Directing
Kenji Mizoguchi
1898 · Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
30 films
Bio
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."
Filmography
Ugetsu
Director
Sansho the Bailiff
Director
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Director
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
Utamaro and His Five Women
Director
Song of Home
Director
Street of Shame
Director
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Director
The Life of Oharu
Writer
Sisters of the Gion
Director
The 47 Ronin
Director
Flame of My Love
Director