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."
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Venice International Film Festival
Golden Lion
Silver Lion
Known For
Ugetsu
(1953)
Director
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
(1939)
Director
Street of Shame
(1956)
Director
The Crucified Lovers
(1954)
Director
Sansho the Bailiff
(1954)
Director
The 47 Ronin
(1941)
Director
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
(1955)
Director
Osaka Elegy
(1936)
Director
The Life of Oharu
(1952)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Blood and Soul
(1923)
Director
Foggy Harbour
(1923)
Director
The Day Love Came Back
(1923)
Director
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
(1923)
Director
The Homeland
(1923)
Director
Song of Home
(1925)
Director
Smiling Earth
(1925)
Director
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
(1926)
Director
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
(1926)
Director
Jihishincho
(1927)
Director
Tokyo March
(1929)
Director
The Morning Sun Shines
(1929)
Director
Metropolitan Symphony
(1929)
Director
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
(1930)
Director
Mistress of a Foreigner
(1930)
Director
And Yet They Go On
(1931)
Director
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
(1932)
Director
The Water Magician
(1933)
Director
The Feast of Gion
(1933)
Director
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
(1934)
Director
Oyuki the Virgin
(1935)
Director
Poppy
(1935)
Director
The Downfall of Osen
(1935)
Director
Miss Okichi
(1935)
Co-Director
Osaka Elegy
(1936)
Director
Sisters of the Gion
(1936)
Director
The Straits of Love and Hate
(1937)
Director
Ah, My Hometown
(1938)
Director
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
(1939)
Director
Osaka Woman
(1940)
Director
The 47 Ronin
(1941)
Director
A Man of the Arts
(1941)
Director
Miyamoto Musashi
(1944)
Director
The Sword
(1945)
Director
Victory Song
(1945)
Director
Utamaro and His Five Women
(1946)
Director
Victory of Women
(1946)
Director
The Love of the Actress Sumako
(1947)
Director
Women of the Night
(1948)
Director
Flame of My Love
(1949)
Director
Portrait of Madame Yuki
(1950)
Director
The Lady of Musashino
(1951)
Director
Miss Oyu
(1951)
Director
The Life of Oharu
(1952)
Director
Ugetsu
(1953)
Director
A Geisha
(1953)
Director
Sansho the Bailiff
(1954)
Director
The Crucified Lovers
(1954)
Director
The Woman in the Rumor
(1954)
Director
Taira Clan Saga
(1955)
Director
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
(1955)
Director
Street of Shame
(1956)
Director
Acting
Writing
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
(1923)
Screenplay
The Homeland
(1923)
Writer
The Feast of Gion
(1933)
Writer
Osaka Elegy
(1936)
Story
Sisters of the Gion
(1936)
Writer
The Straits of Love and Hate
(1937)
Writer
Osaka Woman
(1940)
Writer
The Life of Oharu
(1952)
Writer
Sisters of Gion
(1956)
Original Story
An Osaka Story
(1957)
Story
Crew
Production