Directed by Mikio Naruse • 1932 • Japan
Starring Shinyo Nara, Yukiko Tsukuba, Hisako Kojima
In NO BLOOD RELATION, a gripping early example of Mikio Naruse’s cinematic boldness, featuring a screenplay by Yasujiro Ozu’s famed collaborator Kogo Noda, an actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years before.
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Apart from You
Directed by Mikio Naruse • 1933 • Japan
Starring Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Akio Isono, Sumiko MizukuboFor 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 fo...
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Every-Night Dreams
Directed by Mikio Naruse • 1933 • Japan
Starring Sumiko Kurishima, Tatsuo Saito, Teruko KojimaIn the formally ravishing EVERY-NIGHT DREAMS, set in the dockside neighborhoods of Tokyo, a single mother works tirelessly as a Ginza bar hostess to ensure a better life for her young son—until her lon...
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Street Without End
Directed by Mikio Naruse • 1934 • Japan
Starring Setsuko Shinobu, Akio Isono, Hikaru YamanouchiMikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some intrigued movie talent scouts, ends up taking a suffocat...
