Kenji Mizoguchi
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...
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...
Known For
Crew Credits
An Osaka Story
Story
Sisters of Gion
Original Story
Street of Shame
Director
Taira Clan Saga
Director
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Director
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Director
The Woman in the Rumor
Director
Sansho the Bailiff
Director
A Geisha
Director
Ugetsu
Director
The Life of Oharu
Director
The Lady of Musashino
Director
Miss Oyu
Director
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Director
Flame of My Love
Director
Women of the Night
Director
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Director
Utamaro and His Five Women
Director
Victory of Women
Director
Victory Song
Director
The Sword
Director
Miyamoto Musashi
Director
The 47 Ronin
Director
A Man of the Arts
Director
晴小袖
Compositor
Osaka Woman
Director
Ah, My Hometown
Director
The Straits of Love and Hate
Director
Sisters of the Gion
Director