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.
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