As Director
Street of Shame
1956
7.7
Kenji Mizoguchi
Directing
Birth Date
May 16, 1898
Place of Birth
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Date of Death
August 24, 1956
Biography
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.
Complete Filmography
As Director
Taira Clan Saga
1955
7.0
As Director
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
6.7
As Director
The Crucified Lovers
1954
7.8
As Director
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
7.3
As Director
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
8.1
As Director
A Geisha
1953
7.5
As Director
Ugetsu
1953
8.0
As Director, As Writer
The Life of Oharu
1952
7.7
As Director
The Lady of Musashino
1951
6.2
As Director
Miss Oyu
1951
7.2
As Director
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
6.9
As Director
Flame of My Love
1949
5.6
As Director
Women of the Night
1948
7.1
As Director
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
6.8
As Director
Utamaro and His Five Women
1946
7.1
As Director
Victory of Women
1946
6.5
As Director
Victory Song
1945
5.2
As Director
The Sword
1945
5.8
As Director
Miyamoto Musashi
1944
6.1