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Kenji Mizoguchi
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 appeare…
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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.
Filmography
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2021
Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Movie Self
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1957
An Osaka Story
Movie Story
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1956
Sisters of Gion
Movie Original Story
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1956
Street of Shame
Movie Director
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1955
Taira Clan Saga
Movie Director
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1955
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Movie Director
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1954
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Movie Director
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1954
The Woman in the Rumor
Movie Director
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1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Movie Director
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1953
A Geisha
Movie Director
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1953
Ugetsu
Movie Director
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1952
The Life of Oharu
Movie Writer
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1951
The Lady of Musashino
Movie Director
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1951
Miss Oyu
Movie Director
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1950
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Movie Director
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1949
Flame of My Love
Movie Director
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1948
Women of the Night
Movie Director
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1947
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Movie Director
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1946
Utamaro and His Five Women
Movie Director
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1946
Victory of Women
Movie Director
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1945
Victory Song
Movie Director
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1945
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
Movie Director
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1944
Miyamoto Musashi
Movie Director
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1941
The 47 Ronin
Movie Director
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1941
A Man of the Arts
Movie Director
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1940
晴小袖
Movie Compositor
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1940
Osaka Woman
Movie Writer
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1939
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Movie Director
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1938
Ah, My Hometown
Movie Director
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1937
The Straits of Love and Hate
Movie Director
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1936
Sisters of the Gion
Movie Director
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1936
Osaka Elegy
Movie Director
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1935
Poppy
Movie Director
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1935
Miss Okichi
Movie Co-Director
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1935
Oyuki the Virgin
Movie Director
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1935
The Downfall of Osen
Movie Director
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1934
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
Movie Director
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1933
The Feast of Gion
Movie Director
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1933
The Water Magician
Movie Director
