In Plain Sight is a podcast dedicated to examining some of our favorite directors who, maybe, don’t get the kind of recognition they deserve. Each season will cover a director, with each episode covering a selection from a wide range of their greatest films. The films we discuss on our main podcasts are generally available on the Criterion Channel, Mubi, or Kanopy.
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In Plain Sight is a podcast dedicated to examining some of our favorite directors who, maybe, don’t get the kind of recognition they deserve. Each season will cover a director, with each episode covering a selection from a wide range of their greatest films. The films we discuss on our main podcasts are generally available on the Criterion Channel, Mubi, or Kanopy.
Naruse - Episode 4 - Three Sisters With Maiden Hearts and Wife! Be Like a Rose!
In Plain Sight
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Naruse - Episode 4 - Three Sisters With Maiden Hearts and Wife! Be Like a Rose!
On today’s episode, we discuss two Mikio Naruse films from 1935 – Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts and Wife! Be Like a Rose! We discuss the visual style of Naruse’s early sound era and how he developed his approach to narrative structure. Our latest episodes on Naruse’s films are in conjunction with the retrospective in New York that Japan Society and Metrograph are hosting – “Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us.” The retrospective is also set to travel to Berkeley. BAMPFA will be hosting from July 3 to December 21, 2025. We include the links to the retrospective schedules below: - New York’s Mikio Naruse retrospective - Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us - Japan Society - https://japansociety.org/film/mikio-naruse-the-world-betrays-us/ - Metrograph - https://metrograph.com/category/mikio-naruse/- Berkeley’s Mikio Naruse retrospective at BAMPFA - https://bampfa.org/program/mikio-naruse-auteur-salaryman - A Mikio Naruse Companion by Dan Sallitt - https://mikionaruse.wordpress.com/ - Mikio Naruse: A Master of Japanese Cinema by Audie Bock - https://www.worldcat.org/title/17227763 - Japanese Film Directors by Audie Bock - https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-film-directors-Audie-Bock/dp/0870113046 - Hosted by Aret Frost (@armoscientist) and Tony Huang (@Tghuang) - Ryan Swen (@swen_ryan): Consultant - Substack with weekly film writing - inplainsightcinema.substack.com - Twitter: @IPS_Pod - Instagram: @ipsfilm - Bluesky: @ipsfilm.bsky.social - Email: ipsfilmpodcast@gmail.com
In Plain Sight
In Plain Sight is a podcast dedicated to examining some of our favorite directors who, maybe, don’t get the kind of recognition they deserve. Each season will cover a director, with each episode covering a selection from a wide range of their greatest films. The films we discuss on our main podcasts are generally available on the Criterion Channel, Mubi, or Kanopy.
