Filmography
| Filmography of Mikio Naruse | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Japanese Title | Rōmaji Title | English Title | Notes |
| Silent Films in the 1930s | ||||
| 1930 | チャンバラ夫婦 | Chambara fufu | Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay | Naruse's first film; Lost. Also entitled Intimate Love |
| 純情 | Junjo | Pure Love | Lost | |
| 不景気時代 | Fukeiki jidai | Hard Times | Lost | |
| 愛は力だ | Ai ha chikara da | Love Is Strength | Lost | |
| 押切新婚記 | Oshikiri shinkonki | A Record of Shamless Newlyweds | Lost | |
| 1931 | ねえ興奮しちゃいやよ | Nee kofun shicha iya yo | Now Don't Get Excited | Lost |
| 二階の悲鳴 | Nikai no himei | Screams from the Second Floor | Lost | |
| 腰弁頑張れ | Koshiben gambare | Flunky, Work Hard! | Short film; Naruse's earliest surviving work | |
| 浮気は汽車に乗って | Uwaki wa kisha ni notte | Fickleness Gets on the Train | Lost | |
| 髭の力 | Hige no chikara | The Strength of a Moustache | Lost | |
| 隣の屋根の下 | Tonare no yani no shita | Under the Neighbours' Roof | Lost | |
| 1932 | 女は袂を御用心 | Onna wa tamoto o goyojin | Ladies, Be Careful of Your Sleeves | Lost |
| 青空に泣く | Aozora ni naku | Crying to the Blue Sky | Lost | |
| 偉くなれ | Eraku nare | Be Great! | Lost | |
| チョコレートガール | Chokoreito garu | Chocolate Girl | Lost | |
| 生さぬ仲 | Nasanu naka | No Blood Relation | ||
| 菓子のある東京風景 | Kashi no aru Tokyo no fûkei | The Scenery of Tokyo with Cake | Short advertisement film; Lost | |
| 蝕める春 | Mushibameru haru | Moth-eaten Spring | Lost | |
| 1933 | 君と別れて | Kimi to wakarete | Apart From You | |
| 夜ごとの夢 | Yogoto no yume | Every-Night Dreams | ||
| 僕の丸髷 | Boku no marumage | A Married Woman's Hairstyle | Lost | |
| 双眸 | Sobo | Two Eyes | Lost | |
| 謹賀新年 | Kingashinnen | Happy New Year! | Lost | |
| 1934 | 限りなき舗道 | Kagirinaki hodo | Street Without End | Naruse's final silent film |
| Sound films in the 1930s | ||||
| 1935 | 乙女ごころ三人姉妹 | Otome-gokoro - Sannin-shimai | Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts | |
| 女優と詩人 | Joyu to shijin | The Actress and the Poet | ||
| 妻よ薔薇のやうに | Tsuma yo bara no yo ni | Wife! Be Like a Rose! | Also entitled Kimiko | |
| サーカス五人組 | Saakasu goningumi | Five Men in the Circus | ||
| 噂の娘 | Uwase no musume | The Girl in the Rumor | ||
| 1936 | 桃中軒雲右衛門 | Tochuken Kumoemon | Man of the House | Biopic of Tochuken Kumoemon |
| 君と行く路 | Kimi to yuku michi | The Road I Travel with You | ||
| 朝の並木路 | Asa no namikimichi | Morning's Tree-Lined Street | ||
| 1937 | 女人哀愁 | Nyonin aishu | A Woman's Sorrows | |
| 雪崩 | Nadare | Avalanche | ||
| 禍福 前篇 | Kafuku zempen | Learn from Experience, Part I | ||
| 禍福 後篇 | Kafuku kôhen | Learn from Experience, Part II | ||
| 1938 | 鶴八鶴次郎 | Tsuruhachi Tsurujiro | Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro | |
| 1939 | はたらく一家 | Hatarakku ikka | The Whole Family Works | |
| まごころ | Magokoro | Sincerity | ||
| Films in the 1940s | ||||
| 1940 | 旅役者 | Tabi yakusha | Travelling Actors | |
| 1941 | なつかしの顔 | Natsukashi no kao | A Face from the Past | |
| 上海の月 | Shanhai no tsuki | Shanghai Moon | Incomplete footage survives | |
