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Kenji Mizoguchi
Born
16 May 1898
Died
24 August 1956
Place
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Directing

Kenji Mizoguchi

Kenji Mizoguchi (16 May 1898 – 24 August 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.

As director

Street of Shame

1956 · Director

Taira Clan Saga

1955 · Director

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955 · Director

Sansho the Bailiff

1954 · Director

Chikamatsu Monogatari

1954 · Director

The Woman in the Rumor

1954 · Director

Ugetsu

1953 · Director

A Geisha

1953 · Director

The Life of Oharu

1952 · Director

Miss Oyu

1951 · Director

The Lady of Musashino

1951 · Director

Portrait of Madame Yuki

1950 · Director

Flame of My Love

1949 · Director

Women of the Night

1948 · Director

The Love of the Actress Sumako

1947 · Director

Utamaro and His Five Women

1946 · Director

Victory of Women

1946 · Director

The Famous Sword Bijomaru

1945 · Director

Victory Song

1945 · Director

Miyamoto Musashi

1944 · Director

The 47 Ronin

1941 · Director

A Man of the Arts

1941 · Director

Osaka Woman

1940 · Director

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939 · Director

Ah, My Hometown

1938 · Director

The Straits of Love and Hate

1937 · Director

Osaka Elegy

1936 · Director

Sisters of the Gion

1936 · Director

Oyuki the Virgin

1935 · Director

The Downfall of Osen

1935 · Director

As actor

Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos

2021 · Self (archive footage)

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

1975 · Self