Naruse – Episode 3 – Silents

This episode continues our inaugural season, discussing the films of Mikio Naruse. The topics of conversation are 1931’s Flunky, Work Hard!; 1933's Every-Night Dreams; and 1933's Apart From You; which can all be found on the Criterion Channel.


In Plain Sight is hosted by Aret Frost and Tony Huang, and produced by Ryan Swen. This episode was co-edited by CZ Jin.



  • Hosted by Aret Frost (@armoscientist) and Tony Huang (@Tghuang)

  • Produced by Ryan Swen (@swen_ryan)

  • Co-edited by CZ Jin


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