Kenji Mizoguchi
56 movies
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 16, 1898
- Died
- Aug 24, 1956 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- 溝口 健二 · 미조구치 켄지 · 겐지 미조구치 · 켄지 미조구치
Biography
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Kenji Mizoguchi: movies and TV shows
Behind the camera (56)
- 1957 An Osaka Story
Story
- 1956 Sisters of Gion
Original Story
- 1956 Street of Shame
Director
- 1955 Taira Clan Saga
Director
- 1955 Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Director
- 1954 Chikamatsu Monogatari
Director
- 1954 The Woman in the Rumor
Director
- 1954 Sansho the Bailiff
Director
- 1953 A Geisha
Director
- 1953 Ugetsu
Director
- 1952 The Life of Oharu
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1951 The Lady of Musashino
Director
- 1951 Miss Oyu
Director
- 1950 Portrait of Madame Yuki
Director
- 1949 Flame of My Love
Director
- 1948 Women of the Night
Director
- 1947 The Love of the Actress Sumako
Director
- 1946 Utamaro and His Five Women
Director
- 1946 Victory of Women
Director
- 1945 Victory Song
Director
- 1945 The Famous Sword Bijomaru
Director
- 1944 Miyamoto Musashi
Director
- 1941 The 47 Ronin
Director
- 1941 A Man of the Arts
Director
- 1940 晴小袖
Compositor
- 1940 Osaka Woman
Director, Writer
- 1939 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Director
- 1938 Ah, My Hometown
Director
- 1937 The Straits of Love and Hate
Director, Writer
- 1936 Sisters of the Gion
Director, Writer
- 1936 Osaka Elegy
Director, Story
- 1935 Poppy
Director
- 1935 Miss Okichi
Co-Director
- 1935 Oyuki the Virgin
Director
- 1935 The Downfall of Osen
Director
- 1934 The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
Director
- 1933 The Feast of Gion
Director, Writer
- 1933 The Water Magician
Director
- 1932 The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
Director
- 1931 And Yet They Go On
Director
- 1930 Mistress of a Foreigner
Director
- 1930 Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
Director
- 1929 Tokyo March
Director
- 1929 The Morning Sun Shines
Director
- 1929 Metropolitan Symphony
Director
- 1927 Jihishincho
Director
- 1926 The Passion of a Woman Teacher
Director
- 1926 A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
Director
- 1925 Song of Home
Director
- 1925 Smiling Earth
Director
- 1924 Chronicle of May Rain
Director
- 1923 Blood and Soul
Director
- 1923 Foggy Harbour
Director
- 1923 The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
Director, Screenplay
- 1923 The Homeland
Director, Writer
- 1923 The Day Love Came Back
Director
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2021
- 1975