Directing
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kenji Mizoguchi (16 May 1898 – 24 August 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.
Known for
1953
Ugetsu
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1954
Sansho the Bailiff
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1952
The Life of Oharu
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1954
Chikamatsu Monogatari
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1956
Street of Shame
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1955
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
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1941
The 47 Ronin
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1939
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
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1955
Taira Clan Saga
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1950
Portrait of Madame Yuki
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