Kenji Mizoguchi
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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
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Ugetsu (1953)
Director
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Director
Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)
Director
Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
Director
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
Director
The Life of Oharu (1952)
Director
The 47 Ronin (1941)
Director
Street of Shame (1956)
Director
Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
Director
Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
Director
Flame of My Love (1949)
Director
The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
Director
Foggy Harbour (1923)
Director
Taira Clan Saga (1955)
Director
Sisters of the Gion (1936)
Director
A Geisha (1953)
Director
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown (1930)
Director
The Lady of Musashino (1951)
Director
Oyuki the Virgin (1935)
Director
Osaka Elegy (1936)
Director
Women of the Night (1948)
Director
Song of Home (1925)
Director
The Water Magician (1933)
Director
Miss Oyu (1951)
Director
Ah, My Hometown (1938)
Director
Miyamoto Musashi (1944)
Director
Osaka Woman (1940)
Director
Victory Song (1945)
Director
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1923)
Director
The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947)
Director
The Famous Sword Bijomaru (1945)
Director
Blood and Soul (1923)
Director
The Downfall of Osen (1935)
Director
Poppy (1935)
Director
The Straits of Love and Hate (1937)
Director
And Yet They Go On (1931)
Director
The Passion of a Woman Teacher (1926)
Director
Chronicle of May Rain (1924)
Director
Victory of Women (1946)
Director
Tokyo March (1929)
Director
The Feast of Gion (1933)
Director
Metropolitan Symphony (1929)
Director
The Day Love Came Back (1923)
Director
The Morning Sun Shines (1929)
Director
Mistress of a Foreigner (1930)
Director
Smiling Earth (1925)
Director
Jihishincho (1927)
Director
A Man of the Arts (1941)
Director
The Homeland (1923)
Director
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring (1926)
Director
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia (1932)
Director
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate (1934)
Director