Kenji Mizoguchi
Known for: Director
Born: 16 May 1898, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 24 August 1956
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.
Directed / Created
Street of Shame
Taira Clan Saga
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Chikamatsu Monogatari
The Woman in the Rumor
Sansho the Bailiff
A Geisha
Ugetsu
The Life of Oharu
The Lady of Musashino
Miss Oyu
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Flame of My Love
Women of the Night
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Utamaro and His Five Women
Victory of Women
Victory Song
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
Miyamoto Musashi
The 47 Ronin
A Man of the Arts
Osaka Woman
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Ah, My Hometown
The Straits of Love and Hate
Sisters of the Gion
Osaka Elegy
Poppy
Oyuki the Virgin