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Kenji Mizoguchi

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…

Born 1898 · Japan · Active 1923–1956 · 44 films

Filmography

Rupimono — 1923
The Day When Love Returns — 1923
Song of Home — 1925
Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring — 1926
Bird of Mercy — 1927
The Morning Sun Shines — 1929
Tokyo March — 1929
Urban Symphony — 1929
The Nihon Bridge — 1929
Tojin Okichi — 1930
Home Town — 1930
The Water Magician — 1933
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate — 1934
The Downfall of Osen — 1935
Poppy — 1935
Oyuki the virgin — 1935 · shot by Minoru Miki
Sisters of the Gion — 1936 · shot by Minoru Miki
Osaka Elegy — 1936 · shot by Minoru Miki
The Straits of Love and Hate — 1937
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum — 1939 · shot by Minoru Miki
A Woman of Osaka — 1940
The 47 Ronin — 1941 · shot by Kōhei Sugiyama
The Life of an Actor — 1941
Miyamoto Musashi — 1944
Three Generations of Danjuro — 1944 · shot by Minoru Miki
The Famous Sword Bijomaru — 1945
Victory Song — 1945
Utamaro and His Five Women — 1946 · shot by Minoru Miki
The Victory of Women — 1946 · shot by Toshio Ubukata
The Love of the Actress Sumako — 1947 · shot by Minoru Miki
Women of the Night — 1948
Flame of My Love — 1949
Portrait of Madame Yuki — 1950
Miss Oyu — 1951
The Lady of Musashino — 1951
The Life of Oharu — 1952
A Geisha — 1953 · shot by Kazuo Miyagawa
Ugetsu — 1953 · shot by Kazuo Miyagawa
The Crucified Lovers — 1954 · shot by Kazuo Miyagawa
Sansho the Bailiff — 1954 · shot by Kazuo Miyagawa
The Woman in the Rumor — 1954 · shot by Kazuo Miyagawa
Princess Yang Kwei-Fei — 1955
Taira Clan Saga — 1955
Street of Shame — 1956 · shot by Kazuo Miyagawa

Source

Kenji Mizoguchi on Wikipedia

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