Mikio Naruse

Mikio Naruse (Born: Mikio Naruse, 1905 August 20 Died: 1969 July 2) was a Japanese filmmaker.

## Life

Naruse is 1905 August 20 , Tokyo Yotsuya Ward to Nuihaku was born as the second son of the second son one woman between father Toshimitsu and mother Kina artisans. It was born of the Snake year, saw of the month, because it was only the day named "Mikio".

Originally, my family was poor, so I entered a technical school (currently Kogakuin University ) to get a job in my arms as soon as possible, but I dropped out because my father died and my family budget was tight. In 1920, he joined Shochiku Kamata Photo Studio as a prop clerk with the introduction of an acquaintance . 1922 from around Yoshinobu Ikeda get to the assistant director of. But can not be promoted in the middle 's director, joined the company from after Yasujiro Ozu and Hiroshi Shimizu in which we are promoted to director in three-four years I joined, Naruse also still Heinosuke Gosho has received instructions under the , I spent 10 years under construction.

In 1930 , Naruse made his directorial debut in the short nonsense comedy film "Chamara Couple," in which Shiro Kido wrote a scenario under the name of Haruo Ako. At first, he worked on a short slapstick comedy, but was recognized in 1931 's " Flunky, Work Hard ". After that, he also worked on feature films, and was selected as the 6th place in the Kinema Junpo Best Ten in 1932 's "Eating Spring", and attracted attention as a promising young director. The following year , in 1933, he released " Apart from You " and " Every Night I Dream ", both of which were selected as the Kinema Junpo Best Ten and received high praise.

However, even if he was promoted to director, he was not given a private room and continued to live in a large room with other assistant directors. Moreover, the movie was shot with a script that other directors refused, and the promise that "if you shoot this, I'll let you shoot what you like next" was repeatedly violated. Naruse decides to transfer after the story of pulling out from PCL , the predecessor of Toho . Knowing that, Yasujiro Ozu wrote in his diary, "That's good too." Naruse also became acquainted with Sanezumi Fujimoto, who would later make many Ozu films at Toho during this period .

In 1934, Naruse transferred to PCL with assistant director Satsuo Yamamoto and directed the first talkie movie "Three Sisters with Maidens" (1935). Next, he directed Minoru Nakano 's plays "The Actress and the Poet" and " Wife, Be Like a Rose " (1935). The latter received high praise from critics and was selected as one of the best " Kinema Junpo ". The film was released in New York in 1937 under the English title " *Kimiko* " and was the first Japanese film to be screened in the United States. Later , he married Sachiko Chiba , the leading actress of "The Actress and the Poet" and "Wife, Be Like a Rose," in 1937, and the eldest son, Takashi, was born, but divorced three years later in 1940. Chiba took over and raised his only son, Takashi.

Akira Kurosawa is the assistant director of Jiro Osaragi's "Yukigure" (1937) . Kurosawa's autobiography states, "I think Mr. Naruse wasn't satisfied with the job, but I still had a lot to gain." During the war, he showed a clear genre of "artistic things" such as " Tsuruhachi Tsurujiro ", " Utakouto ", and "The Way of Drama".

Immediately after the war, he was forced to direct films such as the democratic line films "Descendents of Taro Urashima," "I and You," and "Spring Awakens." At the same time, the Toho studio was paralyzed by the Toho dispute , so Naruse also left Toho with Kajiro Yamamoto , Kurosawa, Senkichi Taniguchi , and established the Film Arts Association. Toho, Shintoho , Shochiku , and Daiei were freelancers. Will be supervised by.

In 1951 , Fumiko Hayashi original, Setsuko Hara and Ken Uehara "starring rice has" received a high evaluation. " Ukigumo, " directed in 1955 after returning to Toho, is generally regarded as Naruse's masterpiece.

Naruse is, "lightning", "wife", "Hayashi original Bankiku " "Ukigumo" as including "wandering Symbol" Yasunari Kawabata "of the original dancer ," " mountain sound ", Saisei Muro original of " Aniimoto ," "apricot Focusing on literary films covering a wide range of genres , from pure literary works such as " Anzukko " to popular works such as "Magokoro", "Ishinaka-sensei's memoir" and " Kuchizuke " based on Yojiro Ishizaka , the delicate emotions of human beings are drawn casually. It was.

Naruse's last work was " Two in the Shadow " starring Yoko Tsukasa and Yuzo Kayama in 1967 . In 1969, Naruse died of rectal cancer at the age of 63. In addition, Naruse told Hideko Takamine, who visited during the fight against illness, the concept of a strange work, "Hideko Takamine plays alone with a white curtain on her back," but it never came true. Regarding this, Masao Tamai, a famous photographer who formed a combination with Naruse in many works, said in a later interview, "That remark came out because Mr. Naruse was bearish just before his death. Mr. Naruse. I personally didn't like Hideko Takamine. "

In 2005, the 100th anniversary of Naruse's birth, DVD boxes were released, related books were published, and special screenings were held at famous theaters around the world.