Kenji Mizoguchi

Director

Born: May 16, 1898 (58 years old)

Died: August 24, 1956

Place of birth: Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

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

Filmography (30)

• Sansho the Bailiff (1954, ★ 8.1)
• Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975, ★ 7.1)
• Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954, ★ 7.8)
• Ugetsu (1953, ★ 8)
• Street of Shame (1956, ★ 7.7)
• The Life of Oharu (1952, ★ 7.7)
• A Geisha (1953, ★ 7.5)
• Tokyo March (1929, ★ 6)
• Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950, ★ 6.7)
• The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947, ★ 6.8)
• Miss Oyu (1951, ★ 7.2)
• The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939, ★ 7.8)
• Osaka Elegy (1936, ★ 6.7)
• Taira Clan Saga (1955, ★ 6.8)
• The Woman in the Rumor (1954, ★ 7.2)
• The 47 Ronin (1941, ★ 6.9)
• Oyuki the Virgin (1935, ★ 5.2)
• The Morning Sun Shines (1929, ★ 5.5)
• The Lady of Musashino (1951, ★ 5.9)
• Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955, ★ 6.7)
• Sisters of the Gion (1936, ★ 7.1)
• Women of the Night (1948, ★ 7.1)
• Utamaro and His Five Women (1946, ★ 7.1)
• The Downfall of Osen (1935, ★ 7.6)
• The Water Magician (1933, ★ 7.2)
• The Straits of Love and Hate (1937, ★ 7.2)
• Miyamoto Musashi (1944, ★ 6.1)
• Flame of My Love (1949, ★ 5.1)
• The Sword (1945, ★ 5.8)
• An Osaka Story (1957, ★ 5.4)