Kenji Mizoguchi

Biography

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.

Movies with Kenji Mizoguchi

• Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director 1975 · ★ 7.2
• Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos 2021 · ★ 4.0

Movies directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

• Ugetsu 1953 · ★ 8.0
• Sansho the Bailiff 1954 · ★ 8.1
• The Life of Oharu 1952 · ★ 7.8
• Street of Shame 1956 · ★ 7.7
• Chikamatsu Monogatari 1954 · ★ 7.8
• The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum 1939 · ★ 7.8
• Sisters of the Gion 1936 · ★ 7.1
• The 47 Ronin 1941 · ★ 6.9
• Osaka Elegy 1936 · ★ 6.7
• Princess Yang Kwei-fei 1955 · ★ 6.7
• A Geisha 1953 · ★ 7.6
• Miss Oyu 1951 · ★ 7.3
• The Woman in the Rumor 1954 · ★ 7.3
• Utamaro and His Five Women 1946 · ★ 7.1
• Taira Clan Saga 1955 · ★ 6.8
• Women of the Night 1948 · ★ 7.1
• Portrait of Madame Yuki 1950 · ★ 6.8
• Tokyo March 1929 · ★ 6.1
• The Lady of Musashino 1951 · ★ 6.3
• The Water Magician 1933 · ★ 7.2
• Oyuki the Virgin 1935 · ★ 5.4
• The Morning Sun Shines 1929 · ★ 5.8
• Miyamoto Musashi 1944 · ★ 6.4
• Flame of My Love 1949 · ★ 5.6
• The Famous Sword Bijomaru 1945 · ★ 6.1
• The Downfall of Osen 1935 · ★ 7.5
• Song of Home 1925 · ★ 5.4
• The Straits of Love and Hate 1937 · ★ 7.4
• The Love of the Actress Sumako 1947 · ★ 7.0
• Mistress of a Foreigner 1930 · ★ 6.3
• Poppy 1935 · ★ 6.6
• Victory of Women 1946 · ★ 7.1
• Victory Song 1945 · ★ 5.7
• Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown 1930 · ★ 7.0
• The Feast of Gion 1933 · ★ 7.5
• A Man of the Arts 1941 · ★ 9.0
• Osaka Woman 1940 · ★ 7.0
• Foggy Harbour 1923 · ★ 10.0
• Ah, My Hometown 1938 · ★ 9.0
• Blood and Soul 1923 · ★ 7.0