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Kenji Mizoguchi

Kenji Mizoguchi

Director
Director
Director
Director
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Director
Street of Shame
Director
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Ugetsu KNOWN FOR
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as Director Ugetsu
Born 1898 (age 58) · Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Appears in 57 titles

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.

Filmography

Ugetsu
8.0
Ugetsu
1953
Director
Sansho the Bailiff
8.1
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
Director
The Life of Oharu
7.7
The Life of Oharu
1952
Director
Chikamatsu Monogatari
7.8
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
Director
Street of Shame
7.7
Street of Shame
1956
Director
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
7.8
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1939
Director
Sisters of the Gion
7.1
Sisters of the Gion
1936
Director
The 47 Ronin
6.9
The 47 Ronin
1941
Director
Osaka Elegy
6.7
Osaka Elegy
1936
Director
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
6.7
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Director
A Geisha
7.5
A Geisha
1953
Director
Miss Oyu
7.2
Miss Oyu
1951
Director
The Woman in the Rumor
7.3
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
Director
Utamaro and His Five Women
7.2
Utamaro and His Five Women
1946
Director
Taira Clan Saga
6.8
Taira Clan Saga
1955
Director
Women of the Night
7.1
Women of the Night
1948
Director
Portrait of Madame Yuki
6.7
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
Director
Tokyo March
6.1
Tokyo March
1929
Director
The Water Magician
7.3
The Water Magician
1933
Director
The Lady of Musashino
6.2
The Lady of Musashino
1951
Director