Directing

Kenji Mizoguchi

Born 1898-05-16 · Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

Died 1956-08-24

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.

Credits

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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
1957
Sisters of Gion
Original Story
1956
Street of Shame
Director
1956
Taira Clan Saga
Director
1955
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Director
1955
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Director
1954
The Woman in the Rumor
Director
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Director
1954
A Geisha
Director
1953
Ugetsu
Director
1953
The Life of Oharu
Director
1952
The Life of Oharu
Writer
1952
The Life of Oharu
Producer
1952
The Lady of Musashino
Director
1951
Miss Oyu
Director
1951
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Director
1950
Flame of My Love
Director
1949
Women of the Night
Director
1948
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Director
1947
Utamaro and His Five Women
Director
1946
Victory of Women
Director
1946
Victory Song
Director
1945
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
Director
1945
Miyamoto Musashi
Director
1944
The 47 Ronin
Director
1941
A Man of the Arts
Director
1941
晴小袖
Compositor
1940
Osaka Woman
Director
1940
Osaka Woman
Writer
1940
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Director
1939
Ah, My Hometown
Director
1938
The Straits of Love and Hate
Director
1937
The Straits of Love and Hate
Writer
1937
Sisters of the Gion
Director
1936
Sisters of the Gion
Writer
1936
Osaka Elegy
Director
1936
Osaka Elegy
Story
1936
Poppy
Director
1935
Miss Okichi
Co-Director
1935
Oyuki the Virgin
Director
1935
The Downfall of Osen
Director
1935
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
Director
1934
The Feast of Gion
Director
1933
The Feast of Gion
Writer
1933
The Water Magician
Director
1933
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
Director
1932
And Yet They Go On
Director
1931
Mistress of a Foreigner
Director
1930
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
Director
1930
Tokyo March
Director
1929
The Morning Sun Shines
Director
1929
Metropolitan Symphony
Director
1929
Jihishincho
Director
1927
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
Director
1926
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
Director
1926
Song of Home
Director
1925
Smiling Earth
Director
1925
Chronicle of May Rain
Director
1924
Blood and Soul
Director
1923
Foggy Harbour
Director
1923
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
Director
1923
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
Screenplay
1923
The Homeland
Writer
1923
The Homeland
Director
1923
The Day Love Came Back
Director
1923