Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
Born May 16, 1898 in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan · Died August 24, 1956 (aged 58)
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."
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Directed 23
LearningStreet of Shame1956
LearningTaira Clan Saga1955
Princess Yang Kwei-fei1955
LearningChikamatsu Monogatari1954
LearningThe Woman in the Rumor1954
Sansho the Bailiff1954
Ugetsu1953
The Life of Oharu1952
LearningThe Lady of Musashino1951
LearningPortrait of Madame Yuki1950
LearningThe Love of the Actress Sumako1947
LearningUtamaro and His Five Women1946
LearningThe Famous Sword Bijomaru1945
The 47 Ronin1941
LearningThe Story of the Last Chrysanthemum1939
The Straits of Love and Hate1937
LearningSisters of the Gion1936
LearningOsaka Elegy1936
LearningThe Downfall of Osen1935
LearningThe Water Magician1933- Yoshie Fujiwara's HometownLearningYoshie Fujiwara's Hometown1930
LearningMetropolitan Symphony1929
LearningThe Adventures of Arsène Lupin1923
