
Kenji Mizoguchi
Biography
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."
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Acting (2 movies)
Directing (51 movies)

Sansho the Bailiff
1954

Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954

Ugetsu
1953

Tokyo March
1929

Street of Shame
1956

The Life of Oharu
1952

Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950

The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947

Miss Oyu
1951

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1939

Osaka Elegy
1936

Oyuki the Virgin
1935

A Geisha
1953

The Morning Sun Shines
1929

Taira Clan Saga
1955

The Woman in the Rumor
1954

The 47 Ronin
1941

The Lady of Musashino
1951

A Man of the Arts
1941

Osaka Woman
1940

Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955

Sisters of the Gion
1936

Women of the Night
1948

Miyamoto Musashi
1944

Utamaro and His Five Women
1946
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
1930

Flame of My Love
1949

The Downfall of Osen
1935

The Sword
1945
Foggy Harbour
1923

Poppy
1935
Ah, My Hometown
1938
Song of Home
1925
Blood and Soul
1923

The Water Magician
1933

The Straits of Love and Hate
1937
Mistress of a Foreigner
1930

Victory of Women
1946

And Yet They Go On
1931

The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
1934

A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
1926

Metropolitan Symphony
1929

The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1926
Jihishincho
1927

Victory Song
1945

The Feast of Gion
1933
The Day Love Came Back
1923
The Homeland
1923
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
1932

Smiling Earth
1925

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1923
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Homeland | 1923 | Writer |
| The Adventures of Arsène Lupin | 1923 | Screenplay |
| The Feast of Gion | 1933 | Writer |
| Sisters of the Gion | 1936 | Writer |
| The Straits of Love and Hate | 1937 | Writer |
| Osaka Woman | 1940 | Writer |
| The Life of Oharu | 1952 | Writer |
| The Life of Oharu | 1952 | Producer |

