Kenji Mizoguchi

Directing·May 16, 1898·Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

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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.

Film	Credit
Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos2021 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director1975 · Self	Self
Street of Shame1956 · Director	Director
Taira Clan Saga1955 · Director	Director
Princess Yang Kwei-fei1955 · Director	Director
Chikamatsu Monogatari1954 · Director	Director
The Woman in the Rumor1954 · Director	Director
Sansho the Bailiff1954 · Director	Director
A Geisha1953 · Director	Director
Ugetsu1953 · Director	Director
The Life of Oharu1952 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Lady of Musashino1951 · Director	Director
Miss Oyu1951 · Director	Director
Portrait of Madame Yuki1950 · Director	Director
Flame of My Love1949 · Director	Director
Women of the Night1948 · Director	Director
The Love of the Actress Sumako1947 · Director	Director
Utamaro and His Five Women1946 · Director	Director
Victory of Women1946 · Director	Director
Victory Song1945 · Director	Director
The Famous Sword Bijomaru1945 · Director	Director
Miyamoto Musashi1944 · Director	Director
The 47 Ronin1941 · Director	Director
A Man of the Arts1941 · Director	Director
Osaka Woman1940 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum1939 · Director	Director
AAh, My Hometown1938 · Director	Director
The Straits of Love and Hate1937 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Sisters of the Gion1936 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Osaka Elegy1936 · Director	Director
Poppy1935 · Director	Director
Oyuki the Virgin1935 · Director	Director
The Downfall of Osen1935 · Director	Director
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate1934 · Director	Director
The Feast of Gion1933 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Water Magician1933 · Director	Director
TThe Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia1932 · Director	Director
And Yet They Go On1931 · Director	Director
MMistress of a Foreigner1930 · Director	Director
YYoshie Fujiwara's Hometown1930 · Director	Director
Tokyo March1929 · Director	Director
The Morning Sun Shines1929 · Director	Director
Metropolitan Symphony1929 · Director	Director
JJihishincho1927 · Director	Director
The Passion of a Woman Teacher1926 · Director	Director
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring1926 · Director	Director
SSong of Home1925 · Director	Director
Smiling Earth1925 · Director	Director