Kenji Mizoguchi
Directing · Director · Writer · Story
Born May 16, 1898 · Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Active 1923–1956 · Awards: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director, Silver Lion, Golden Lion, Golden Lion
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…
Filmography
Ugetsu (1953) — DirectorSansho the Bailiff (1954) — DirectorThe Life of Oharu (1952) — Writer · Director · ProducerChikamatsu Monogatari (1954) — DirectorStreet of Shame (1956) — DirectorThe Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939) — DirectorA Geisha (1953) — DirectorSisters of the Gion (1936) — Director · WriterThe 47 Ronin (1941) — DirectorMiss Oyu (1951) — DirectorOsaka Elegy (1936) — Director · StoryPrincess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) — DirectorThe Woman in the Rumor (1954) — DirectorUtamaro and His Five Women (1946) — DirectorWomen of the Night (1948) — DirectorTaira Clan Saga (1955) — DirectorThe Water Magician (1933) — DirectorPortrait of Madame Yuki (1950) — DirectorFoggy Harbour (1923) — DirectorMetropolitan Symphony (1929) — DirectorThe Day Love Came Back (1923) — DirectorThe Downfall of Osen (1935) — DirectorThe Straits of Love and Hate (1937) — Director · WriterA Man of the Arts (1941) — Director