Kenji Mizoguchi
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.
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Movies (50)
Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as Self
1975
An Osaka Story
Story (Writing)
1957
Sisters of Gion
Original Story (Writing)
1956
Street of Shame
Director (Directing)
1956
Taira Clan Saga
Director (Directing)
1955
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Director (Directing)
1955
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Director (Directing)
1954
The Woman in the Rumor
Director (Directing)
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Director (Directing)
1954
A Geisha
Director (Directing)
1953
Ugetsu
Director (Directing)
1953
The Life of Oharu
Director (Directing)
1952
The Lady of Musashino
Director (Directing)
1951
Miss Oyu
Director (Directing)
1951
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Director (Directing)
1950
Flame of My Love
Director (Directing)
1949
Women of the Night
Director (Directing)
1948
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Director (Directing)
1947
Utamaro and His Five Women
Director (Directing)
1946
Victory of Women
Director (Directing)
1946
Victory Song
Director (Directing)
1945
The Sword
Director (Directing)
1945
Miyamoto Musashi
Director (Directing)
1944
The 47 Ronin
Director (Directing)
1941
A Man of the Arts
Director (Directing)
1941
晴小袖
Compositor (Crew)
1940
Osaka Woman
Director (Directing)
1940
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Director (Directing)
1939
Ah, My Hometown
Director (Directing)
1938
The Straits of Love and Hate
Director (Directing)
1937
Sisters of the Gion
Director (Directing)
1936
Osaka Elegy
Director (Directing)
1936
Poppy
Director (Directing)
1935
Oyuki the Virgin
Director (Directing)
1935
Miss Okichi
Co-Director (Directing)
1935
The Downfall of Osen
Director (Directing)
1935
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
Director (Directing)
1934
The Feast of Gion
Director (Directing)
1933
The Water Magician
Director (Directing)
1933
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
Director (Directing)
1932
And Yet They Go On
Director (Directing)
1931
Mistress of a Foreigner
Director (Directing)
1930
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
Director (Directing)
1930
Tokyo March
Director (Directing)
1929
The Morning Sun Shines
Director (Directing)
1929
Metropolitan Symphony
Director (Directing)
1929
Jihishincho
Director (Directing)
1927
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
Director (Directing)
1926
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
Director (Directing)
1926