The Cinema of Naruse Mikio: Women and Japanese Modernity is a nonfiction book by Catherine Russell, published in 2008 by Duke University Press.
[1] The book focuses on the director's interactions with female actresses, including Setsuko Hara, Hideko Takamine,[2] Kinuyo Tanaka,[3] and Yoko Tsukasa.
Rachael Hutchinson of the University of Delaware stated that the fact that Russell did not come from a Japanese speaking background gives the work an "external viewpoint".
[4] The book compares Naruse to other directors,[2] and discusses the body of films that was then-released, which numbered 67.
The work classifies the films into six categories based on time period, and examines them chronologically.