Kenji Mizoguchi

Kenji Mizoguchi

b. 1898 — d. 1956 (aged 58) Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Director Writer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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

The Life of Oharu
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★ 8.0
The Life of Oharu
1952
Ugetsu
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★ 8.1
Ugetsu
1953
A Story from Chikamatsu
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★ 8.0
A Story from Chikamatsu
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
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★ 8.3
Sansho the Bailiff
1954

Filmography

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Clint Enns' Ghost
2011 Writer
An Osaka Story
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★ 7.3
An Osaka Story
1957 Writer
Street of Shame
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★ 7.8
Street of Shame
1956 Director
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★ 6.1
Sisters of Gion
1956 Writer
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
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★ 7.1
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 Director
Taira Clan Saga
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★ 7.3
Taira Clan Saga
1955 Director
Sansho the Bailiff
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★ 8.3
Sansho the Bailiff
1954 Director
A Story from Chikamatsu
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★ 8.0
A Story from Chikamatsu
1954 Director
The Woman of Rumour
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★ 7.4
The Woman of Rumour
1954 Director
Ugetsu
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★ 8.1
Ugetsu
1953 Director
A Geisha
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★ 7.6
A Geisha
1953 Director
The Life of Oharu
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★ 8.0
The Life of Oharu
1952 Director Writer
Miss Oyu
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★ 7.4
Miss Oyu
1951 Director
The Lady of Musashino
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★ 7.2
The Lady of Musashino
1951 Director
Portrait of Madame Yuki
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★ 7.1
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950 Director
Flame of My Love
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Flame of My Love
1949 Director
Women of the Night
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★ 7.2
Women of the Night
1948 Director
The Love of Sumako the Actress
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★ 6.8
The Love of Sumako the Actress
1947 Director
Utamaro and His Five Women
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★ 7.0
Utamaro and His Five Women
1946 Director
Victory of Women
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★ 6.6
Victory of Women
1946 Director
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
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★ 6.6
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
1945 Director
Victory Song
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★ 5.4
Victory Song
1945 Director
Miyamoto Musashi
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★ 6.3
Miyamoto Musashi
1944 Director
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Danjuro sandai
1944 Director
The 47 Ronin
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★ 7.2
The 47 Ronin
1941 Director
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The Life of an Actor
1941 Director
Osaka Woman
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★ 8.2
Osaka Woman
1940 Director Writer
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
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★ 7.7
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1939 Director
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The Song of the Camp
1938 Director
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Ah, My Home Town
1938 Director
The Straits of Love and Hate
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★ 7.0
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937 Director Writer
Sisters of the Gion
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★ 7.4
Sisters of the Gion
1936 Director Writer
Osaka Elegy
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★ 7.2
Osaka Elegy
1936 Director Writer
The Downfall of Osen
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★ 7.1
The Downfall of Osen
1935 Director
Oyuki the Virgin
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★ 6.7
Oyuki the Virgin
1935 Director
Poppy
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★ 6.3
Poppy
1935 Director
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★ 5.9
Ojô Okichi
1935 Director
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The Jinpu Group
1934 Director Writer
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
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The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
1934 Director
The Water Magician
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★ 7.3
The Water Magician
1933 Director
Gion matsuri
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★ 8.0
Gion matsuri
1933 Director Writer
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Toki no ujigami
1932 Director
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The Dawn of Mongolia
1932 Director
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Shikamo karera wa yuku
1931 Director
Tôjin Okichi
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★ 5.9
Tôjin Okichi
1930 Director
Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato
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★ 5.8
Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato
1930 Director
Tôkyô kôshinkyoku
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★ 6.6
Tôkyô kôshinkyoku
1929 Director
Asahi wa kagayaku
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★ 5.8
Asahi wa kagayaku
1929 Director
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★ 7.9
Nihonbashi
1929 Director Writer
Tokai kokyogaku
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★ 7.4
Tokai kokyogaku
1929 Director
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Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-ichi-bu Kako hen
1928 Director
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Hito no isshô - Ukiyo wa tsurai ne no maki: Dai nihen
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Musume kawaiya
1928 Director Writer
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Hito no isshô - Jinsei banji kane no maki: Dai ippen
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Hito no isshô - Kuma to tora saikai no maki: Dai sampen
1928 Director
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Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-san-bu Kuso hen
1928 Director
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Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-ni-bu Gendai hen
1928 Director
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Kôon
1927 Director
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Jihi shinchô
1927 Director
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
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★ 6.5
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1926 Director
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★ 7.2
Kane
1926 Director Writer
Kaminingyô no haru no sasayaki
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★ 6.7
Kaminingyô no haru no sasayaki
1926 Director
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★ 7.8
Kaikoku danji
1926 Director
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Dôka-ô
1926 Director Writer
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Shinsetsu ono ga tsumi
1926 Director
Furusato no uta
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★ 5.8
Furusato no uta
1925 Director
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★ 6.2
Ningen: kôhen
1925 Director
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Akai yûhi ni terasarete
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Daichi wa hohoemu daiippen
1925 Director
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Ningen: zenpen
1925 Director
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Shôhin eiga-shû: Machi no sketch
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Shirayuri wa nageku
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Nogi shôgun to Kuma-san
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Musen Fusen Uchien Puchan
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Gakuso wo idete
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 tokumukan Kantô
1925 Director
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Kyokubadan no joô
1924 Director
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Gendai no joo
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Jinkyo
1924 Director
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Josei wa tsuyoshi
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Kanashiki hakuchi
1924 Director Writer
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Kanraku no onna
1924 Director Writer
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Samidare sôshi
1924 Director
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Shichimenchô no yukue
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Itô junsa no shi
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Koi o tatsu ono
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Akatsuki no shi
1924 Director
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★ 7.3
Kokyô
1923 Director Writer
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★ 5.7
Kiri no minato
1923 Director
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Kantô
1923 Director
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Yoru
1923 Director Writer
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Toge no uta
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Jôen no chimata
1923 Director Writer
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Haizan no uta wa kanashi
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Seishun no yumeji
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Chî to reî
1923 Director Writer
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Haikyo no naka
1923 Director Writer
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Yorû utsukushikî akumâ
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Yorû yami no sasayakî
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Ai ni yomigaeru hi
1923 Director
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