Directing
Kenji Mizoguchi
FR, JA cinema · 58 credits
Born
16 May 1898
Died
24 August 1956 (aged 58)
Birthplace
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Also known as 溝口 健二 · 미조구치 켄지 · 겐지 미조구치 · 켄지 미조구치
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
Filmography
Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos
as Self (archive footage)
Street of Shame
Director
Sisters of Gion
Original Story
Taira Clan Saga
Director
Sansho the Bailiff
Director
Ugetsu
Director
A Geisha
Director
The Life of Oharu
Writer, Director, Producer
Miss Oyu
Director
Flame of My Love
Director
Women of the Night
Director
Victory of Women
Director
Victory Song
Director
Miyamoto Musashi
Director
The 47 Ronin
Director
A Man of the Arts
Director
Osaka Woman
Writer, Director
晴小袖
Compositor
The Straits of Love and Hate
Director, Writer
Osaka Elegy
Director, Story
Sisters of the Gion
Director, Writer
Oyuki the Virgin
Director
Miss Okichi
Co-Director
The Downfall of Osen
Director
Poppy
Director
The Water Magician
Director
The Feast of Gion
Director, Writer
And Yet They Go On
Director
Tokyo March
Director
慈悲心鳥
1927
Jihishincho
Director
Smiling Earth
Director
Kokyô
1923
The Homeland
Director, Writer
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
Director, Screenplay