fujiwara Kamatari Fujiwara as Shingo - Etsuko's brother Chikako Hosokawa Chikako Hosokawa as Shingo's wife
    Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing mother. Kimiko seeks to marry her boyfriend but needs her absent father to act as the go-between and negotiate the marriage. Kimiko travels and finds her father living with a second family.
    Daughters, Wives and a Mother 1960 POSTER

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    1960

    Japanese

    7.3

    7

    Action

    Drama

    family

    family business

    insurance policy

    loan

    money problems

    widow

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Akira Takarada Akira Takarada as Reiji Sakanishi, the younger son Hideko Takamine Hideko Takamine as Sakanishi Kazuko, Yuichiro's wife Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara as Sanae Sakanoshi, the eldest daughter Hiroshi Tachikawa Hiroshi Tachikawa as Shin Asabuki
    Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her return to her own family.
    Lightning 1952 POSTER

    Lightning

    1952

    Japanese

    7.5

    9

    Action

    based on novel or book

    bus

    Drama

    parent child relationship

    sister

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Hideko Takamine Hideko Takamine as Kiyoko Mitsuko Miura Mitsuko Miura as Mitsuko Chieko Murata Chieko Murata as Nuiko Jun Negami Jun Negami as Shuzo
    The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a marriage for her with a disagreeable man whom she has rejected.
    Repast 1951 POSTER

    Repast

    1951

    Japanese

    7.6

    8

    83%

    83%

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    marriage

    meal

    osaka, japan

    post war japan

    unhappiness

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Ranko Hanai Ranko Hanai as Koyoshi Dohya Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara as Michiyo Okamoto Yôko Sugi Yôko Sugi as Mitsuko Murata, Michiyo's sister-in-law Keiju Kobayashi Keiju Kobayashi as Shinzo Murata, Michiyo's brother
    Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.
    Untamed Woman 1957 POSTER

    Untamed Woman

    1957

    Japanese

    7.4

    7

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    taisho

    taishō period

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Masahiko Tsugawa Masahiko Tsugawa as Hideko Takamine Hideko Takamine as Oshima Mitsuko Miura Mitsuko Miura as Oyu, her rival
    A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong personality.
    Mother 1952 POSTER

    Mother

    1952

    Japanese

    7.5

    3

    Action

    death in family

    Drama

    kimono

    laundry

    poverty

    singing competition

    widow

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Eiko Miyoshi Eiko Miyoshi as Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as O-Sei Masao Mishima Masao Mishima as Ryousuke Fukuhara Eiji Okada Eiji Okada as Shinjiro
    A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
    Older Brother, Younger Sister 1953 POSTER

    Older Brother, Younger Sister

    1953

    Japanese

    7.2

    5

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    extramarital affair

    older brother younger sister

    pregnancy

    rural area

    sibling relationship

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Masayuki Mori Masayuki Mori as Inokichi - the Brother Eiji Funakoshi Eiji Funakoshi as Kobata Machiko Kyô Machiko Kyô as Mon Zenji Yamada Zenji Yamada as Toyogorô
    The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.
    Sudden Rain 1956 POSTER

    Sudden Rain

    1956

    Japanese

    7.2

    3

    86%

    86%

    Comedy

    Drama

    marriage

    neighbor

    niece

    unhappiness

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara as Fumiko Akemi Negishi Akemi Negishi as Hinako Haruko Tôgô Haruko Tôgô as Rin Ameyama Fuyuki Murakami Fuyuki Murakami as Taneda
    A husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.
    A Woman's Place 1962 POSTER

    A Woman's Place

    1962

    Japanese

    7.4

    3

    Drama

    family

    marriage

    tokyo, japan

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Kunio Ôtsuka Kunio Ôtsuka as Akira Takarada Akira Takarada as Rokkakuya Kou, Aki no senpu no ko Akemi Kita Akemi Kita as Yasuko, Matsuyo no musume Hideko Takamine Hideko Takamine as Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome
    Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.
    The Lovelorn Geisha 1960 POSTER

    The Lovelorn Geisha

    1960

    Japanese

    6.7

    2

    Action

    Drama

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Isuzu Yamada Isuzu Yamada as Aya Fujimura Masumi Okada Masumi Okada as English Teacher Tadao Nakamaru Tadao Nakamaru as Makoto Takamizawa Akira Takarada Akira Takarada as Takiguchi
    A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself 'already dead'.
    Floating Clouds 1955 POSTER

    Floating Clouds

    1955

    Japanese

    7.6

    12

    82%

    82%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    bathing

    Drama

    forbidden love

    post war japan

    Romance

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Fuyuki Murakami Fuyuki Murakami as Futsuin no shikensho-chou Nobuo Kaneko Nobuo Kaneko as Futsuin no shoin - Suitou Masayuki Mori Masayuki Mori as Kengo Tomioka Hideko Takamine Hideko Takamine as Yukiko Koda
    A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.
    Flowing 1956 POSTER

    Flowing

    1956

    Japanese

    7.5

    13

    88%

    88%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    geisha

    maid

    mother and daughter

    tokyo, japan

    young woman

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Kichijirô Ueda Kichijirô Ueda as Yoshie Minami Yoshie Minami as Hideko Takamine Hideko Takamine as Katsuyo, Otsuta's daughter Isuzu Yamada Isuzu Yamada as Otsuta
    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 mother's trade in the late days of Geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portraits the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.
    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960 POSTER

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    1960

    Japanese

    8.0

    18

    100%

    93%

    1950s

    Action

    Drama

    hostess

    shōwa era (1926-89)

    tokyo, japan

    widow

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Chikako Hosokawa Chikako Hosokawa as Masao Oda Masao Oda as Hideko Takamine Hideko Takamine as Keiko Yashiro Masayuki Mori Masayuki Mori as Nobuhiko Fujisaki
    Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
    Yearning 1964 POSTER

    Yearning

    1964

    Japanese

    8.0

    2

    89%

    89%

    Drama

    family relationships

    grocery store

    Romance

    unrequited love

    widow

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Gen Shimizu Gen Shimizu as Yasuzô Ogawa Yasuzô Ogawa as Kazuo Kitamura Kazuo Kitamura as Mr. Morizono, Hisako's husband Mie Hama Mie Hama as Ruriko, Koji's girlfriend
    War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.
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