Mikio Naruse — Playwright (24)
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Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro (1938)
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Mikio Naruse actor: Kazuo Hasegawa / Isuzu Yamada …
other title: Tsuruhachi et Tsurujiro / 鶴八鶴次郎 …
Mr. Tsurujiro is a Japanese folk singer assisted by Ms. Tsuruhachi on the shamisen. The pair is popular, but he often nitpicks her music and so they split. She marries a benefactor, but after a joint show, feels music is above marriage.
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A Woman's Sorrows (1937)
女人哀愁
Mikio Naruse actor: Takako Irie / Masako Tsutsumi …
other title: Les Larmes d'une femme / 女人哀愁 …
Young Hiroko’s conservative principles place her at odds with most modern women, as she has already submitted to her mother’s choice of man for any marriage prospect. Wed into an affluent family that practically treats her as a housemaid, locked away like a 'doll' by her estimation, Hiroko’s own submission to traditional thinking brings contradictions to light.
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The Angry Street (1950)
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Mikio Naruse actor: Jūkichi Uno / Yasumi Hara …
other title: La Rue en colère / 怒りの街 …
University students Sudo and Mori make money by picking up rich girls in dance clubs and conning them into giving them cash. Mori is the brains of the operation, and Sudo is the suave dancer who picks up the girls. Sudo becomes gradually involved with three different girls and is drawn into the gangster milieu, which he seems unable to resist even though he is responsible for his mother, grandmother, and sister Masako. In this world of bad boys and girls, Masako is the pillar of strength and moral virtue who finally enables Mori to straighten out.
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Man of the House (1936)
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Mikio Naruse actor: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata / Chikako Hosokawa …
other title: Tochuken Kumoemon / 桃中軒雲右衛門 …
This film is based on a real Meiji era performer -- and tells of Tochuken's partnership with his wife (played by Chikako Hosokawa) who played shamisen for his songs/recitations), his affair with a geisha (Sachiko Chiba), and the deterioration of his partnership and marriage.
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Sincerity (1939)
まごころ
Mikio Naruse actor: Takako Irie / Minoru Takada …
other title: Le Cœur sincère / Sinceridad …
Two young girls, Nobiko and Tomiko, go to the same school. The less fortunate girl Nobiko is one of the top students, while the rich girl Tomiko is not. At one time Tomiko's father was quite fond of Nobuko's mother.
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The Girl in the Rumor (1935)
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Mikio Naruse actor: Sachiko Chiba / Ryuko Umezono …
other title: La Fille dont on parle / La mujer en boca de todos …
A story of two sisters, the older being more traditional, the younger a "moga" ("modern girl"). Their widowed father runs the family sake shop, but is running into financial trouble, causing him to tamper with his stock; Meanwhile, his long-time mistress yearns for something more serious. Amidst this, the older sister is introduced to a well-off suitor: A university boy, much more intrigued by the less traditional little sister. A doddering grandfather, an officious uncle and busybody neighbors also don't make the lives of the hardworking members of the family any easier.
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Avalanche (1937)
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Mikio Naruse actor: Noboru Kiritachi / Ranko Edogawa …
other title: 雪崩 / Nadare
The study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. A married man is torn between the love of his wife, and the attraction to a cousin of his wife.