Wikipedia:Cinema Collaboration of the Week/Mikio Naruse

Mikio Naruse (1 June, 2005)
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 * 1) Jun-Dai 19:50, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * This article is important because Mikio Naruse is one of the major figures of Japanese cinema. His role in the development of a national Japanese cinema is on par with the likes of Yasujirō Ozu and Kenji Mizoguchi, as is his role in the development of filmmaking as an investigation of family.  Information on him can be found in the usual places (imdb, google), as well as Senses of Cinema.  Any reference book on film history in general, or on Japanese film in general, is bound to have helpful information (particularly in contextualizing his body of work).  If your curiosity has been piqued, you might be able to hunt down a copy of Audie Bock's Naruse: A Master of the Japanese Cinema (it's out of print).  I confess I have not seen any of his films, but I want to badly.  Criterion is rumored to be putting out a film or more of his in the near future, which will probably generate searches on this (currently non-existent) article. Jun-Dai 19:50, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)