Person

Kenji Mizoguchi

Directing · 1898–1956 · 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenji Mizoguchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  Sansho the Bailiff

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  Flame of My Love

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  Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

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• Song of Home

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  Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos

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• Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown

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• Foggy Harbour

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  Utamaro and His Five Women

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  Ugetsu

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• Ah, My Hometown

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• 2021Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dosSelf (archive footage)
• 1975Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film DirectorSelf
• 1957An Osaka StoryStory
• 1956Sisters of GionOriginal Story
• 1956Street of ShameDirector
• 1955Taira Clan SagaDirector
• 1955Princess Yang Kwei-feiDirector
• 1954Chikamatsu MonogatariDirector
• 1954The Woman in the RumorDirector
• 1954Sansho the BailiffDirector
• 1953A GeishaDirector
• 1953UgetsuDirector
• 1952The Life of OharuWriter
• 1951The Lady of MusashinoDirector
• 1951Miss OyuDirector
• 1950Portrait of Madame YukiDirector
• 1949Flame of My LoveDirector
• 1948Women of the NightDirector
• 1947The Love of the Actress SumakoDirector
• 1946Utamaro and His Five WomenDirector
• 1946Victory of WomenDirector
• 1945Victory SongDirector
• 1945The Famous Sword BijomaruDirector
• 1944Miyamoto MusashiDirector
• 1941The 47 RoninDirector
• 1941A Man of the ArtsDirector
• 1940晴小袖Compositor
• 1940Osaka WomanWriter
• 1939The Story of the Last ChrysanthemumDirector
• 1938Ah, My HometownDirector
• 1937The Straits of Love and HateDirector
• 1936Sisters of the GionDirector
• 1936Osaka ElegyDirector
• 1935PoppyDirector
• 1935Miss OkichiCo-Director
• 1935Oyuki the VirginDirector
• 1935The Downfall of OsenDirector
• 1934The Mountain Pass of Love and HateDirector
• 1933The Feast of GionDirector
• 1933The Water MagicianDirector
• 1932The Dawn of Manchuria and MongoliaDirector
• 1931And Yet They Go OnDirector
• 1930Mistress of a ForeignerDirector
• 1930Yoshie Fujiwara's HometownDirector
• 1929Tokyo MarchDirector
• 1929The Morning Sun ShinesDirector
• 1929Metropolitan SymphonyDirector
• 1927JihishinchoDirector
• 1926The Passion of a Woman TeacherDirector
• 1926A Paper Doll's Whisper of SpringDirector
• 1925Song of HomeDirector
• 1925Smiling EarthDirector
• 1923Blood and SoulDirector
• 1923Foggy HarbourDirector
• 1923The Adventures of Arsène LupinDirector
• 1923The HomelandDirector
• 1923The Day Love Came BackDirector