Kenji Mizoguchi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 16, 1898
- Died
- August 24, 1956 (aged 58)
- Birthplace
- Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Kenji Mizoguchi (16 May 1898 – 24 August 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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Filmography
Street of Shame
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Taira Clan Saga
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Princess Yang Kwei-fei
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Sansho the Bailiff
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Chikamatsu Monogatari
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The Woman in the Rumor
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Ugetsu
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A Geisha
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The Life of Oharu
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Miss Oyu
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The Lady of Musashino
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Portrait of Madame Yuki
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Flame of My Love
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Women of the Night
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The Love of the Actress Sumako
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Utamaro and His Five Women
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Victory of Women
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The Famous Sword Bijomaru
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Victory Song
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Miyamoto Musashi
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The 47 Ronin
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A Man of the Arts
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Osaka Woman
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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
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Ah, My Hometown
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The Straits of Love and Hate
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Osaka Elegy
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Sisters of the Gion
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Oyuki the Virgin
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Miss Okichi
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The Downfall of Osen
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Poppy
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The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
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The Water Magician
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The Feast of Gion
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The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
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And Yet They Go On
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Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
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Mistress of a Foreigner
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Tokyo March
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The Morning Sun Shines
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Metropolitan Symphony
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Jihishincho
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A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
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The Passion of a Woman Teacher
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Song of Home
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Smiling Earth
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Chronicle of May Rain
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Foggy Harbour
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Blood and Soul
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The Day Love Came Back
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The Homeland
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The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
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