Kenji Mizoguchi
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Kenji Mizoguchi (16 May 1898 – 24 August 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.
Also known as
溝口 健二 · 미조구치 켄지 · 겐지 미조구치 · 켄지 미조구치
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Ugetsu
1953 · Movie
Sansho the Bailiff
1954 · Movie
Song of Home
1925 · Movie
Street of Shame
1956 · Movie
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954 · Movie
Taira Clan Saga
1955 · Movie
The Life of Oharu
1952 · Movie
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950 · Movie
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1939 · Movie
The 47 Ronin
1941 · Movie
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 · Movie
Osaka Elegy
1936 · Movie