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Kenji Mizoguchi

Born May 16, 1898Died August 24, 1956 (58)JapanAsakusa, Tokyo, Japan58 creditsIMDb

Kenji Mizoguchi (16 May 1898 – 24 August 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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Ugetsu1953 · Director
Sansho the Bailiff1954 · Director
The Life of Oharu1952 · Director
Street of Shame1956 · Director
Chikamatsu Monogatari1954 · Director
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum1939 · Director
Sisters of the Gion1936 · Director
The 47 Ronin1941 · Director
Osaka Elegy1936 · Director
Princess Yang Kwei-fei1955 · Director
A Geisha1953 · Director
Miss Oyu1951 · Director
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Ugetsu1953 · Director
Street of Shame1956 · Director
Sansho the Bailiff1954 · Director
Chikamatsu Monogatari1954 · Director
Song of Home1925 · Director
The Life of Oharu1952 · Director
Princess Yang Kwei-fei1955 · Director
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum1939 · Director
Portrait of Madame Yuki1950 · Director
A Geisha1953 · Director
The 47 Ronin1941 · Director
Sisters of the Gion1936 · Director
Flame of My Love1949 · Director
The Woman in the Rumor1954 · Director
Taira Clan Saga1955 · Director
Oyuki the Virgin1935 · Director
Osaka Elegy1936 · Director
Miss Oyu1951 · Director
Utamaro and His Five Women1946 · Director
Women of the Night1948 · Director
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin1923 · Director
The Lady of Musashino1951 · Director
The Water Magician1933 · Director
Poppy1935 · Director
The Straits of Love and Hate1937 · Director
The Love of the Actress Sumako1947 · Director
Victory Song1945 · Director
Ah, My Hometown1938 · Director
Foggy Harbour1923 · Director
Victory of Women1946 · Director
Miyamoto Musashi1944 · Director
The Day Love Came Back1923 · Director
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown1930 · Director
Chronicle of May Rain1924 · Director
Mistress of a Foreigner1930 · Director
Tokyo March1929 · Director