Biography
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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Awards & recognition
- Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Director · 1955
- Golden Lion · 1954
- Silver Lion · 1953
- Golden Lion · 1952
Filmography16 titles
Sansho the Bailiff
Ugetsu
A Story from Chikamatsu
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Street of Shame
The Life of Oharu
A Geisha
The Woman in the Rumor
Miss Oyu
Utamaro and His Five Women
Women of the Night
Sisters of the Gion
The 47 Ronin
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Osaka Elegy
The Lady of Musashino