Kenji Mizoguchi
Directing
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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Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Kenji Mizoguchi
Ugetsu
1953
Filmography
Acting (2)
2021
Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dosas Self (archive footage)
4.0
1975
7.2
Production & Directing (65)
1957
An Osaka StoryStory
6.0
1956
Sisters of GionOriginal Story
1956
Street of ShameDirector
7.7
1955
Taira Clan SagaDirector
6.8
1955
Princess Yang Kwei-feiDirector
6.7
1954
Chikamatsu MonogatariDirector
7.8
1954
The Woman in the RumorDirector
7.3
1954
Sansho the BailiffDirector
8.1
1953
A GeishaDirector
7.6
1953
UgetsuDirector
8.0
1952
The Life of OharuDirector
7.8
1952
The Life of OharuWriter
7.8
1952
The Life of OharuProducer
7.8
1951
The Lady of MusashinoDirector
6.3
1951
Miss OyuDirector
7.2
1950
Portrait of Madame YukiDirector
6.8
1949
Flame of My LoveDirector
5.6
1948
Women of the NightDirector
7.1
1947
The Love of the Actress SumakoDirector
7.0
1946
Utamaro and His Five WomenDirector
7.1
1946
Victory of WomenDirector
7.1
1945
Victory SongDirector
5.7
1945
The Famous Sword BijomaruDirector
6.1
1944
Miyamoto MusashiDirector
6.4
1941
The 47 RoninDirector
6.9
1941
A Man of the ArtsDirector
9.0
1940
晴小袖Compositor
1940
Osaka WomanDirector
7.0
1940
Osaka WomanWriter
7.0
1939
7.8
1938
Ah, My HometownDirector
9.0
1937
The Straits of Love and HateDirector
7.4
1937
7.4
1936
Sisters of the GionDirector
7.1
1936
Sisters of the GionWriter
7.1
1936
Osaka ElegyDirector
6.7
1936
Osaka ElegyStory
6.7
1935
PoppyDirector
6.6
1935
Miss OkichiCo-Director
6.0
1935
Oyuki the VirginDirector
5.4
1935
The Downfall of OsenDirector
7.5
1934
8.0
1933
The Feast of GionDirector
7.5
1933
The Feast of GionWriter
7.5
1933
The Water MagicianDirector
7.3
1932
8.0
1931
And Yet They Go OnDirector
9.0
1930
Mistress of a ForeignerDirector
6.3
1930
Yoshie Fujiwara's HometownDirector
7.0
1929
Tokyo MarchDirector
6.1
1929
The Morning Sun ShinesDirector
5.8
1929
Metropolitan SymphonyDirector
10.0
1927
JihishinchoDirector
7.0
1926
The Passion of a Woman TeacherDirector
7.0
1926
A Paper Doll's Whisper of SpringDirector
8.0
1925
Song of HomeDirector
5.4
1925
Smiling EarthDirector
7.0
1924
Chronicle of May RainDirector
1923
Blood and SoulDirector
7.0
1923
Foggy HarbourDirector
10.0
1923
The Adventures of Arsène LupinDirector
7.0
1923
The Adventures of Arsène LupinScreenplay
7.0
1923
The HomelandWriter
9.0
1923
The HomelandDirector
9.0
1923
The Day Love Came BackDirector
10.0