Kenji Mizoguchi

Mizoguchi Kenji

  • Name: Mizoguchi Kenji
  • Native name: 溝口健二
  • Also Known as: Goteken
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: May 16, 1898
  • Died: August 24, 1956
Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Mizoguchi's work is renowned for its long takes and mise-en-scène. According to writer Mark Le Fanu, "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."

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. Other acclaimed films of his include The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939), The Life of Oharu (1952), and Sansho the Bailiff (1954). Edit Biography
Director
Year Title Type Rating
1956
Movie
7.6
1955
Movie
6.9
1955
Movie
7.1
1954
Movie
7.5
1954
Movie
7.2
1954
Movie
7.9
1953
A Geisha
A Geisha
Movie
7.4
1953
Movie
7.4
1951
Movie
6.7
1951
Miss Oyu
Miss Oyu
Movie
7.2
1950
Movie
6.8
1949
Movie
7.7
1948
Movie
6.9
1947
Movie
7.3
1946
Movie
7.1
1946
Movie
8.7
1945
Movie
6.4
1944
Movie
6.7
1942
Movie
6.5
1941
Movie
7.2
1939
Movie
7.4
1935
The Poppy
The Poppy
Movie
6.8
1935
Okichi
Okichi
Movie
0.0
1935
Movie
6.0
1935
Movie
6.9
1933
Movie
7.3
1931
Movie
0.0
1929
Movie
7.0
1929
Movie
7.8
1928
Movie
0.0
1925
Movie
0.0
1924
Movie
0.0
1924
Movie
0.0
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
1952
Movie
7.7
1937
Movie
7.0
Original Creator
Year Title Type Rating
1957
Movie
0.0
1936
Movie
7.3
1936
Movie
7.3
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  • First Name: Kenji
  • Family Name: Mizoguchi
  • Native name: 溝口健二
  • Also Known as: Goteken
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: May 16, 1898
  • Died: August 24, 1956

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