Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
1898Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan41 Films
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.
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7.7
Street of Shame
1956
6.8
Taira Clan Saga
1955
6.7
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
7.8
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
7.2
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
8.1
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
7.5
A Geisha
1953
8.0
Ugetsu
1953
7.7
The Life of Oharu
1952
5.9
The Lady of Musashino
1951
7.2
Miss Oyu
1951
6.7
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
5.1
Flame of My Love
1949
7.1
Women of the Night
1948
6.8
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
7.1
Utamaro and His Five Women
1946
6.5
Victory of Women
1946
5.2
Victory Song
1945
5.8
The Sword
1945
6.1
Miyamoto Musashi
1944
6.9
The 47 Ronin
1941
A Man of the Arts
1941
Osaka Woman
1940
7.8
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1939
7.2
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937
7.1
Sisters of the Gion
1936
6.7
Osaka Elegy
1936
6.1
Poppy
1935
5.2
Oyuki the Virgin
1935
7.6
The Downfall of Osen
1935
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
1934
5.0
The Feast of Gion
1933
7.2
The Water Magician
1933
And Yet They Go On
1931
6.0
Tokyo March
1929
5.5
The Morning Sun Shines
1929
Metropolitan Symphony
1929
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1926
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
1926
Smiling Earth
1925