Kenji Mizoguchi
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 …
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Filmography
Acting (2)
Crew (64)
Movies (64)
An Osaka Story
1957Story
Street of Shame
1956Director
Sisters of Gion
1956Original Story
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955Director
Taira Clan Saga
1955Director
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954Director
Sansho the Bailiff
1954Director
The Woman in the Rumor
1954Director
Ugetsu
1953Director
A Geisha
1953Director
The Life of Oharu
1952Director
The Life of Oharu
1952Producer
The Life of Oharu
1952Writer
The Lady of Musashino
1951Director
Miss Oyu
1951Director
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950Director
Flame of My Love
1949Director
Women of the Night
1948Director
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947Director
Victory of Women
1946Director
Utamaro and His Five Women
1946Director
The Sword
1945Director
Victory Song
1945Director
Miyamoto Musashi
1944Director
The 47 Ronin
1941Director
A Man of the Arts
1941Director
晴小袖
1940Compositor
Osaka Woman
1940Director
Osaka Woman
1940Writer
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1939Director
Ah, My Hometown
1938Director
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937Director
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937Writer
Osaka Elegy
1936Director
Osaka Elegy
1936Story
Sisters of the Gion
1936Director
Sisters of the Gion
1936Writer
Miss Okichi
1935Co-Director
The Downfall of Osen
1935Director
Poppy
1935Director
Oyuki the Virgin
1935Director
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
1934Director
The Feast of Gion
1933Director
The Feast of Gion
1933Writer
The Water Magician
1933Director
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
1932Director
And Yet They Go On
1931Director
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
1930Director
Mistress of a Foreigner
1930Director
Metropolitan Symphony
1929Director
Tokyo March
1929Director
The Morning Sun Shines
1929Director
Jihishincho
1927Director
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1926Director
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
1926Director
Smiling Earth
1925Director
Song of Home
1925Director
Blood and Soul
1923Director
The Homeland
1923Director
The Homeland
1923Writer
The Day Love Came Back
1923Director
Foggy Harbour
1923Director
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1923Director
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1923Screenplay
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