About

Known credits:
65
Birthday:
1898-05-16
Place of birth:
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Website:
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Kenji Mizoguchi

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2021 Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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Directing
1956 Street of Shame Directing Director 62
Fair
1955 Taira Clan Saga Directing Director 59
Average
1955 Princess Yang Kwei Fei Directing Director 59
Average
1954 The Crucified Lovers Directing Director 62
Fair
1954 The Woman in the Rumor Directing Director 60
Fair
1954 Sansho the Bailiff Directing Director 68
Fair
1953 A Geisha Directing Director 60
Fair
1953 Ugetsu Directing Director 70
Good
1952 The Life of Oharu Directing Director 63
Fair
1951 The Lady of Musashino Directing Director 59
Average
1951 Miss Oyu Directing Director 60
Fair
1950 Portrait of Madame Yuki Directing Director 59
Average
1949 Flame of My Love Directing Director 59
Average
1948 Women of the Night Directing Director 59
Average
1947 The Love of the Actress Sumako Directing Director 59
Average
1946 Utamaro and His Five Women Directing Director 59
Average
1946 Victory of Women Directing Director 58
Average
1945 Victory Song Directing Director 59
Average
1945 The Sword Directing Director 59
Average
1944 Miyamoto Musashi Directing Director 58
Average
1941 The 47 Ronin Directing Director 60
Fair
1941 A Man of the Arts Directing Director N/A
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1940 Osaka Woman Directing Director N/A
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1939 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum Directing Director 62
Fair
1938 Ah, My Hometown Directing Director N/A
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1937 The Straits of Love and Hate Directing Director 59
Average
1936 Sisters of the Gion Directing Director 60
Fair
1936 Osaka Elegy Directing Director 59
Average
1935 Poppy Directing Director 59
Average
1935 Oyuki the Virgin Directing Director 59
Average
1935 Miss Okichi Directing Co-Director 59
Average
1935 The Downfall of Osen Directing Director 59
Average
1934 The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate Directing Director N/A
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1933 The Feast of Gion Directing Director 59
Average
1933 The Water Magician Directing Director 59
Average
1932 The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia Directing Director N/A
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1931 And Yet They Go On Directing Director N/A
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1930 Mistress of a Foreigner Directing Director 59
Average
1930 Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown Directing Director 59
Average
1929 Tokyo March Directing Director 58
Average
1929 The Morning Sun Shines Directing Director 58
Average
1929 Metropolitan Symphony Directing Director N/A
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1927 Jihishincho Directing Director N/A
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1926 The Passion of a Woman Teacher Directing Director N/A
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1926 A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring Directing Director N/A
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1925 Song of Home Directing Director 58
Average
1925 Smiling Earth Directing Director N/A
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1923 Blood and Soul Directing Director N/A
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1923 Foggy Harbour Directing Director N/A
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1923 The Adventures of Arsène Lupin Directing Director N/A
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1923 The Homeland Directing Director N/A
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1923 The Day Love Came Back Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1957 An Osaka Story Writing Story 59
Average
1956 Sisters of Gion Writing Original Story N/A
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1952 The Life of Oharu Writing Writer 63
Fair
1940 Osaka Woman Writing Writer N/A
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1937 The Straits of Love and Hate Writing Writer 59
Average
1936 Sisters of the Gion Writing Writer 60
Fair
1936 Osaka Elegy Writing Story 59
Average
1933 The Feast of Gion Writing Writer 59
Average
1923 The Adventures of Arsène Lupin Writing Screenplay N/A
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1923 The Homeland Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1952 The Life of Oharu Production Producer 63
Fair

Crew
1940 晴小袖 Crew Compositor N/A
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