Directing
Kenji Mizoguchi
Born May 16, 1898 Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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.
Directed Films
7.7
Street of Shame
1956·Drama
6.8
Taira Clan Saga
1955·Drama
6.7
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955·Romance
7.8
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954·Drama
7.3
The Woman in the Rumor
1954·Drama
8.1
Sansho the Bailiff
1954·Drama
7.5
A Geisha
1953·Drama
8.0
Ugetsu
1953·Fantasy
7.7
The Life of Oharu
1952·Drama
6.2
The Lady of Musashino
1951·Drama
7.2
Miss Oyu
1951·Drama
6.7
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950·Drama
5.4
Flame of My Love
1949·Drama
7.1
Women of the Night
1948·Drama
7.0
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947·Drama
7.2
Utamaro and His Five Women
1946·Drama
7.1
Victory of Women
1946·Drama
6.0
Victory Song
1945·Drama
6.0
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
1945·Drama
6.4
Miyamoto Musashi
1944·Drama
6.9
The 47 Ronin
1941·Drama
9.0
A Man of the Arts
1941·Romance
7.0
Osaka Woman
1940·Drama
7.8
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1939·Romance
