Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese filmmaker who directed roughly one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956.
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Ugetsu
Sansho the Bailiff
The Life of Oharu
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Street of Shame
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
The 47 Ronin
Sisters of the Gion
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Osaka Elegy
A Geisha
Miss Oyu
The Woman in the Rumor
Women of the Night
Utamaro and His Five Women
Taira Clan Saga
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Tokyo March
The Water Magician
The Lady of Musashino
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Flame of My Love
Oyuki the Virgin
The Sword
Miyamoto Musashi
The Morning Sun Shines
The Downfall of Osen
The Straits of Love and Hate
The Love of the Actress Sumako
An Osaka Story
Victory Song
Poppy
Victory of Women
Miss Okichi
The Feast of Gion
And Yet They Go On66 credits on file
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About this person
Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese filmmaker who directed roughly one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956. 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.
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