Kenji Mizoguchi

Director, Writer, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Birthdate: May 16, 1898

Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

Died: Aug 24, 1956

Coming from a lower class family Mizoguchi entered the production company Nikkatsu as an actor specialized in female roles. Later he became an assistant director and made his first film in 1922. Although he filmed almost 90 movies in the silent era, only his last 12 productions are really known outside of Japan because they were especially produced for Venice (e.g The Life of Oharu (1952) or Sansho the Bailiff (1954). He only filmed two productions in color: Yôkihi (1955) and Taira Clan Saga (1955).

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Movies

Known For

Ugetsu

(1953)

The Life of Oharu

(1952)

Sansho the Bailiff

(1954)

A Story from Chikamatsu

(1954)

Kenji Mizoguchi Movies

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Ugetsu
Ugetsu
2017
1h 36m
Drama, Fantasy, War
8.1
A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.

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1957 |
An Osaka Story
1956 |
Sisters of Gion
1956 |
Street of Shame
1955 |
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 |
Taira Clan Saga
1954 |
A Story from Chikamatsu
1954 |
Sansho the Bailiff
1954 |
The Woman of Rumour
1953 |
A Geisha
1952 |
The Life of Oharu
1951 |
Miss Oyu
1951 |
The Lady of Musashino
1950 |
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1949 |
Flame of My Love
1948 |
Women of the Night
1947 |
The Love of Sumako the Actress
1946 |
Utamaro and His Five Women
1946 |
Victory of Women
1945 |
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
1945 |
Victory Song
1944 |
Danjuro sandai
1944 |
Miyamoto Musashi
1941 |
The 47 Ronin
1941 |
The Life of an Actor
1940 |
Osaka Woman
1939 |
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1938 |
Ah, My Home Town
1938 |
The Song of the Camp
1937 |
The Straits of Love and Hate
1936 |
Osaka Elegy
1936 |
Sisters of the Gion
1935 |
Ojô Okichi
1935 |
Oyuki the Virgin
1935 |
Poppy
1935 |
The Downfall of Osen
1934 |
The Jinpu Group
1934 |
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
1933 |
Gion matsuri
1933 |
The Water Magician
1932 |
The Dawn of Mongolia
1932 |
Toki no ujigami
1931 |
Shikamo karera wa yuku
1930 |
Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato
1930 |
Tôjin Okichi
1929 |
Nihonbashi
1929 |
Tokai kokyogaku
1929 |
Tôkyô kôshinkyoku
1928 |
Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-ichi-bu Kako hen
1928 |
Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-ni-bu Gendai hen
1928 |
Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-san-bu Kuso hen
1928 |
Hito no isshô - Jinsei banji kane no maki: Dai ippen
1928 |
Hito no isshô - Kuma to tora saikai no maki: Dai sampen
1928 |
Hito no isshô - Ukiyo wa tsurai ne no maki: Dai nihen
1928 |
Musume kawaiya
1927 |
Kôon
1926 |
Furusato no uta
1926 |
Kaikoku danji
1926 |
Kaminingyô no haru no sasayaki
1926 |
Kane
1926 |
Shinsetsu ono ga tsumi
1926 |
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1925 |
Akai yûhi ni terasarete
1925 |
Daichi wa hohoemu daiippen
1925 |
Gakuso wo idete
1925 |
Musen Fusen Uchien Puchan
1925 |
Ningen
1925 |
Ningen: kôhen
1925 |
Ningen: zenpen
1925 |
Nogi shôgun to Kuma-san
1925 |
Shirayuri wa nageku
1925 |
Â tokumukan Kantô
1924 |
Akatsuki no shi
1924 |
Gendai no joo
1924 |
Itô junsa no shi
1924 |
Jinkyo
1924 |
Josei wa tsuyoshi
1924 |
Kanashiki hakuchi
1924 |
Kanraku no onna
1924 |
Koi o tatsu ono
1924 |
Kyokubadan no joô
1924 |
Samidare sôshi
1924 |
Shichimenchô no yukue
1923 |
Ai ni yomigaeru hi
1923 |
Chî to reî
1923 |
Hachi ichi san
1923 |
Haikyo no naka
1923 |
Haizan no uta wa kanashi
1923 |
Jôen no chimata
1923 |
Kiri no minato
1923 |
Kokyô
1923 |
Seishun no yumeji
1923 |
Toge no uta
1923 |
Yoru
1923 |
Yorû utsukushikî akumâ
1923 |
Yorû yami no sasayakî

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