Kenji Mizoguchi
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday16 May 1898
Died24 August 1956 (age 58)
Place of birthAsakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Known credits58
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 Wi…
Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975 · Self
An Osaka Story
1957 · Story
Sisters of Gion
1956 · Original Story
Street of Shame
1956 · Director
Taira Clan Saga
1955 · Director
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 · Director
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954 · Director
The Woman in the Rumor
1954 · Director
Sansho the Bailiff
1954 · Director
A Geisha
1953 · Director
Ugetsu
1953 · Director
The Life of Oharu
1952 · Director
The Life of Oharu
1952 · Writer
The Life of Oharu
1952 · Producer
The Lady of Musashino
1951 · Director
Miss Oyu
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
Victory Song
1945 · Director
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
1945 · Director
Miyamoto Musashi
1944 · Director
The 47 Ronin
1941 · Director
A Man of the Arts
1941 · Director
晴小袖
1940 · Compositor
Osaka Woman
1940 · Director
Osaka Woman
1940 · Writer
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1939 · Director
Ah, My Hometown
1938 · Director
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937 · Director
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937 · Writer
Sisters of the Gion
1936 · Director
Sisters of the Gion
1936 · Writer
Osaka Elegy
1936 · Director
Osaka Elegy
1936 · Story
Poppy
1935 · Director
Miss Okichi
1935 · Co-Director
Oyuki the Virgin
1935 · Director
The Downfall of Osen
1935 · Director
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
1934 · Director
The Feast of Gion
1933 · Director
The Feast of Gion
1933 · Writer
The Water Magician
1933 · Director
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
1932 · Director
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