Kenji Mizoguchi
Directing
- Born
- May 16, 1898 · Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- August 24, 1956 (age 58)
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.
Known for
Ugetsu
March 26, 1953
Sansho the Bailiff
March 31, 1954
The Life of Oharu
April 17, 1952
Street of Shame
March 18, 1956
Chikamatsu Monogatari
November 23, 1954
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
October 13, 1939
Sisters of the Gion
October 15, 1936
The 47 Ronin
December 8, 1941
Osaka Elegy
May 28, 1936
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
May 3, 1955
A Geisha
August 12, 1953
Miss Oyu
June 22, 1951
Behind the camera56
- 1957An Osaka Story Story
- 1956Sisters of Gion Original Story
- 1956Street of Shame Director
- 1955Taira Clan Saga Director
- 1955Princess Yang Kwei-fei Director
- 1954Chikamatsu Monogatari Director
- 1954The Woman in the Rumor Director
- 1954Sansho the Bailiff Director
- 1953A Geisha Director
- 1953Ugetsu Director