A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Кэндзи Мидзогути
溝口 健二
겐지 미조구치
미조구치 겐지
미조구치 켄지
켄지 미조구치
Birthplace:
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Born:
May 16, 1898
Died:
August 24, 1956
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.
Co-Director:
1935 Miss Okichi
Compositor:
1935 Miss Okichi
1940 晴小袖
Director:
1923 Blood and Soul
1923 Foggy Harbour
1923 The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1923 The Day Love Came Back
1923 The Homeland
1925 Smiling Earth
1925 Song of Home
1926 A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
1926 The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1927 Jihishincho
1929 Metropolitan Symphony
1929 The Morning Sun Shines
1929 Tokyo March
1930 Mistress of a Foreigner
1930 Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
1931 And Yet They Go On
1932 The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
1933 The Feast of Gion
1933 The Water Magician
1934 The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
1935 Miss Okichi
1935 Oyuki the Virgin
1935 Poppy
1935 The Downfall of Osen
1936 Osaka Elegy
1936 Sisters of the Gion
1937 The Straits of Love and Hate
1938 Ah, My Hometown
1939 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1940 Osaka Woman
1940 晴小袖
1941 A Man of the Arts
1941 The 47 Ronin
1944 Miyamoto Musashi
1945 The Sword
1945 Victory Song
1946 Utamaro and His Five Women
1946 Victory of Women
1947 The Love of the Actress Sumako
1948 Women of the Night
1949 Flame of My Love
1950 Portrait of Madame Yuki
1951 Miss Oyu
1951 The Lady of Musashino
1952 The Life of Oharu
1953 A Geisha
1953 Ugetsu
1954 Sansho the Bailiff
1954 The Crucified Lovers
1954 The Woman in the Rumor
1955 Princess Yang Kwei Fei
1955 Taira Clan Saga
1956 Street of Shame
Original Story:
1923 Blood and Soul
1923 Foggy Harbour
1923 The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1923 The Day Love Came Back
1923 The Homeland
1925 Smiling Earth
1925 Song of Home
1926 A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
1926 The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1927 Jihishincho
1929 Metropolitan Symphony
1929 The Morning Sun Shines
1929 Tokyo March
1930 Mistress of a Foreigner
1930 Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
1931 And Yet They Go On
1932 The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
1933 The Feast of Gion
1933 The Water Magician
1934 The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
1935 Miss Okichi
1935 Oyuki the Virgin
1935 Poppy
1935 The Downfall of Osen
1936 Osaka Elegy
1936 Sisters of the Gion
1937 The Straits of Love and Hate
1938 Ah, My Hometown
1939 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1940 Osaka Woman
1940 晴小袖
1941 A Man of the Arts
1941 The 47 Ronin
1944 Miyamoto Musashi
1945 The Sword
1945 Victory Song
1946 Utamaro and His Five Women
1946 Victory of Women
1947 The Love of the Actress Sumako
1948 Women of the Night
1949 Flame of My Love
1950 Portrait of Madame Yuki
1951 Miss Oyu
1951 The Lady of Musashino
1952 The Life of Oharu
1953 A Geisha
1953 Ugetsu
1954 Sansho the Bailiff
1954 The Crucified Lovers
1954 The Woman in the Rumor
1955 Princess Yang Kwei Fei
1955 Taira Clan Saga
1956 Sisters of Gion
1956 Street of Shame
Producer:
1923 Blood and Soul
1923 Foggy Harbour
1923 The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1923 The Day Love Came Back
1923 The Homeland
1925 Smiling Earth
1925 Song of Home
1926 A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
1926 The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1927 Jihishincho
1929 Metropolitan Symphony
1929 The Morning Sun Shines
1929 Tokyo March
1930 Mistress of a Foreigner
1930 Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
1931 And Yet They Go On
1932 The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
1933 The Feast of Gion
1933 The Water Magician
1934 The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
1935 Miss Okichi
1935 Oyuki the Virgin
1935 Poppy
1935 The Downfall of Osen
1936 Osaka Elegy
1936 Sisters of the Gion
1937 The Straits of Love and Hate
1938 Ah, My Hometown
1939 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1940 Osaka Woman
1940 晴小袖
1941 A Man of the Arts
1941 The 47 Ronin
1944 Miyamoto Musashi
1945 The Sword
1945 Victory Song
1946 Utamaro and His Five Women
1946 Victory of Women
1947 The Love of the Actress Sumako
1948 Women of the Night
1949 Flame of My Love
1950 Portrait of Madame Yuki
1951 Miss Oyu
1951 The Lady of Musashino
1952 The Life of Oharu
1953 A Geisha
1953 Ugetsu
1954 Sansho the Bailiff
1954 The Crucified Lovers
