Kenji Mizoguchi

Director · Writer · Producer· Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

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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Filmography

38 credits across 3 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
1956	Street of Shame	Director	Film
1955	Taira Clan Saga	Director	Film
1955	Princess Yang Kwei-fei	Director	Film
1954	The Woman in the Rumor	Director	Film
1954	Sansho the Bailiff	Director	Film
1954	Chikamatsu Monogatari	Director	Film
1953	A Geisha	Director	Film
1953	Ugetsu	Director	Film
1952	The Life of Oharu	Director	Film
1952	The Life of Oharu	Writer	Film
1952	The Life of Oharu	Producer	Film
1951	The Lady of Musashino	Director	Film
1951	Miss Oyu	Director	Film
1950	Portrait of Madame Yuki	Director	Film
1949	Flame of My Love	Director	Film
1948	Women of the Night	Director	Film
1947	The Love of the Actress Sumako	Director	Film
1946	Utamaro and His Five Women	Director	Film
1945	The Famous Sword Bijomaru	Director	Film
1944	Miyamoto Musashi	Director	Film
1941	The 47 Ronin	Director	Film
1939	The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum	Director	Film
1938	Ah, My Hometown	Director	Film
1936	Sisters of the Gion	Director	Film
1936	Osaka Elegy	Director	Film
1936	Sisters of the Gion	Writer	Film
1935	Oyuki the Virgin	Director	Film
1935	The Downfall of Osen	Director	Film
1935	Poppy	Director	Film
1933	The Water Magician	Director	Film
1930	Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown	Director	Film
1929	The Morning Sun Shines	Director	Film
1929	Tokyo March	Director	Film
1925	Song of Home	Director	Film
1925	Smiling Earth	Director	Film
1923	The Adventures of Arsène Lupin	Director	Film
1923	Blood and Soul	Director	Film
1923	Foggy Harbour	Director	Film

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