Kenji Mizoguchi
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1898-05-16
Day of Death
1956-08-24 (58 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
Acting
(2021)
Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos
as Self (archive footage)
(1975)
Crew
(1957)
An Osaka Story
Story
(1956)
Street of Shame
Director
(1956)
Sisters of Gion
Original Story
(1955)
Taira Clan Saga
Director
(1955)
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
Director
(1954)
Sansho the Bailiff
Director
(1954)
The Crucified Lovers
Director
(1954)
The Woman in the Rumor
Director
(1953)
Ugetsu
Director
(1953)
A Geisha
Director
(1952)
The Life of Oharu
Director, Writer, Producer
(1951)
Miss Oyu
Director
(1951)
The Lady of Musashino
Director
(1950)
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Director
(1949)
Flame of My Love
Director
(1948)
Women of the Night
Director
(1947)
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Director
(1946)
Utamaro and His Five Women
Director
(1946)
Victory of Women
Director
(1945)
The Sword
Director
(1945)
Victory Song
Director
(1944)
Miyamoto Musashi
Director
(1941)
The 47 Ronin
Director
(1941)
A Man of the Arts
Director
(1940)
Osaka Woman
Director, Writer
(1940)
晴小袖
Compositor
(1939)
(1938)
Ah, My Hometown
Director
(1937)
The Straits of Love and Hate
Director, Writer
(1936)
Osaka Elegy
Director, Story
(1936)
Sisters of the Gion
Director, Writer
(1935)
Oyuki the Virgin
Director
(1935)
Miss Okichi
Co-Director
(1935)
The Downfall of Osen
Director
(1935)
Poppy
Director
(1934)
(1933)
The Water Magician
Director
(1933)
The Feast of Gion
Director, Writer
(1932)
(1931)
And Yet They Go On
Director
(1930)
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
Director
(1930)
Mistress of a Foreigner
Director
(1929)
Tokyo March
Director
(1929)
The Morning Sun Shines
Director
(1929)
Metropolitan Symphony
Director
(1927)
Jihishincho
Director
(1926)
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
Director
(1926)
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
Director
(1925)
Song of Home
Director
(1925)
Smiling Earth
Director
(1923)
Foggy Harbour
Director
(1923)
Blood and Soul
Director
(1923)
The Day Love Came Back
Director
(1923)
The Homeland
Writer, Director
(1923)
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
Director, Screenplay