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Kenji Mizoguchi

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1898-05-16

Deathday: 1956-08-24 (58 years old)

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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Filmography

all 56

Movies 56

Director 52

Writer 2

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Self (archive footage)

Kenji Mizoguchi

Biography

Filmography

all 56

Movies 56

Director 52

Writer 2

self 1

Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos (2021)

An Osaka Story (1957)

Sisters of Gion (1956)

Street of Shame (1956)

Taira Clan Saga (1955)

Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)

The Crucified Lovers (1954)

The Woman in the Rumor (1954)

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

A Geisha (1953)

Ugetsu (1953)

The Life of Oharu (1952)

The Lady of Musashino (1951)

Miss Oyu (1951)

Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)

Flame of My Love (1949)

Women of the Night (1948)

The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947)

Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)

Victory of Women (1946)

Victory Song (1945)

The Sword (1945)

Miyamoto Musashi (1944)

The 47 Ronin (1941)

A Man of the Arts (1941)

晴小袖 (1940)

Osaka Woman (1940)

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)

Ah, My Hometown (1938)

The Straits of Love and Hate (1937)

Sisters of the Gion (1936)

Osaka Elegy (1936)

Poppy (1935)

Oyuki the Virgin (1935)

Miss Okichi (1935)

The Downfall of Osen (1935)

The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate (1934)

The Feast of Gion (1933)

The Water Magician (1933)

The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia (1932)

And Yet They Go On (1931)

Mistress of a Foreigner (1930)

Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown (1930)

The Morning Sun Shines (1929)

Metropolitan Symphony (1929)

Tokyo March (1929)

Jihishincho (1927)

The Passion of a Woman Teacher (1926)

A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring (1926)

Song of Home (1925)

Smiling Earth (1925)

Blood and Soul (1923)

Foggy Harbour (1923)

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1923)

The Homeland (1923)

The Day Love Came Back (1923)

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Information

Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

Birthday1898-05-16

Deathday1956-08-24 (58 years old)

Birth PlaceAsakusa, Tokyo, Japan

CitizenshipsJapan

Also Known As溝口 健二, 미조구치 켄지, Кэндзи Мидзогути, 미조구치 겐지, 겐지 미조구치, 켄지 미조구치

AwardsSilver Lion, Golden Lion, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director

Credited with

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1898-05-16

Deathday
1956-08-24 (58 years old)

Birth Place
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

Citizenships
Japan

Also Known As
溝口健二, 미조구치 켄지, Кэндзи Мидзогути, 미조구치 겐지, 겐지 미조구치, 켄지 미조구치

Awards
Silver Lion, Golden Lion, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director