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Kenji Mizoguchi

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
2

Gender
Male

Birthday
May 16, 1898 (128 years old)

Place of Birth
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

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."

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Known For

Writing

1957An Osaka Story...Story
1956Sisters of Gion...Original Story
1952The Life of Oharu...Writer
1940Osaka Woman...Writer
1937The Straits of Love and Hate...Writer
1936Sisters of the Gion...Writer
1936Osaka Elegy...Story
1933The Feast of Gion...Writer
1923The Adventures of Arsène Lupin...Screenplay
1923The Homeland...Writer

Directing

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

Production

1952The Life of Oharu...Producer

Crew

1940晴小袖...Compositor

Acting

2021Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dosas Self (archive footage)
1975Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Directoras Self