Kenji Mizoguchi

May 16, 1898 - Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

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."

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Movie	2021	Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos	Self (archive footage)
Movie	1975	Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

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Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos

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1975

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

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

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