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Born May 16, 1898 · Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
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.

Street of Shame
1956

Taira Clan Saga
1955

Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955

Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954

The Woman in the Rumor
1954

Sansho the Bailiff
1954

A Geisha
1953

Ugetsu
1953

The Life of Oharu
1952

The Lady of Musashino
1951

Miss Oyu
1951

Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950

Flame of My Love
1949

Women of the Night
1948

The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947

Utamaro and His Five Women
1946

Victory of Women
1946

Victory Song
1945

The Sword
1945

Miyamoto Musashi
1944

The 47 Ronin
1941

A Man of the Arts
1941

Osaka Woman
1940

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1939
Ah, My Hometown
1938

The Straits of Love and Hate
1937

Sisters of the Gion
1936

Osaka Elegy
1936

Poppy
1935

Oyuki the Virgin
1935

The Downfall of Osen
1935

The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
1934

The Feast of Gion
1933

The Water Magician
1933
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
1932

And Yet They Go On
1931
Mistress of a Foreigner
1930
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
1930

Tokyo March
1929

The Morning Sun Shines
1929

Metropolitan Symphony
1929
Jihishincho
1927

The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1926

A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
1926
Song of Home
1925

Smiling Earth
1925
Blood and Soul
1923
Foggy Harbour
1923

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1923
The Homeland
1923
The Day Love Came Back
1923