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Kenji Mizoguchi

Kenji Mizoguchi

Director · Born 1898-05-16 · Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

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Biography

Kenji Mizoguchi (May 16, 1898 – August 24, 1956) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu (1953) won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Mizoguchi is renowned for his mastery of the long take and mise-en-scène. "His films have an extraordinary force and purity. They shake and move the viewer by the power, refinement and compassion with which they confront human suffering." Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenji Mizoguchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed

  1. Ugetsu (1953) — Director
  2. Sansho the Bailiff (1954) — Director
  3. The Life of Oharu (1952) — Director
  4. Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954) — Director
  5. Street of Shame (1956) — Director
  6. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939) — Director
  7. Sisters of the Gion (1936) — Director
  8. The 47 Ronin (1941) — Director
  9. Osaka Elegy (1936) — Director
  10. Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) — Director
  11. A Geisha (1953) — Director
  12. Miss Oyu (1951) — Director
  13. The Woman in the Rumor (1954) — Director
  14. Utamaro and His Five Women (1946) — Director
  15. Taira Clan Saga (1955) — Director
  16. Women of the Night (1948) — Director
  17. Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950) — Director
  18. Tokyo March (1929) — Director
  19. The Lady of Musashino (1951) — Director
  20. The Water Magician (1933) — Director
  21. Oyuki the Virgin (1935) — Director
  22. The Morning Sun Shines (1929) — Director
  23. Miyamoto Musashi (1944) — Director
  24. Flame of My Love (1949) — Director
  25. The Famous Sword Bijomaru (1945) — Director
  26. The Downfall of Osen (1935) — Director
  27. Song of Home (1925) — Director
  28. The Straits of Love and Hate (1937) — Director
  29. Mistress of a Foreigner (1930) — Director
  30. The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947) — Director
  31. Poppy (1935) — Director
  32. Victory Song (1945) — Director
  33. Victory of Women (1946) — Director
  34. Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown (1930) — Director
  35. The Feast of Gion (1933) — Director
  36. A Man of the Arts (1941) — Director
  37. Osaka Woman (1940) — Director
  38. Foggy Harbour (1923) — Director
  39. Ah, My Hometown (1938) — Director
  40. Blood and Soul (1923) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975) — Self
  2. Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos (2021) — Self (archive footage)