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Kenji Mizoguchi

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.

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Directing

1923

[ ] Foggy Harbour (Director)
[ ] Blood and Soul (Director)
[ ] The Day Love Came Back (Director)
[ ] The Homeland (Director)
[ ] The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (Director)

1925

[ ] Song of Home (Director)
[ ] Smiling Earth (Director)

1926

[ ] A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring (Director)
[ ] The Passion of a Woman Teacher (Director)

1927

[ ] Jihishincho (Director)

1929

[ ] Tokyo March (Director)
[ ] The Morning Sun Shines (Director)
[ ] Metropolitan Symphony (Director)

1930

[ ] Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown (Director)
[ ] Mistress of a Foreigner (Director)

1931

[ ] And Yet They Go On (Director)

1932

[ ] The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia (Director)

1933

[ ] The Water Magician (Director)
[ ] The Feast of Gion (Director)

1934

[ ] The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate (Director)

1935

[ ] Oyuki the Virgin (Director)
[ ] Miss Okichi (Co-Director)
[ ] The Downfall of Osen (Director)
[ ] Poppy (Director)

1936

[ W ] Osaka Elegy (Director)
[ ] Sisters of the Gion (Director)

1937

[ ] The Straits of Love and Hate (Director)

1938

[ ] Ah, My Hometown (Director)

1939

[ ] The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (Director)

1940

[ ] Osaka Woman (Director)

1941

[ ] The 47 Ronin (Director)
[ ] A Man of the Arts (Director)

1944

[ ] Miyamoto Musashi (Director)

1945

[ ] The Sword (Director)
[ ] Victory Song (Director)

1946

[ ] Utamaro and His Five Women (Director)
[ ] Victory of Women (Director)

1947

[ ] The Love of the Actress Sumako (Director)

1948

[ ] Women of the Night (Director)

1949

[ ] Flame of My Love (Director)

1950

[ ] Portrait of Madame Yuki (Director)

1951

[ ] Miss Oyu (Director)
[ ] The Lady of Musashino (Director)

1952

[ ] The Life of Oharu (Director)

1953

[ 7/10 ] Ugetsu (Director)
[ ] A Geisha (Director)

1954

[ W ] Sansho the Bailiff (Director)
[ ] Chikamatsu Monogatari (Director)
[ ] The Woman in the Rumor (Director)

1955

[ ] Taira Clan Saga (Director)
[ ] Princess Yang Kwei-fei (Director)

1956

[ ] Street of Shame (Director)

Writing

1923

[ ] The Homeland (Writer)
[ ] The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (Screenplay)

1933

[ ] The Feast of Gion (Writer)

1936

[ W ] Osaka Elegy (Story)
[ ] Sisters of the Gion (Writer)

1937

[ ] The Straits of Love and Hate (Writer)

1940

[ ] Osaka Woman (Writer)

1952

[ ] The Life of Oharu (Writer)

1956

[ ] Sisters of Gion (Original Story)

1957

[ ] An Osaka Story (Story)

Crew

1940

[ ] 晴小袖 (Compositor)

Production

1952

[ ] The Life of Oharu (Producer)

Actor

1975

[ ] Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (Self)

2021

[ ] Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos (Self (archive footage))