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