Kenji Mizoguchi
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."

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An Osaka Story (1957)
Story
Sisters of Gion (1956)
Original Story
Street of Shame (1956)
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Taira Clan Saga (1955)
Director
Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)
Director
The Crucified Lovers (1954)
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The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
Director
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
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A Geisha (1953)
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Ugetsu (1953)
Director
The Life of Oharu (1952)
Director | Writer | Producer
The Lady of Musashino (1951)
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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)
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Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
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Victory of Women (1946)
Director
Victory Song (1945)
Director
The Sword (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 (1938)
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The Straits of Love and Hate (1937)
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Sisters of the Gion (1936)
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Osaka Elegy (1936)
Director | Story
Poppy (1935)
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Oyuki the Virgin (1935)
Director
Miss Okichi (1935)
Co-Director
The Downfall of Osen (1935)
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The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate (1934)
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The Feast of Gion (1933)
Director | Writer
The Water Magician (1933)
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The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia (1932)
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And Yet They Go On (1931)
Director
Mistress of a Foreigner (1930)
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Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown (1930)
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Tokyo March (1929)
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Metropolitan Symphony (1929)
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Jihishincho (1927)
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The Passion of a Woman Teacher (1926)
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A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring (1926)
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Song of Home (1925)
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Smiling Earth (1925)
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Blood and Soul (1923)
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Foggy Harbour (1923)
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The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1923)
Director | Screenplay
The Homeland (1923)
Director | Writer
The Day Love Came Back (1923)
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