Kenji Mizoguchi



First NameKenji
Last NameMizoguchi
Age58 (age at death)
Date of BirthMay 16, 1898
Date of DeathAugust 24, 1956
Height5' 5" (165 cm)
Star SignTaurus
Occupation CategoryDirector

Kenji Mizoguchi (?? ?? Mizoguchi Kenji; 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."


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Filmography

Selected Kenji Mizoguchi film and TV show credits:


Director Credits

1953
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1953
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1951
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1949
Waga koi wa moenu
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1947
Joyû Sumako no koi
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1946
Josei no shôri
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1945
Meitô bijomaru
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1945
Hisshoka
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1944
Miyamoto Musashi
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1944
Danjuro sandai
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1941
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1941
Geido ichidai otoko
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1940
A Woman of Osaka
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1938
Roei no uta
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1938
Aa kokyo
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1937
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1936
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1935
Orizuru Osen
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1935
Poppies
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1935
Maria no Oyuki
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1935
Ojo Okichi
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1934
Jinpu-ren
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1933
Taki no shiraito
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1933
Gion matsuri
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1932
The Dawn of Mongolia
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1932
Toki no ujigami
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1931
Shikamo karera wa yuku
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1930
Tôjin Okichi
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1930
Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato
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1929
Nihon bashi
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1929
Tôkyô kôshinkyoku
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1929
Tokai kokyogaku
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1929
Asahi wa kagayaku
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1928
Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-ichi-bu Kako hen
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1928
Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-ni-bu Gendai hen
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1928
Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-san-bu Kuso hen
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1928
Musume kawaiya
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1928
Hito no isshô - Kuma to tora saikai no maki: Dai sampen
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1928
Hito no isshô - Ukiyo wa tsurai ne no maki: Dai nihen
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1928
The Life of Man
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1927
Jihi shincho
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1927
Kôon
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1926
Kane
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1926
Kyôren no onna shishô
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1926
Children of the Sea
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1926
Shin onoga tsumi
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1926
Kaminingyo haru no sasayaki
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1926
Dôka-ô
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1925
Akai yuhi ni terasarete
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1925
Furusato no uta
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1925
Shôhin eiga-shû: Machi no sketch
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1925
Nogi taisho to Kumasan
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1925
Ningen
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1925
Shirayuri wa nageku
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1925
The Smiling Earth
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1925
Gakuso o idete
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1925
Uchen-Puchan
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1925
A, a tokumukan kanto
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1924
Kyokubadan no joô
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1924
Kanraku no onna
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1924
Koi o tatsu ono
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1924
Samidare zoshi
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1924
Itô junsa no shi
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1924
Shichimencho no yukue
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1924
Jin kyo
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1924
Josei wa tsuyoshi
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1924
Gendai no jo-o
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1924
Akatsuki no shi
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1924
Song of the Sad Idiot
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1923
Song of the Pass
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1923
Chi to rei
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1923
Yoru
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1923
Haikyo no naka
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1923
Kiri no minato
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1923
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
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1923
Haizan no uta wa kanashi
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1923
Joen no chimata
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1923
The Dream Path of Youth
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1923
Kokyo
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1923
Ai ni yomigaeru hi
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Producer Credits

Writer Credits

1957
Osaka monogatari
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1940
A Woman of Osaka
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1937
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1936
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1934
Jinpu-ren
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1933
Gion matsuri
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1929
Nihon bashi
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1928
Musume kawaiya
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1926
Kane
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1926
Dôka-ô
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1925
Shôhin eiga-shû: Machi no sketch
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1925
Nogi taisho to Kumasan
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1925
Gakuso o idete
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1924
Kanraku no onna
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1924
Song of the Sad Idiot
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1923
Song of the Pass
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1923
Chi to rei
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1923
Yoru
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1923
Haikyo no naka
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1923
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
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1923
Haizan no uta wa kanashi
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1923
Joen no chimata
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1923
The Dream Path of Youth
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1923
Kokyo
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