Directed by Mikio Naruse • 1933 • Japan
Starring Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Akio Isono, Sumiko Mizukubo
For APART FROM YOU, Mikio Naruse turned his camera on the lives of working women, which he would continue to do throughout his long career. In this gently devastating drama, a critical breakthrough for the director, he contrasts the life of an aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, with that of her youthful counterpart, a lovely young girl resentful of her family for forcing her into a life of ignominy.
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Street Without End
Directed by Mikio Naruse • 1934 • Japan
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Directed by Mikio Naruse • 1951 • Japan
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