Mikio Naruse: Mikio Naruse. Director: Floating Clouds. Considered a major figure of Japan's 'golden age of cinema', Mikio Naruse was a filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer who directed 89 films in the period 1930 to 1967. Although Naruse's work is lesser known in the twenty-first century than those of his contemporaries Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Yasujirô Ozu, his films remain unique in the way they give a central place to female characters....
Known For: Floating Clouds (Director), Repast (Director), Wife! Be Like a Rose! (Director), Lightning (Director)