Kenji Mizoguchi
溝口 健二, 미조구치 켄지, 겐지 미조구치
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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Biography
Birthday:
16/05/1898
Place of birth:
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Date of death:
24/08/1956
Biography
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Directors
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1956
|
Street of Shame |
Director
|
7.726
/ 10
|
|
1955
|
Princess Yang Kwei-fei |
Director
|
6.7
/ 10
|
|
1955
|
Taira Clan Saga |
Director
|
6.833
/ 10
|
|
1954
|
Sansho the Bailiff |
Director
|
8.069
/ 10
|
|
1954
|
Chikamatsu Monogatari |
Director
|
7.8
/ 10
|
|
1954
|
The Woman in the Rumor |
Director
|
7.3
/ 10
|
|
1953
|
Ugetsu |
Director
|
8.007
/ 10
|
|
1953
|
A Geisha |
Director
|
7.562
/ 10
|
|
1952
|
The Life of Oharu |
Director
|
7.75
/ 10
|
|
1951
|
The Lady of Musashino |
Director
|
6.3
/ 10
|
|
1951
|
Miss Oyu |
Director
|
7.23
/ 10
|
|
1950
|
Portrait of Madame Yuki |
Director
|
6.75
/ 10
|
|
1949
|
Flame of My Love |
Director
|
5.583
/ 10
|
|
1948
|
Women of the Night |
Director
|
7.141
/ 10
|
|
1947
|
The Love of the Actress Sumako |
Director
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1946
|
Utamaro and His Five Women |
Director
|
7.135
/ 10
|
|
1946
|
Victory of Women |
Director
|
7.083
/ 10
|
|
1945
|
The Famous Sword Bijomaru |
Director
|
6.083
/ 10
|
|
1945
|
Victory Song |
Director
|
5.667
/ 10
|
|
1944
|
Miyamoto Musashi |
Director
|
6.417
/ 10
|
|
1941
|
The 47 Ronin |
Director
|
6.9
/ 10
|
|
1941
|
A Man of the Arts |
Director
|
9
/ 10
|
|
1940
|
Osaka Woman |
Director
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1939
|
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum |
Director
|
7.82
/ 10
|
|
1938
|
Ah, My Hometown |
Director
|
9
/ 10
|
|
1937
|
The Straits of Love and Hate |
Director
|
7.4
/ 10
|
|
1936
|
Sisters of the Gion |
Director
|
7.1
/ 10
|
|
1936
|
Osaka Elegy |
Director
|
6.743
/ 10
|
|
1935
|
Poppy |
Director
|
6.583
/ 10
|
|
1935
|
Oyuki the Virgin |
Director
|
5.429
/ 10
|
|
1935
|
The Downfall of Osen |
Director
|
7.5
/ 10
|
|
1934
|
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate |
Director
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1933
|
The Water Magician |
Director
|
7.25
/ 10
|
|
1933
|
The Feast of Gion |
Director
|
7.5
/ 10
|
|
1932
|
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia |
Director
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1931
|
And Yet They Go On |
Director
|
9
/ 10
|
|
1930
|
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown |
Director
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1930
|
Mistress of a Foreigner |
Director
|
6.286
/ 10
|
|
1929
|
The Morning Sun Shines |
Director
|
5.75
/ 10
|
|
1929
|
Tokyo March |
Director
|
6.071
/ 10
|
|
1929
|
Metropolitan Symphony |
Director
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1927
|
Jihishincho |
Director
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1926
|
The Passion of a Woman Teacher |
Director
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1926
|
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring |
Director
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1925
|
Song of Home |
Director
|
5.409
/ 10
|
|
1925
|
Smiling Earth |
Director
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1924
|
Chronicle of May Rain |
Director
|
-
|
|
1923
|
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin |
Director
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1923
|
Foggy Harbour |
Director
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1923
|
Blood and Soul |
Director
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1923
|
The Day Love Came Back |
Director
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1923
|
The Homeland |
Director
|
9
/ 10
|
Acting
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2021
|
Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos |
Self (archive footage)
|
4
/ 10
|
Screenplay
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1957
|
An Osaka Story |
Story
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1956
|
Sisters of Gion |
Original Story
|
-
|
|
1952
|
The Life of Oharu |
Writer
|
7.75
/ 10
|
|
1940
|
Osaka Woman |
Writer
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1937
|
The Straits of Love and Hate |
Writer
|
7.4
/ 10
|
|
1936
|
Sisters of the Gion |
Writer
|
7.1
/ 10
|
|
1936
|
Osaka Elegy |
Story
|
6.743
/ 10
|
|
1933
|
The Feast of Gion |
Writer
|
7.5
/ 10
|
|
1923
|
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin |
Screenplay
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1923
|
The Homeland |
Writer
|
9
/ 10
|
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