Kenji Mizoguchi
Japanese film director and screenwriter (1898-1956) · Japan · On the map · Directors · Died at 58
Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese filmmaker who directed roughly one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956.
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Street of ShameFilm, 1956Director1955Blue Ribbon Awards for Best DirectorAward1954Golden LionAward
Chikamatsu MonogatariFilm, 1954Director1953Silver LionAward1952Golden LionAward
The Life of OharuFilm, 1952Director, Writer1950
Portrait of Madame YukiFilm, Director1948
Women of the NightFilm, Director1946
Utamaro and His Five WomenFilm, Director1945
The Famous Sword BijomaruFilm, Director1941
The 47 RoninFilm, Director1937
The Straits of Love and HateFilm, Director, Writer1935
Miss OkichiFilm, Director1932The Dawn of Manchuria and MongoliaFilm, Director1929
The Morning Sun ShinesFilm, Director1923
The Adventures of Arsène LupinFilm, Director, Writer1898Born16 May 1898Known for
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Sansho the Bailiff 1954
Ugetsu 1953
Chikamatsu Monogatari 1954
The Life of Oharu 1952
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum 1939
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Machiko Kyō Kenji directed Ugetsu and Street of Shame
Kinuyo Tanaka Kenji directed Ugetsu and Sansho the Bailiff
Isuzu Yamada Kenji directed Osaka Elegy (1936)
Sō Yamamura Kenji directed Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (1956)
Michiyo Kogure Kenji directed Street of Shame (1956)
Eitarō Ozawa Kenji directed Ugetsu and Princess Yang Kwei-Fei
Ichirō Sugai Kenji directed Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Matsutarō Kawaguchi Also in Miss Okichi (1935)
Masao Shimizu Kenji directed Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Eitarō Shindō Kenji directed Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Haruo Tanaka Kenji directed The Crucified Lovers and A Geisha
Masaichi Nagata Produced Osaka Elegy and Sisters of the Gion
Eijirō Yanagi Kenji directed Miss Oyu (1951)
Yoshikata Yoda Also in Osaka Elegy and Sisters of the Gion
Saburō Date Kenji directed Ugetsu and A Geisha
Sadako Sawamura Kenji directed Street of Shame (1956)
Eiji Nakano Kenji directed The Downfall of Osen (1935)
Yōko Umemura Also in Mistress of a Foreigner (1930)
Yoshiko Kuga Kenji directed Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
Masayuki Mori Kenji directed Ugetsu and Princess Yang Kwei-Fei
Daisuke Katō Kenji directed The 47 Ronin and Street of Shame
Takako Irie Kenji directed Tokyo March (1929)
Isamu Kosugi Kenji directed The 47 Ronin and Tokyo March
Shizue Natsukawa Kenji directed Tokyo March and Bird of Mercy
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His most acclaimed works include The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939), The Life of Oharu (1952), Ugetsu (1953), and Sansho the Bailiff (1954), with the latter three all being awarded at the Venice International Film Festival. A recurring theme of his films was the oppression of women in historical and contemporary Japan. Together with Akira Kurosawa and Yasujirō Ozu, Mizoguchi is seen as a representative of the "golden age" of Japanese cinema.
