Kenji Mizoguchi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 16, 1898
- Died
- August 24, 1956
- Birthplace
- Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Filmography
Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director 1975
as Self
An Osaka Story 1957
Story
Sisters of Gion 1956
Original Story
Street of Shame 1956
Director
Taira Clan Saga 1955
Director
Princess Yang Kwei-fei 1955
Director
Chikamatsu Monogatari 1954
Director
The Woman in the Rumor 1954
Director
Sansho the Bailiff 1954
Director
A Geisha 1953
Director
Ugetsu 1953
Director
The Life of Oharu 1952
Director, Writer, Producer
The Lady of Musashino 1951
Director
Miss Oyu 1951
Director
Portrait of Madame Yuki 1950
Director
Flame of My Love 1949
Director
Women of the Night 1948
Director
The Love of the Actress Sumako 1947
Director
Utamaro and His Five Women 1946
Director
Victory of Women 1946
Director
Victory Song 1945
Director
The Famous Sword Bijomaru 1945
Director
Miyamoto Musashi 1944
Director
The 47 Ronin 1941
Director
A Man of the Arts 1941
Director
晴小袖 1940
Compositor
Osaka Woman 1940
Director, Writer
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum 1939
Director
- Ah, My Hometown
Ah, My Hometown 1938
Director
The Straits of Love and Hate 1937
Director, Writer
Sisters of the Gion 1936
Director, Writer
Osaka Elegy 1936
Director, Story
Poppy 1935
Director
Miss Okichi 1935
Co-Director
Oyuki the Virgin 1935
Director
The Downfall of Osen 1935
Director
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate 1934
Director
The Feast of Gion 1933
Director, Writer
The Water Magician 1933
Director
- The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia 1932
Director
And Yet They Go On 1931
Director
- Mistress of a Foreigner
Mistress of a Foreigner 1930
Director
- Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown 1930
Director
Tokyo March 1929
Director
The Morning Sun Shines 1929
Director
Metropolitan Symphony 1929
Director
- Jihishincho
Jihishincho 1927
Director
The Passion of a Woman Teacher 1926
Director
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring 1926
Director
- Song of Home
Song of Home 1925
Director
Smiling Earth 1925
Director
- Chronicle of May Rain
Chronicle of May Rain 1924
Director
- Blood and Soul
Blood and Soul 1923
Director
- Foggy Harbour
Foggy Harbour 1923
Director
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin 1923
Director, Screenplay
- The Homeland
The Homeland 1923
Director, Writer
- The Day Love Came Back
The Day Love Came Back 1923
Director
Credits from TMDB.