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