🎬 Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
🎂 Born 16 May 1898 (age 58)✝ 24 August 1956📍 Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
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Popularity Score
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Acting Credits
41
Directed
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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenji Mizoguchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Directed Films(41)
★ 8.0
Ugetsu
1953
Director
★ 8.1
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
Director
★ 7.7
Street of Shame
1956
Director
★ 6.9
The 47 Ronin
1941
Director
★ 7.5
A Geisha
1953
Director
★ 7.1
Sisters of the Gion
1936
Director
★ 7.8
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
Director
★ 7.7
The Life of Oharu
1952
Director
★ 6.7
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Director
★ 7.3
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
Director
★ 6.7
Osaka Elegy
1936
Director
★ 7.2
Miss Oyu
1951
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★ 6.7
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
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★ 7.2
Utamaro and His Five Women
1946
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★ 6.8
Taira Clan Saga
1955
Director
★ 7.8
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1939
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★ 6.2
The Lady of Musashino
1951
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★ 7.1
Women of the Night
1948
Director
★ 7.0
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
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★ 7.5
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937
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★ 5.4
Oyuki the Virgin
1935
Director
★ 6.4
Miyamoto Musashi
1944
Director
★ 6.7
Poppy
1935
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★ 5.4
Flame of My Love
1949
Director
★ 6.1
Tokyo March
1929
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★ 6.0
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
1945
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★ 7.5
The Downfall of Osen
1935
Director
★ 9.0
A Man of the Arts
1941
Director
★ 7.0
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1926
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★ 7.3
The Water Magician
1933
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★ 7.5
The Feast of Gion
1933
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★ 7.1
Victory of Women
1946
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★ 7.0
Osaka Woman
1940
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★ 7.0
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1923
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★ 10.0
Metropolitan Symphony
1929
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★ 5.8
The Morning Sun Shines
1929
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★ 8.0
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
1926
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★ 6.0
Victory Song
1945
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★ 9.0
And Yet They Go On
1931
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★ 7.0
Smiling Earth
1925
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★ 8.0
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
1934
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