
Kenji Mizoguchi
Directing · Born 1898-05-16 · 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.
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As director

Street of Shame 1956
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Taira Clan Saga 1955
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Princess Yang Kwei-fei 1955
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Chikamatsu Monogatari 1954
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The Woman in the Rumor 1954
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Sansho the Bailiff 1954
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A Geisha 1953
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Ugetsu 1953
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The Life of Oharu 1952
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The Lady of Musashino 1951
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Miss Oyu 1951
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Portrait of Madame Yuki 1950
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Flame of My Love 1949
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Women of the Night 1948
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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
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Victory Song 1945
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The Sword 1945
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Miyamoto Musashi 1944
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The 47 Ronin 1941
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A Man of the Arts 1941
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Osaka Woman 1940
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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum 1939
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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
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Poppy 1935
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Oyuki the Virgin 1935
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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
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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
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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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The Morning Sun Shines 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
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The Homeland 1923
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The Day Love Came Back 1923
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