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Kenji Mizoguchi

Director, Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Died August 24, 1956 (58 years)
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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  • Ugetsu
  • Sansho the Bailiff
  • The Life of Oharu
  • A Story from Chikamatsu
  • Street of Shame
  • The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
  • Sisters of the Gion
  • The 47 Ronin
  • Osaka Elegy
  • A Geisha
  • Princess Yang Kwei-fei
  • Miss Oyu
  • Women of the Night
  • Utamaro and His Five Women
  • The Woman of Rumour
  • Taira Clan Saga
  • The Lady of Musashino
  • Oyuki the Virgin
Known For
  • Ugetsu
  • Sansho the Bailiff
  • The Life of Oharu
  • Street of Shame
  • A Story from Chikamatsu
  • The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
  • Sisters of the Gion
  • The 47 Ronin
  • Osaka Elegy
  • A Geisha
  • Princess Yang Kwei-fei
  • Miss Oyu
  • Women of the Night
  • Utamaro and His Five Women
  • The Woman of Rumour
  • Taira Clan Saga
  • The Lady of Musashino
  • Portrait of Madame Yuki
  • The Famous Sword Bijomaru
  • Oyuki the Virgin
  • Poppy
  • The Straits of Love and Hate

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