1954 The Woman in the Rumor
1955 Princess Yang Kwei Fei
1955 Taira Clan Saga
1956 Sisters of Gion
1956 Street of Shame
Screenplay:
1923 Blood and Soul
1923 Foggy Harbour
1923 The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1923 The Day Love Came Back
1923 The Homeland
1925 Smiling Earth
1925 Song of Home
1926 A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
1926 The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1927 Jihishincho
1929 Metropolitan Symphony
1929 The Morning Sun Shines
1929 Tokyo March
1930 Mistress of a Foreigner
1930 Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
1931 And Yet They Go On
1932 The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
1933 The Feast of Gion
1933 The Water Magician
1934 The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
1935 Miss Okichi
1935 Oyuki the Virgin
1935 Poppy
1935 The Downfall of Osen
1936 Osaka Elegy
1936 Sisters of the Gion
1937 The Straits of Love and Hate
1938 Ah, My Hometown
1939 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1940 Osaka Woman
1940 晴小袖
1941 A Man of the Arts
1941 The 47 Ronin
1944 Miyamoto Musashi
1945 The Sword
1945 Victory Song
1946 Utamaro and His Five Women
1946 Victory of Women
1947 The Love of the Actress Sumako
1948 Women of the Night
1949 Flame of My Love
1950 Portrait of Madame Yuki
1951 Miss Oyu
1951 The Lady of Musashino
1952 The Life of Oharu
1953 A Geisha
1953 Ugetsu
1954 Sansho the Bailiff
1954 The Crucified Lovers
1954 The Woman in the Rumor
1955 Princess Yang Kwei Fei
1955 Taira Clan Saga
1956 Sisters of Gion
1956 Street of Shame
Story:
1923 Blood and Soul
1923 Foggy Harbour
1923 The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1923 The Day Love Came Back
1923 The Homeland
1925 Smiling Earth
1925 Song of Home
1926 A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
1926 The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1927 Jihishincho
1929 Metropolitan Symphony
1929 The Morning Sun Shines
1929 Tokyo March
1930 Mistress of a Foreigner
1930 Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
1931 And Yet They Go On
1932 The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
1933 The Feast of Gion
1933 The Water Magician
1934 The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
1935 Miss Okichi
1935 Oyuki the Virgin
1935 Poppy
1935 The Downfall of Osen
1936 Osaka Elegy
1936 Sisters of the Gion
1937 The Straits of Love and Hate
1938 Ah, My Hometown
1939 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1940 Osaka Woman
1940 晴小袖
1941 A Man of the Arts
1941 The 47 Ronin
1944 Miyamoto Musashi
1945 The Sword
1945 Victory Song
1946 Utamaro and His Five Women
1946 Victory of Women
1947 The Love of the Actress Sumako
1948 Women of the Night
1949 Flame of My Love
1950 Portrait of Madame Yuki
1951 Miss Oyu
1951 The Lady of Musashino
1952 The Life of Oharu
1953 A Geisha
1953 Ugetsu
1954 Sansho the Bailiff
1954 The Crucified Lovers
1954 The Woman in the Rumor
1955 Princess Yang Kwei Fei
1955 Taira Clan Saga
1956 Sisters of Gion
1956 Street of Shame
1957 An Osaka Story
Writer:
1923 Blood and Soul
1923 Foggy Harbour
1923 The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1923 The Day Love Came Back
1923 The Homeland
1925 Smiling Earth
1925 Song of Home
1926 A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
1926 The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1927 Jihishincho
1929 Metropolitan Symphony
1929 The Morning Sun Shines
1929 Tokyo March
1930 Mistress of a Foreigner
1930 Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
1931 And Yet They Go On
1932 The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
1933 The Feast of Gion
1933 The Water Magician
1934 The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
1935 Miss Okichi
1935 Oyuki the Virgin
1935 Poppy
1935 The Downfall of Osen
1936 Osaka Elegy
1936 Sisters of the Gion
1937 The Straits of Love and Hate
1938 Ah, My Hometown
1939 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1940 Osaka Woman
1940 晴小袖
1941 A Man of the Arts
1941 The 47 Ronin
1944 Miyamoto Musashi
1945 The Sword
1945 Victory Song
1946 Utamaro and His Five Women
1946 Victory of Women
1947 The Love of the Actress Sumako
1948 Women of the Night
1949 Flame of My Love
1950 Portrait of Madame Yuki
1951 Miss Oyu
1951 The Lady of Musashino
1952 The Life of Oharu
1953 A Geisha
1953 Ugetsu
1954 Sansho the Bailiff
1954 The Crucified Lovers
1954 The Woman in the Rumor
1955 Princess Yang Kwei Fei
1955 Taira Clan Saga
1956 Sisters of Gion
1956 Street of Shame
1957 An Osaka Story
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