Kenji Mizoguchi
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Directing · Born 1898-05-16 · age 58 at death · Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Titles
Ugetsu
Sansho the Bailiff
The Life of Oharu
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Street of Shame
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Sisters of the Gion
The 47 Ronin
Osaka Elegy
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
A Geisha
Miss Oyu
The Woman in the Rumor
Utamaro and His Five Women
Taira Clan Saga
Women of the Night
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Tokyo March
The Water Magician
The Lady of Musashino
Oyuki the Virgin
Miyamoto Musashi
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
The Morning Sun Shines
Flame of My Love
The Downfall of Osen
The Straits of Love and Hate
Song of Home
Mistress of a Foreigner
The Love of the Actress Sumako
An Osaka Story
Poppy
Victory Song
Victory of Women
The Feast of Gion
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
Miss Okichi
Foggy Harbour
Metropolitan Symphony
The Day Love Came Back
A Man of the Arts
Ah, My Hometown
And Yet They Go On
The Homeland
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
Osaka Woman
Blood and Soul
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
Jihishincho
Smiling Earth
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
晴小袖
Sisters of Gion