Kenji Mizoguchi

Birthday: 1898-05-16
Deathday: 1956-08-24
Birthplace: Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male

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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Credits

Year Title
1956-03-18 Street of Shame
1955-09-21 Taira Clan Saga
1955-05-03 Princess Yang Kwei Fei
1954-11-23 The Crucified Lovers
1954-06-20 The Woman in the Rumor
1954-03-31 Sansho the Bailiff
1953-08-12 A Geisha
1953-03-26 Ugetsu
1952-04-17 The Life of Oharu
1951-09-14 The Lady of Musashino
1951-06-22 Miss Oyu
1950-10-21 Portrait of Madame Yuki
1949-02-13 Flame of My Love
1948-05-26 Women of the Night
1947-08-16 The Love of the Actress Sumako
1946-12-17 Utamaro and His Five Women
1946-04-18 Victory of Women
1945-02-22 Victory Song
1945-02-08 The Sword
1944-12-29 Miyamoto Musashi
1941-12-08 The 47 Ronin
1941-02-09 A Man of the Arts
1940-09-19 Osaka Woman
1939-10-13 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1938-10-06 Ah, My Hometown
1937-06-17 The Straits of Love and Hate
1936-10-15 Sisters of the Gion
1936-05-28 Osaka Elegy
1935-10-31 Poppy
1935-10-05 Oyuki the Virgin
1935-01-20 The Downfall of Osen
1934-09-01 The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
1933-08-31 The Feast of Gion
1933-06-01 The Water Magician
1932-09-29 The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
1931-06-12 And Yet They Go On
1930-07-01 Mistress of a Foreigner
1930-03-14 Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
1929-05-31 Tokyo March
1929-04-12 The Morning Sun Shines
1929-01-02 Metropolitan Symphony
1927-09-15 Jihishincho
1926-07-14 The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1926-02-28 A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
1925-09-16 Song of Home
1925-04-10 Smiling Earth
1923-11-09 Blood and Soul
1923-07-29 Foggy Harbour
1923-05-31 The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1923-02-25 The Homeland
1923-02-04 The Day Love Came Back