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Kenji Mizoguchi
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Kenji Mizoguchi

Born May 16, 1898 in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

Died August 24, 1956

12 films

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." C-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography 12

Street of Shame (1956) movie poster
Street of Shame1956
Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) movie poster
Princess Yang Kwei-fei1955
Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954) movie poster
Chikamatsu Monogatari1954
Sansho the Bailiff (1954) movie poster
Sansho the Bailiff1954
A Geisha (1953) movie poster
A Geisha1953
Ugetsu (1953) movie poster
Ugetsu1953
The Life of Oharu (1952) movie poster
The Life of Oharu1952
Miss Oyu (1951) movie poster
Miss Oyu1951
The 47 Ronin (1941) movie poster
The 47 Ronin1941
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939) movie poster
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum1939
Osaka Elegy (1936) movie poster
Osaka Elegy1936
Sisters of the Gion (1936) movie poster
Sisters of the Gion1936