| 秀子の車掌さん | Hideki no Shasho-San | Hideko the Bus Conductor | ||
| 1942 | 母は死なず | Haha wa shinazu | Mother Never Dies | |
| 1943 | 歌行燈 | Uta andon | The Song Lantern | |
| 1944 | 楽しき哉人生 | Tanoshiki kana jinsei | This Happy Life | |
| 芝居道 | Shibaido | The Way of Drama | ||
| 1945 | 勝利の日まで | Shori no hi made | Until Victory Day | Lost |
| 三十三間堂通し矢物語 | Sanjusangendo toshiya monogatari | A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo | ||
| 1946 | 浦島太郎の後裔 | Urashima Taro no koei | The Descendents of Taro Urashima | |
| 俺もお前も | Ore mo omae mo | Both You and I | ||
| 1947 | 別れも愉し | Wakare mo tanoshi | Even Parting is Enjoyable | Part of anthology film, Yottsu no kai no monogatari (四つの恋の物語, Four Love Stories) |
| 春のめざめ | Haru no mezame | Spring Awakens | ||
| 1949 | 不良少女 | Furyo shojo | The Delinquent Girl | Lost |
| Films in the 1950s | ||||
| 1950 | 石中先生行状記 | Ishinaka Sensei gyojoki | Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka | |
| 怒りの街 | Ikari no machi | Angry Street | ||
| 白い野獣 | Shiroi yaju | White Beast | ||
| 薔薇合戦 | Bara kassen | Battle of Roses | ||
| 1951 | 銀座化粧 | Ginza gesho | Ginza Cosmetics | |
| 舞姫 | Maihime | Dancing Girl | ||
| めし | Meshi | Repast | ||
| 1952 | お国と五平 | Okuni to Gohei | Okuni and Gohei | |
| おかあさん | Okasan | Mother | ||
| 稲妻 | Inazuma | Lightning | ||
| 1953 | 夫婦 | Fufu | Husband and Wife | |
| 妻 | Tsuma | Wife | ||
| あにいもうと | Ani Imoto | Older Brother, Younger Sister | ||
| 1954 | 山の音 | Yama no oto | Sound of the Mountain | Also entitled The Thunder of the Mountain |
| 晩菊 | Bangiku | Late Chrysanthemums | ||
| 1955 | 浮雲 | Ukigumo | Floating Clouds | |
| くちづけ | Kuchizuke | The Kiss | Part of anthology film, Onna Doshi (Women's Ways) | |
| 1956 | 驟雨 | Shūu | Sudden Rain | |
| 妻の心 | Tsuma no kokoro | A Wife's Heart | ||
| 流れる | Nagareru | Flowing | ||
| 1957 | あらくれ | Arakure | Untamed Woman | |
| 1958 | 杏っ子 | Anzukko | ||
| 鰯雲 | Iwashigumo | Herringbone Clouds | Color film | |
| 1959 | コタンの口笛 | Kotan no kuchibue | Whistling in Kotan | Color film; also entitled Whistle in My Heart |
| Films in the 1960s | ||||
| 1960 | 女が階段を上る時 | Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | |
| 娘・妻・母 | Musume tsuma haha | A Daughter, a Wife, and a Mother | Color film | |
| 夜の流れ | Yoru no nagare | Evening Stream | Color film; co-directed with Yuzo Kawashima. | |
| 秋立ちぬ | Aki tachinu | Approach of Autumn | Also entitled Autumn Has Already Started | |
| 1961 | 妻として女として | Tsuma toshite onna toshite | As a Wife, As a Woman | Color film |
| 1962 | 女の座 | Onna no za | A Woman's Place | Also entitled The Wiser Age |
| 放浪記 | Horoki | A Wanderer's Notebook | Also entitled Her Lonely Lane | |
| 1963 | 女の歴史 | Onna no rekishi | A Woman's Life | |
| 1964 | 乱れる | Midareru | Yearning | |
| 1966 | 女の中にいる他人 | Onna no naka ni iru tanin | The Stranger Within a Woman | Also entitled The Thin Line |
| ひき逃げ | Hikinige | Hit and Run | Also entitled Moment of Terror | |
| 1967 | 乱れ雲 | Midaregumo | Scattered Clouds | Color film; also entitled Two in the Shadow. Naruse's final film. |
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