Mikio Naruse Movies

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

The main focus is on the 5 member band of a small circus as it runs into problems while touring rural Japan. It also pays lots of attention to the...

Silent comedic short by Mikio Naruse

Because his style was similar to that of Yasujiro Ozu, who was already active at Shochiku, he moved to PCL (currently Toho) in 1933, where he...