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.

Known for

★8.0

Ugetsu

1953

★8.1

Sansho the Bailiff

1954

★7.8

The Life of Oharu

1952

★7.7

Street of Shame

1956

★7.8

Chikamatsu Monogatari

1954

★7.8

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939

★7.1

Sisters of the Gion

1936

★6.9

The 47 Ronin

1941

★6.7

Osaka Elegy

1936

★6.7

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955

★7.6

A Geisha

1953

★7.2

Miss Oyu

1951